Cesare Ravazzi

PhD in Earth Sciences, Researcher employed at the C.N.R. - IDPA. He is interested in Quaternary environmental and climate history, with special reference to the use of plants as palaeoclimatic proxies, and the human impact on the environment. He  gives lectures in Palynology and Quaternary Geology at the Universities of Milano and Milano - Bicocca.

e-mail: cesare.ravazzi at idpa.cnr.it

Roberta Pini

PhD in Geological Sciences and Geotechnologies at the University of Milano – Bicocca, her interest is mainly focused on the palynostratigraphy of long Plio-Pleistocene series from the Po Basin (Leffe, Fornaci di Ranica, cores of the CARG Project of Regione Lombardia and Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lake Fimon). Since the  Academic Year 2007-2008 she gives lectures in Palynology at the Univ. of Milano.

e-mail: roberta.pini@idpa.cnr.it

Amelia Astrid Aceti

PhD in Geological Sciences and Geotechnologies. She is interested in pollen stratigraphy of peat bogs at high altitude in the Alps, with the aim to document timberline oscillations and environmental and climatic changes related to the Holocene climatic optimum. She carried out the palynological investigation of a Bronze Age archaeological site at Noceto (Parma, Italy). She worked with Regione Lombardia to the Project “Naturalistic cartography of Lombardia Region”.

e-mail: amelia.aceti@libero.it

Elisa Vescovi

PhD in Natural Sciences, she works with a research grant at the Institute of Plant Sciences (Univ. of Bern) on the project "New paleobotanical investigations in the frame of the forest typologies of the Cantone Ticino". She is interested in pollen and plant macrofossils stratigraphy of Lateglacial and Holocene successions in the Alps and Apennines, to reconstruct vegetation dynamics and climate change.

e-mail: elisa.vescovi@ips.unibe.ch

Renata Perego

Diploma in Natural Sciences, now PhD student at the Institute for Prehistory and Archaeological Science IPAS, Basel University. She studies plant macrofossil remains in the Lavagnone site (Desenzano del Garda) to reconstruct the human impact on natural environments, the vegetation history and Bronze age economy. She gives lectures in Plant Palaeoecology and Archaeobotany at Università degli Studi of Milano (Sciences applied to Cultural Heritage).

e-mail: renata.perego@unimi.it

Massimiliano Deaddis

Diploma in Natural Sciences (Palaeobiology). He is interested in the evolution of natural and anthropic vegetation in archaeological sites of Bronze Age with special reference to the site of Lavagnone di Desenzano del Garda (BS). Now he collaborates with the Province of Cremona for palaeoenvironmental and stratigraphical investigations on the former mire of Mosi di Crema (CR) and on the plain between the Adda and Serio Rivers.

e-mail: deaddis_massimiliano@hotmail.com

Mario Zanni

Diploma in Natural Sciences, now he contributes to research as collaborator. He has studied Roman period archaeological sites, now his research is focused on palaeobotany and pollen morphology of Pinaceae.

e-mail: mario_zanni@fastwebnet.it

Marco Zanon

Degree in Cultural Heritage Studies at Università degli Studi of Milano, he analyzed the pollen content of samples from the pile-dwelling site of Lavagnone (Desenzano del Garda, BS) to characterize the local vegetation and the human impact during the Bronze Age.

e-mail: silver_arrow@alice.it

Federica Badino

Diploma in Natural Sciences, she is involved in the high-resolution pollen analysis of Quaternary lacustrine deposits to reconstruct vegetation and climate changes. 

e-mail: federica.badino@idpa.cnr.it

Francesca Vallè

Diploma in Natural Sciences at Università degli Studi of Milano, she is involved in the pollen analysis of lake deposits from the Lavagnone Basin (Desenzano del Garda, BS).

e-mail: francesca.valle@studenti.unimi.it

Lorenzo Castellano

Degree in Cultural Heritage Studies at Università degli Studi of Milano, he is diploma student in Archaeology. He is interested in archaeobotany, with special focus on anthracology and xilology.

e-mail: lorenzo_castellano@email.it