26.02.2026
The Department of Geosciences marked the retirement of Professor Cristina Stefani with a well-attended ceremony celebrating her long-standing contribution to research, teaching and academic leadership.The event opened with institutional remarks by the Director, Professor Nicola Surian, who
Speaker: Prof. Katherine B. Lininger – Geography Department, University of Colorado Boulder (USA) | Tuesday 3 March 2026 | 4,30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom
03.03.2026
River corridors (channels and floodplains) are active components of the carbon cycle, transporting, transforming, and storing carbon. However, the details of how carbon is partitioned and stored in river corridors are still relatively unexplored. In this seminar, I provide examples of how geomorphic
Speaker: Prof. John Long - College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide (South Australia) | Thursday 19 February 2026 | 3,30 p.m. - Classroom 1F
19.02.2026
Chondrichthyans (sharks, rays and holocephalans) originated around 465 million years ago, but their fossil record is very scant for the first few tens of millions of years. They survived all 5 of Earth's mass extinction events, but they haven't always had it easy. Their origin story (Ordovician
Speaker: Dr. Yves Marrocchi - Director of the Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG-CNRS, France) | Tuesday 24 February 2026 | 4,30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom
24.02.2026
Meteorites provide key insights on the evolution of the solar system. The recent discovery of a fundamental isotopic dichotomy between non-carbonaceous (NC) and carbonaceous (C) meteorites attests that the solar system was divided by a physical barrier into two distinct reservoirs. However, the
18.01.2026
Last September, a tragic accident during a work mission in Alaska claimed the life of Riccardo Pozzobon, planetary geologist, researcher at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Padua, and collaborator with the European Space Agency as an astronaut instructor.Alongside his scientific
13.01.2026
Short-duration extreme rainfall events play a critical role in triggering flash floods and debris flows, yet they remain among the most challenging phenomena to analyse and project under climate change. These issues are the focus of an award-winning study co-authored by Francesco Marra, Associate
Speaker: Dr. Daniela Di Bucci - Italian Civil Protection Department | Thursday 15 January 2026 | 10,30 am - Classroom 1F
15.01.2026
Dr. Daniela Di BucciStructural Geologist, Ph.D. in Earth Sciences, Master's degree in Behavioural Sciences and Administrations, National Scientific Habilitation as Full Professor of Structural Geology. Expert in geo-hazards and in the relationship between the scientific community and policymakers in
