PhD in Polar Sciences

Students

PhD cycles 35th - 38th

PhD Student Research topic Supervisor PhD
AKHTAR MOHAMMAD ARSLAAN Studio dei bilanci di massa nei ghiacciai alpini ed impatto su ciclo idrologico Fabrizio De Blasi (ISP-CNR Venezia) / Carlo Barbante POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
BERRA GABRIELE Assessing zooplankton functional traits and microplastic body burden through long term series in Kongsfjorden (Svalbard Islands) Patrizia Giordano (CNR-ISP Bologna) / Fabiana Corami (CNR-ISP Venezia) / Andrea Gambaro POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
CALCIATI LUCA Thermodynamic approach for understanding the near surface air cooling caused by Himalayan glaciers under global warming Franco Salerno (ISP-CNR MIlano) / Carlo Barbante POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
CAMPOLI LORENZA MARIA The Phytoplankton Community of the Ross Sea (Antarctica) and the Interaction Between Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Southern Ocean Olga Mangoni (Università di Napoli Federico II) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
CAPPONI ALESSANDRO Measuring spectral distortion with COSMO from Dome-C: the black-body calibrator and the Kinetic Inductance Detectors Paolo De Bernardis (Università di Roma La Sapienza) / Silvia Masi (Università di Roma La Sapienza) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
CHELLI GINEVRA Volcanic Ash Dispersion across the Antarctic Plateau: Integrating paleo geochemical studies with ash dispersion modeling Barbara Delmonte (Università Milano Bicocca) / Barbara Stenni / Andrea Spolaor (CNR-ISP Venezia) / Mirko Severi (Università di Firenze) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
D'ESPOSITO LAURO Atmospheric variability in the Ross Sea: synoptic climatology and relationships to recent changes in salinity and sea ice concentration Giorgio Budillon (Università Parthenope Napoli) / Vincenzo Capozzi (Università Parthenope Napoli) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
DELL'ANNO JAN Past and present interactions between the ocean, sediments and ice in Antarctica Michele Rebesco (OGS Trieste) / Patrizia Ferretti POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
DI BIASE MICHELE Copertura nivale al suolo nelle regioni del Karakorum e dell’Himalaya: tendenze in atto e scenari futuri Guglielmina Diolaiuti (Università di Milano) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
DI FELICE FABRIZI COSTANZA Characterization of intense thunderstorm phenomena in mountain and foothill areas in the context of climate change Dino Zardi (Università di Trento) / Sante Laviola (CNR-ISAC Bologna) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
DI PAULI MATTIA Numerical modeling of the stability of the George V Land (East Antarctica) continental margin: interplay between glacio-isostatic adjustment and ice sheet dynamics over the past Late Pleistocene interglacials Laura De Santis (OGS Trieste) / Paolo Stocchi (Università di Urbino) / Florence Colleoni (OGS Trieste) / Michele Petrini (NORCE Norway) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
DIFRONZO ERICA Physiological responses of polar organisms to global changes Chiara Papetti (Università di Padova) / Magnus Lucassen (Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germania) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
ELEFANTE ANNA Macrozoobenthic community structure and bioaccumulation of trace elements along the trophic chain in the shallow coastal waters of Terra Nova Bay (Antarctica) Roberto Sandulli (Università Parthenope Napoli) / Luigia Donnarumma (Università Parthenope Napoli) / Elena Chianese (Università Parthenope Napoli) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
ESPOSITO MATTIA Bioleaching and Metal Bioprocessing under Martian Simulated Conditions Paola Di Donato (Università Parthenope Napoli) / Elena Chianese (Università Parthenope Napoli) / Ilaria Finore (ICB-CNR Napoli) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
FORINA DOMITILLA Geomatics integrated sensors for deformation monitoring in Antarctica Alessandro Capra (Unimore) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
GALLO GABRIELLA Study of survival in the Martian environment of thermophilic bacteria isolated from Antarctica: investigation of adaptation strategies and biotechnological potential in relation to in situ resource utilization Donato Giovannelli (Università di Napoli Federico II) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
HUSSAIN GULFAM Investigation of the North Pole - South Pole Asymmetries using Paleoclimatic Records: Early Warning and Tipping Points Tommaso Alberti (INGV) / Fabio Florindo (INGV) / Barbara Stenni POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
