Area of research
Geophysics · Atmospheric Science
Research interest
Research focused on Geochemistry and Amphibole, with related work in Mantle (geology), Magmatism, Leaching (pedology). Notable publications include 'Influence of speciation distribution and particle size on heavy metal leaching from MSWI fly ash', 'Plagioclase as archive of magma ascent dynamics on “open conduit” volcanoes: The 2001–2006 eruptive period at Mt. Etna', and 'Crystal chemistry of amphiboles: implications for oxygen fugacity and water activity in lithospheric mantle beneath Victoria Land, Antarctica'.
Prospecting for Strategic Raw Materials in stream sediments through geochemical and mineralogical analyses: Case studies from Northern Italy
Steam washing for MSWI-FA treatment
Influence of Al, C, N and H on the iron redox state in the Earth’s lower mantle: A geochemical quantum model
When colour makes minerals unique: the case of the green dolomite from Malentrata (Pomarance, Tuscany, Italy)
Sustainable Solutions for Incineration Byproducts: The CLEAN Project's Innovative Approach to Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Residue Management
Catastrophe Theory and Thermodynamic Instability to Predict Congruent Melting Temperature of Crystals
Catastrophe theory and thermodynamic instability to predict congruent melting temperature of crystals
MSWI fly ash steam washing, aimed to reach a condition of non-hazardous waste and to their possible reuse.
MSWI Fly Ash Multiple Washing: Kinetics of Dissolution in Water, as Function of Time, Temperature and Dilution
Relationship between chemical and structural features of topaz to unravel formation conditions: A multidisciplinary approach
Basaltic rocks from the Vardar ophiolite (North Macedonia): new insights on the metasomatism of sub-arc upper mantle using geochemical and stable isotope data
Influence of speciation distribution and particle size on heavy metal leaching from MSWI fly ash
Nature and evolution of the northern Victoria Land lithospheric mantle (Antarctica) as revealed by ultramafic xenoliths
Phlogopite-pargasite coexistence in an oxygen reduced spinel-peridotite ambient
F/OH ratio in a rare fluorine-poor blue topaz from Padre Paraíso (Minas Gerais, Brazil) to unravel topaz’s ambient of formation
From the Finero phlogopite peridotite to the shoshonitic magmatism of the Dolomites: unveiling the evolution of the Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle beneath the Southern Alps (Northern Italy)
Depletion, metasomatism and refertilisation in the Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle beneath northern Victoria Land (Antarctica): a review
MSWI fly ash particle size chemical and mineralogical characterization, before and after leaching tests, aimed to reuse. 
Insight into municipal solid waste fly ash (MSWFA) heavy metals speciation by selective extractions and geochemical modelling
Lithos special issue: Advances in the comprehension of mantle paradigms
XAS, IR and XRD analysis for structural characterization of rare minerals: new occurrence of demantoid garnets in Sa Spinarbedda mine (Sardinia, Italy)
Fluids composition in the mantle beneath the Eastern Transylvanian Basin inferred from mineral chemistry and noble gases in fluid inclusions of ultramafic xenoliths
Subduction-related melt refertilisation and alkaline metasomatism in the Eastern Transylvanian Basin lithospheric mantle: Evidence from mineral chemistry and noble gases in fluid inclusions
The Variscan subduction inheritance in the Southern Alps Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle: Clues from the Middle Triassic shoshonitic magmatism of the Dolomites (NE Italy)
Long-term storage of subduction-related volatiles in Northern Victoria Land lithospheric mantle: Insight from olivine-hosted melt inclusions from McMurdo basic lavas (Antarctica)
Aluminium distribution in an Earth’s non–primitive lower mantle
Valorization of MSWI Bottom Ash as a Function of Particle Size Distribution, Using Steam Washing
Environmental managing of bottom ashes from municipal thermovalorization waste for civil applications, as a function of particle size, based on steam washing
Fly ashes bulk chemistry: a new approach for XRF measurements
Geochemistry of basic magmatism of Western Antarctic Rift: implications for volatiles storage and recycling in the mantle