Higher Education
University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy) (November 2003 – February 2007)
Ph.D. in Geology and Evolution of the Lithosphere              

Employment

Associate Professor - University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy)

(October 2018 – present) 

Teaching

Marine Geology

Structural geology and Rock Mechanics

Practical class in Structural Geology

Geological field trips

Research grants

• Research Unit Coordinator of project PRIN 2017 (2019 – 2021, 36 m) #2017W2MARE

• Principal Investigator of project FIRB 2008 (2010 – 2015, 54 m) #RBFR08GP57

• Member of project PRIN PNRR (2023 – ongoing) 

Field of research

Paleomagnetism, marine geology, structural geology, active tectonic, tectonic rotations, apparent and true polar wander path, magnetic stratigraphy, magnetic mineralogy, anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility.

Current research topics

• Tsunamigenic slip in the Japan trench (IODP Expedition 405)

• Magnetization events in rifted margins (IODP Expeditions 368/368X and 384/395/395C)

• Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility to determine contourites (IODP Expeditions 384/395/395C)

• Paleomagnetic constrains in active tectonic basins (MEME ICDP workshop)

• Tectonic rotations from orogenic belts

• Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility from shear zones

• Magnetostratigraphy and rock magnetism