KHOLDIHAGHIGHI SHAGHAYEGH Physiological responses of polar organisms to global changes Gianfranco Santovito (Unipd) / Isabella Moro (Unipd) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
MAGNANI CECILIA Investigating the influence of aerosol size, composition, and aging on Cloud Condensation Nuclei activity in mountain and polar environments Angela Marinoni (CNR-ISAC Bologna) / Andrea Gambaro POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
MASSETTI MARCO Characterization of new mineral dust source areas in Polar areas of the planet (Arctic, Antarctica and Himalayas) David Cappelletti (Unipg) / Stefano Crocchianti (Unipg) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
MELLY JACOB TRISTAN Past wave climate reconstruction through paleo shoreline analysis and implications under future climate scenarios Alessio Rovere / Barbara Stenni POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
MERCANTI ILARIA Microbiome of Antarctic benthic invertebrates and its role in adaptation to freezing conditions Cinzia Corinaldesi (Univpm) / Michael Tangherlini (Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
OOI SHI QUAN Analysing the subglacial crust and lithosphere and its influence on Antarctic ice sheets Fausto Ferraccioli (OGS Trieste) / Alessio Rovere POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
PISCITELLI AURORA Ecosistemi polari in cambiamento: ruolo delle specie zooplanctoniche chiave come vettori di microplastiche nella rete trofica antartica e periantartica Nancy Spanò (Università di Messina) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
RASPAGNI VALENTINA AURORA Optical characterization of mineral dust settled in Polar cryosphere to improve the understanding of climate-regulating processes Barbara Delmonte (Università Milano Bicocca) / Marco Potenza (Università di Milano) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
ROSCELLI LETIZIA Reconstruct sea ice variability and its relationship with ocean dynamics in the Ross Sea Tommaso Tesi (ISP-CNR Bologna) / Patrizia Ferretti POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
ROY TWISHASHISH Development of LA-ICP techniques for ice core analysis Carlo Barbante / Marco Roman POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
SANTUCCI ELEONORA Analysis of micropaleontological assemblages from Antarctic marine sediment cores: the Pliocene as an analogue of the near future climate Karen Gariboldi (Università di Pisa) / Caterina Morigi (Università di Pisa) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
SCHENA EMMA Trophodynamic indicators for estimating food web responses to cumulative impacts in the Barents Sea Fabio Pranovi / Matteo Zucchetta (ISP-CNR Venezia) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
TABERINI ROBERTO Impact of snow and snowmelt on the distribution of dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane in arctic environments Elena Barbaro (ISP-CNR Venezia) / Andrea Gambaro POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
TREVISANATO GIORGIA Impact of snow and snow melt on the distribution of cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes (cVMS) Marco Vecchiato / Andrea Gambaro POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
VIGNATI ELENA Investigating UV radiative transfer through snowpacks and the influence of Space Weather Marco Potenza (Università di Milano) / Andrea Spolaor (ISP-CNR Venezia) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
PhD Student Research topic Supervisor PhD
ABADIE THÉO JEAN-CHARLES STÉPHANE The legal status of scientific heritage: the case of samples for scientific use (co-tutela in ingresso con l'Università Grenoble Alpes, Francia) Fabrizio Marrella / Sabine Lavorel POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
AHMAD SHEHARYAR Climate and Cryosphere Interaction in Karakoram and the Himalayas Franco Salerno (ISP-CNR) / Carlo Barbante POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
BISCARO ENRICO Climate regime shift on Svalbard: a case study for understanding the effects of future climate climate change in the mid latitudes Barbara Stenni / Andrea Spolaor (ISP-CNR) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
BORRACCINI GIANLUCA Glacial geology and landscape analysis of the Victoria Land to reconstruct the impact of climate change on Late Cenozoic evolution of the Antarctic glacial system Carlo Baroni (Unipisa) / Maria Cristina Salvatore (Unipisa) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
BORRIELLO ROBERTO Development of methodologies for the structural characterization of micro-crystalline phases in Antarctic meteorites Enrico Mugnaioli (Unipisa) / Luigi Folco (Unipisa) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
