University Scholarships

• Regime-dependent evaluation of convective processes for high-resolution modelling over complex terrains using TEAMx observations (Proposer: Prof. Acquistapace) 
• Sustainable Mining – To Integrate Critical Element Recovery and CO2 Mineralization using Mining Waste (Proposer: Dr. Prigiobbe) 
• Volcanic Caldera faults: a field and experimental investigation (Proposer: Prof. Tesei) 
• Regional-Scale Landslide Prediction Using Physics-Informed Deep Learning (Proposer: Prof. Rosi) 
• Volcanism and Tectonism across Mercury (Proposer: Prof. Matteo Massironi) 
• Dolomite of the dolomites: a role in the genesis of Alpine MVT deposits? (Proposer: Prof. Paolo Nimis, Prof. Nereo Preto) 
• Geophysical surveys for the characterization of glacial and periglacial environment (Proposer: Prof. Jacopo Boaga) 
• SILENCE - Sustainable Impact of underwater Loud Environmental Noise on Cetacean Echolocation (Proposer: Prof. Lapo Boschi) 
• Identification of the processes of nucleation, propagation, and arrest of seismic ruptures in carbonate rocks through field and laboratory studies (Proposers: Prof. Giulio Di Toro and Dr. Elena Spagnuolo - INGV-Rome) 
• Multi-Source Integration of Advanced InSAR and Geotechnical Modeling for the Detection and Monitoring of Geohazards Affecting Anthropogenic Assets (Proposer: Mario Floris) 
• Nano-phases in carbonaceous chondrites (Proposers: Dr. Anna Barbaro, Prof. Matteo Ardit) 
• Nanostructural and sub-nanostructural characterisation of sustainable cement (Proposers: Prof. Luca Valentini, Prof. Maria Chiara Dalconi, Dr. Gregorio dal Sasso) 
• Soil-plant-atmosphere interactions: monitoring using geophysical methods and consequences for atmospheric predictions (Proposers: Prof. Giorgio Cassiani) 
• METACRATON - METAsomatism and CRATON destabilization (Proposer: Prof. Manuele Faccenda) 
• Hydrogen in the Deep Earth: Geochemical constraints from mantle specimens (Proposers: Prof. Martha Pamato, Prof. Davide Novella and Prof. Suzette Timmerman) 
• Understanding karst hydrology and extreme cave floods using infra-to-ultra sound acoustic monitoring (Proposer: Dr. Francesco Sauro) 
• Tectonic evolution of the Nanga Parbat Syntaxis and the Pakistan Himalaya (Proposer: Prof. Valerio Olivetti) 
• What sets the size and spacing of tidal channels in a changing climate? Proposers: Andrea D’Alpaos and Alvise Finotello (UniPD), J. Taylor Perron (MIT) 

• Opening the Black Box: Explainable AI for Geo Hazards Forecasting (Proposer: Prof. Filippo Catani) 
• HEAT – Hyperthermal Events as Analogues for future climate Trajectories (Proposer: Prof. Claudia Agnini)  
• The trace element content of detrital quartz grains in sandstone as a tool to relate building material and quarry provenance in the past (Proposers: Prof. Claudio Mazzoli; Prof. Davide Lenaz) 
• Paleofloods in large alluvial systems (Proposer: Prof. Alessandro Fontana) 
• Advanced Fiber Optic Distributed Thermal Sensing for Shallow Geothermal Characterization and Underground Thermal Energy Storage - Proposer: Prof. Antonio Galgaro; Co-Supervisor: Prof. Klitzsch, Norbert RWTH AachenUniversity (D) 

 Fixed Topics Scholarships

• Aftershocks and Foreshocks for deep Earthquakes (Proposer: Prof. Poli) 
• Predict AMOC weakening from mean state observables (Proposer: Prof. Bellomo) 
• Impacts, reversibility, and risk assessment of AMOC weakening (Proposer: Prof. Bellomo) 
• AI-Driven Geospatial Data Integration and Hydrometeorological Modeling for Landslide Hazard Assessment (Proposer: Prof. Filippo Catani) 
• Eco-sustainability and technological innovation in the Venetian mosaic tradition: standardization and reformulation of recipes for glass mosaics (Proposer: Alberta Silvestri) 
• Global quantification of extreme precipitation statistics and its dependence on atmospheric forcing (Proposer: Prof. Francesco Marra) 
• Global classification of historical storms according to the underlying physical processes (Proposer: Prof. Francesco Marra) 
• Sedimentary products of tidal modulation in fluvio-estuarine environments (Proposer: Prof. M. Ghinassi)