Dec 2025 - |
Akademischer Rat auf Zeit (non-tenured assistant professor) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität LMU (Munich, Germany) |
Oct 2025 - Nov 2025 |
Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität LMU (Munich, Germany) |
Nov 2023 - Sep 2025 |
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Science (Washington, DC, USA) |
Oct 2019 - Oct 2023 |
Research Associate Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth (Bayreuth, Germany) |
Oct 2019 - Jul 2023 Dr. rer. nat. |
Doctoral Programme in Experimental Geosciences Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth (Bayreuth, Germany) Thesis: Constraining the chemical and mineralogical composition of the Earth's lower mantle through high-pressure crystallography and mineral elasticity. Grade: 0.0 (summa cum laude) Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Daniel J. Frost, Dr. Tiziana Boffa Ballaran |
Oct 2017 - Sep 2019 M.Sc. |
Master of Science in Experimental Geosciences Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth (Bayreuth, Germany) Thesis: Seismic wave velocities in the middle of the Earth's lower mantle. Grade: 1.0 (with distinction) Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Daniel J. Frost, Dr. Tiziana Boffa Ballaran |
Oct 2014 - Jul 2017 B.Sc. |
Bachelor of Science in Geological Science Department of Geosciences, University of Padua (Padua, Italy) Thesis: Elastic Geobarometry: the role of the geometry of the host-inclusion system investigated through Finite Element Modelling. Grade: 110/110 cum laude Supervisors: Prof. Fabrizio Nestola, Dr. Mattia L. Mazzucchelli |
Nov 2023 - Oct 2025 |
Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellowship Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Science (Whashington, DC, USA) Projects: effect of redox conditions on the phase equilibria of basalt in the lower mantle; incorporation mechanism, local structure and quantification of H in Al-bearing stishovite. PI: Giacomo Criniti Mentors: Dr. Michael J. Walter, Dr. Yingwei Fei |
2025 | Premio Tesi di Dottorato (Best Ph.D. Thesis) Italian Society of Mineralogy and Petrology (SIMP) |
2023 | EMPG-XVIII Best Poster Award 18th International Symposium on Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry (EMPG-XVIII), Milan, Italy, 12-15 Jun 2023 |
2022 | John C. Jamieson Student Paper Award American Geophysical Union, Mineral and Rock Physics Section |