BRANDOLI SARA Evolutionary and phylogeographic history of Antarctic tardigrades communities colonizing habitats with various sensitivity to climate change Roberto Guidetti (Unimore) / Lorena Rebecchi (Unimore) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
BRUSCA JACOPO Climate change induced changes to functional microbial diversity in polar regions: functional alterations and implications for the management of the international climate crisis Donato Giovannelli (Univ. Napoli Federico II) / Andrea Franzetti (Univ. Milano Bicocca) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
CARLI ANDREA Modulation of biological mechanisms of polar organisms in response to multiple environmental stressors Francesco Regoli (Univpm) / Maura Benedetti (Univpm) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
CASAGRANDE ELENA Black carbon, organic carbon and mineral dust content in the Arctic snowpack and ice and impact on the surface albedo and post depositional processes David Cappelletti (Unipg) / Chiara Petroselli (Unipg) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
CATTANEO ANDREA Extremophilic Antarctic bacteria for studies of biodiversity and biotechnological applications of enzymes and exoproducts Paola Di Donato / Elena Chianese (Università Parthenope) / Ilaria Finore (ICB-CNR) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
CONTEH MBEMBA Technological Innovation for Exploring a new method to measure stable water isotopes on ice cores Barbara Stenni / Carlo Barbante / Pascal Bohleber (Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germania) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
DUMON STEENSSENS LÉA Influence of climate variations on coastal dynamics in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica Giuseppe Mastronuzzi (Unibari) / Luca Gasperini (CNR-ISMAR) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
FAVARO ELEONORA Chemical and physical characterization of atmospheric aerosols in alpine areas: seeking for the anthropogenic impact Matteo Feltracco / Andrea Gambaro POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
FELLIN DIEGO Aerosol-cloud interaction in the Arctic climate system Andrea Gambaro / Elena Barbaro (ISP-CNR) / Stefania Gilardoni (CNR) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
FIELD KYLE RAYMOND Genomic basis for inferring origin and evolution of Antarctic Collembola, and their processes of adaptation Antonio Carapelli (Unisiena) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
GALLARATE MARIO Glaciers and climate change in the Western Alps: projections, effects, impacts, and consequences of global warming Fiorella Acquaotta (Unito) / Marco Giardino (Unito) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
GAMBETTA VIANNA JULIA Multidisciplinary approaches for the study of emerging contaminants in Antarctica Emanunele Magi (Unige) / Marco Grotti (Unige) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
LUCÀ NANCY Cross-slope exchange processes and AABW production in the Ross Sea Giorgio Budillon (Parthenope) / Yuri Cotroneo (Parthenope) / Pasquale Castagno (Unime) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
MARTURANO LAURA Evaluation of variability of otolith and micro-litter pollution in Antarctic teleost in relation to the water circulation of the Ross Sea Nancy Spanò (Univ. di Messina) / Violetta la Cono (ISP-CNR) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
MASSI LORENZO Multidisciplinary approach for the protection and conservation of the Polar Regions: origins and impacts of air pollution Silvia Illuminati (Univpm) / Emanuela Frapiccini (IRBIM-CNR) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
MERONI SIMONE Impact of fire emissions and dust uplift on the Arctic atmosphere Stefania Gilardoni (ISP-CNR) / Carlo Barbante POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
MONNI CATERINA Arctic Nexus: Nuclear Sustainability, Geopolitics, and Indigenous Adaptation in the Russian Arctic. Alessandro Vitale (Unimilano) / Carlo Barbante / Lassi Heininen (University of Lapland, Finland) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
ORANGES MASSIMILIANO Polar regions: relevance to astrophysical observations and Sun-Earth interactions Maria Federica Marcucci (INAF) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
ROVERSI GIACOMO Clouds and precipitation characterization in Antarctica through the synergic use of radar, ceilometer and disdrometer observations Luca Baldini (ISAC - CNR) / Barbara Stenni POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
SPEZZA ALESSIA Climate change impacts on the Third Pole’s cryosphere Maurizio Maugeri (Unimilano) / Guglielmina Diolaiuti (Unimilano) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
TOMASSINI ALICE Environmental forcing on magma eruptibility from volcano plumbing systems Sergio Rocchi (Unipisa) / Samuele Agostini (IGG CNR) / Irene Rocchi (Unipisa) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
