Mauro MASIOL

I am an environmental scientist and my research interests focus on the sources and processes exchanging matter and energy between different geochemical spheres: rocks and sediments (lithosphere), surface and underground waters (hydrosphere), ice and snow (cryosphere), gases and aerosols (atmosphere), soils (pedosphere), and the biotic component (biosphere).

My research encompasses Environmental and Isotopic Geochemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Aerosol Sciences, GIS, Sedimentology, community exposure and Public Health. A considerable portion of my work aimed to address many aspects of Environmental Geochemistry, including:

the geochemical and physical characterization of air pollution and aerosol system;
the development of chemometric techniques able to solve the mixture resolution problem of environmental data;
the characterization, identification and quantification of emission sources (source apportionment);
the analysis of the hydrological cycle through stable isotope Geochemistry;
the analysis of long-term series of data;
the human and community exposure to natural and anthropogenic materials.
Personal identifiers in scientific databases

ORCID: 0000-0003-0809-9212
WoS ResearcherID: D-4819-2014
Scopus ID: 16646347800
Google Scholar: HR-Arx8AAAAJ

Teaching Accreditations

2021-2030 - National scientific qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) in the Italian higher education system as associate professor (II fascia) for the disciplinary field 04/A1 - GEOCHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY, VOLCANOLOGY, GEORESOURCES AND APPLICATIONS (SSD: GEOCHEMISTRY, GEO/08), Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, Rome, Italy

2017-2026 - National scientific qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) in the Italian higher education system as associate professor (II fascia) for the disciplinary field 03/A1 - ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (SSD: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, CHIM/12), Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, Rome, Italy

2023-2034 - National scientific qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) in the Italian higher education system as full professor (I fascia) for the disciplinary field 03/A1 - ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (SSD: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, CHIM/12), Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, Rome, Italy

Education and training

2009 - PhD Environmental Sciences (Italian "Dottorato di Ricerca", XXI cycle), Università Ca'Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy - PhD grant fully supported by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research through a scholarship assigned by public competition.

2007 - Advanced Statistics, Geostatistics, Paleostatistics and Ecological Analysis, International School of Applied Statistics on Natural and Environmental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Urbino, Italy.

2005 - Master's Degree - M.Sc. Environmental Sciences (Italian Laurea Specialistica, classe 82/S), Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy.

2003 - Academic Degree - B.Sc. Environmental Sciences (Italian Laurea Triennale, classe 27), Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy.

Main academic appointments and work experiences

2022-ongoing - Associate professor, Dept. Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy. Scientific disciplinary sector: GEO/08 - Geochemistry.

2019-2022 - Tenure-track assistant professor (Italian RTD-B), Dept. Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy. Scientific disciplinary sector: GEO/08 - Geochemistry.

2018-2019 - Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for the Study of Air Pollution and Climate Change (C-STACC), Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Patras, Greece. Supervisors: S.N. Pandis, A. Nenes.

2018-2019 - Adjunct Visiting Instructor, Div. Epidemiology, Dept. Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States.

2017-2018 - Visiting Instructor, Div. Epidemiology, Dept. Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States. Activities. Supervisors: P.K. Hopke, D.Q. Rich.

2015-2017 - Research Associate, Center for Air Resources Engineering and Science, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, United States. Supervisors: P.K. Hopke, A.R. Ferro.

2013-2015 - Marie Curie Research Fellow (Independent Researcher), Div. Environmental Health and Risk Management, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK. Activities: Principal investigator (lead applicant) for the project CHEERS “Chemical and Physical Properties and Source Apportionment of Airport Emissions in the context of European Air Quality Directives” funded by the European Community. Supervisor: R.M. Harrison

2009-2013 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Italian assegno di ricerca), Dept. Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy. Supervisor: B. Pavoni.

2009 - Research Assistant/Collaborator, Dept. Physics “Galileo Galilei”, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy. Supervisor: P. Mittner.

Other non-academic research appointments and contracts

2020-2022 - Associate to the Institute of Polar Sciences (ISP), Italian National Research Council (CNR).

2007-2009 - Associate of Technology, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Legnaro, Padua, Italy.

2008 - Professional collaboration, Laboratorio di Igiene e Tossicologia Industriale, Azienda ULSS 12 Veneziana, Mestre, Italy. 

2007 - Research grant, Dept. Environmental Sciences, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy. 

2005-2006 - Scientific Collaborator (short-term contract), Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Italy. Supervisor: S. Guerzoni.

2002 - Professional collaboration (short-term contract), National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS), Italy.

Funded research programs and grants

2013-2015 - Marie Curie IEF project CHEERS “Chemical and Physical Properties and Source Apportionment of Airport Emissions in the context of European Air Quality Directives”. Project evaluated with the score 94.70/100 and funded by the European Community under the FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF (project no. 328542) with €231,283.20 over 2 years.

2005-2008 - PhD scholarship funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR). Restricted topic “Innovative technologies for the environmental protection [Tecnologie Innovative per la Protezione dell’Ambiente]”. The grant fully funded a Ph.D (3 years)

Editorial Roles and Reviewer activity

Editorial Board Member: Science of the Total Environment, Data in Brief (Elsevier)

Reviewer Editor: Frontiers in Earth Science; Frontiers in Environmental Science (Frontiers in)

Guest Editor for the Special Issue “Effects of Policy, Mitigation Measures and Economic Recession on Air Quality Trends” in “Atmosphere”.

Referee for 32 journals