VOLTERRANI CARLOTTA Impacts of herbivores on Carbon and Nitrogen relationship in High Arctic tundra Enrico Brugnoli (CNR) / Angela Augusti (CNR) / Pietro Buzzini (Unipg) POLAR SCIENCES - NATIONAL DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMME
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AMARAL WASIELESKY ANA Interhemispheric variations of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Angelo Rubino, Elena Mauri (OGS), Milena Menna (OGS) POLAR SCIENCES
AMORUSO VERONICA A snowpack module for modelling chemical exchanges (mercury, iodine, bromine) at the snow-air interface in climate model Andrea Spolaor (CNR-ISP), Gabriele Capodaglio POLAR SCIENCES
GALLI GIACOMO Antarctic Ophiuroids: a poorly investigated microfossil Caterina Morigi (UNIPI) / Karen Gariboldi (UNIPI) / Patrizia Ferretti POLAR SCIENCES
GOMES ILHA JOÃO Biomass burning derivates in Antarctica’s snow and firn: a two-decadal levoglucosan, mannosan and galactosan record Carlo Barbante / Pascal Bohleber POLAR SCIENCES
SECURO ANDREA Constraining past evolution and modelling future mass changes of peripheral glaciers in Central-West Greenland Renato Colucci (CNR-ISP) / Barbara Stenni POLAR SCIENCES
TOSCO MONICA Polar Laws Alcide di Sarra / Davide Zanchettin POLAR SCIENCES
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CELLI GIUDITTA The influence of the Antarctic ozone hole on geochemical cycles Andrea Spolaor / Warren Cairns (CNR-ISP) / Andrea Gambaro POLAR SCIENCES
CERRI SOFIA The role of light absorbing aerosol on the atmospheric heating rate in remote areas (Polar regions and Alps) Luca Ferrero (UNIMIB) / Ezio Bolzacchini (UNIMIB) / Valter Maggi (UNIMIB) POLAR SCIENCES
FRASSATI STEFANO Photodegradation processes of natural and anthropogenic compounds in icy matrices Marco Roman POLAR SCIENCES
GENUZIO GIULIA G. A. I. A.: Great Acceleration In Antarctica An ice core high-resolution, multi-proxy approach Elena Argiriadis / Carlo Barbante POLAR SCIENCES
LARKMAN PIERS MICHAEL Improvements and application of the laser techniques LA-ICP-MS for high resolution non-destructive elemental analyses on ice cores Pascal Bohleber / Carlo Barbante / Rachael Rhodes (UKRI-BAS / UK) POLAR SCIENCES
PETTENI AGNESE The East Antarctic International Ice Sheet Traverse (EAIIST): climate signals and postdepositional processes affecting the stable isotope composition of snow and ice Barbara Stenni / Barbara Delmonte (UNIMIB) POLAR SCIENCES
PULIMENO SIMONE Aerosol characterization in the Arctic through the consolidation of the lunar photometry technique and the integration with ground and columnar measurements Mauro Mazzola (CNR) / Giovanni Muscari (INGV) / Andrea Gambaro POLAR SCIENCES
VITALE GIULIA Spatio-temporal variation of surface microplastic concentration in the southwestern sea of the Spitsbergen Island Fabiana Corami (CNR) / Carlo Barbante POLAR SCIENCES
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GIANSIRACUSA SARA DYNAMICS OF ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANTS IN THE ARCTIC FJORD ENVIRONMENT (SVALBARD, NORWAY) Capodaglio Gabriele / Roberta Guerra (Unibo) / Giglio Federico (CNR - ISP) / Patrolecco Luisa (CNR-ISP) / Miserocchi Stefano (CNR-ISP) POLAR SCIENCES
LAGORIO SERENA EOLIAN TRANSPORT OF MINERAL DUST AEROSOL TO THE ROOSEVELT ISLAND IN THE LATE QUATERNARY Delmonte Barbara (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca) / Stenni Barbara / Tetzner Dieter (BAS) POLAR SCIENCES
LODI RACHELE MODELLING THE FATE OF POPs DISTRIBUTION IN PERMAFROST: COMBINE LARGE SCALE TO LOCAL PERSPECTIVE Gabrieli Jacopo (CNR-ISP) e Hugelius Gustaf (Stockholm University) / Barbante Carlo POLAR SCIENCES
MAIERO ENRICO ARCTIC SEA-ICE FUTURE SIMULATED BY MEANS OF A NEXT GENERATION UNSTRUCTURED MESH MODEL Barbante Carlo / Colleoni Florence (OGS - Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale) POLAR SCIENCES
PAMBIANCO CHIARA FEEDBACKS TO THE CLIMATE FROM POLAR REGIONS DURING THE LAST DEGLACIATION: INSIGHTS FROM COMPOUND SPECIFIC RADIOCARBON ANALYSES (CSRAs) Tesi Tommaso (CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) / Stenni Barbara POLAR SCIENCES
PICONE SILVIA Impacts of Climate Change on Permafrost: Landscape and Hydrochemistry Changes Guglielmin Mauro (Università degli Studi dell'Insubria) / Battistel Dario POLAR SCIENCES
RAPPAZZO ALESSANDRO CIRO MICROBIAL RESPONSE TO HUMAN POLLUTANTS IN POLAR LAKES Lo Giudice Angelina (CNR-ISP) / Azzaro Maurizio (CNR-ISP) / Cairns Warren (CNR-ISP) POLAR SCIENCES
STEFANINI CLAUDIO UNDERSTANDING AND MONITORING SNOW MELTING AT THE POLES: A SIGN OF CLIMATE CHANGES AT HIGH LATITUDES Macelloni Giovanni (CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) / Stenni Barbara POLAR SCIENCES