Dottorandi
Ciclo XXXVIII
Curriculum in Chemical Sciences
- Sofia Nizzolo – Derivatization and characterization of polysaccharides to be used for the functionalization of biomaterials (tutor: Davide Ballabio; supervisor: Laura Russo, Sabrina Bertini)
- Nicolò Giulini – NeCO: Novel Covalent-Organic Frameworks (COFs) for photon up-conversion and electrocatalysis (tutor: Luca Zoia; supervisor: Carlo Santoro)
- Pietro Mariani – Metal oxide-based catalyst for the catalytic conversion of CO2 to added-value fuels (tutor: Claudio Greco; supervisor: Massimiliano D’Arienzo)
- Carla Orlando – Multiscale computational approaches to the modelling of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) and bacterial cytochromes P450 (CYP) variants (tutor: Claudio Greco; supervisor: Luca Bertini, Tiziana Marino)
Curriculum in Geological Sciences
- Stefano Casiraghi – Joint Research Agreement (JRA) UniMiB-ENI: Fracture Network Modeling (NEMO) (tutor: Federico Agliardi; supervisor Andrea Bistacchi)
- Luca Castrogiovanni – Probing links between Cenozoic geodynamics and climate changes (tutor: Nicola Piana Agostinetti; supervisor: Pietro Sternai)
- Deborah Fiorini – Optical and mineralogical analysis of impurities in polar and non-polar Cryosphere to improve the understanding of paleoclimate and regulating processes (tutor: Barbara Delmonte; supervisor: Valter Maggi)
- Siraj Mehboob – Advanced mineralogical analysis of quartz-rich sands used for the industrial production of glass (tutor: Marco G. Malusà; supervisor Sergio Andò, Valentina De Lorenzi)
- Muhammad Yaqoob – The Role of continental lithosphere in subduction zone (tutor: Nicola Piana Agostinetti; supervisor: Simone Pilia)
- William Senna – Submarine Landscape Evolution and Late Quaternary heavy minerals distribution of the south-western African coast and implications for seabed mining practices (tutor: Marco G. Malusà; supervisor: Alessandra Savini, Tamlyn Gourrah, Sergio Andò)
Curriculum in Terrestrial and Marine Environmental Sciences
- Aqeel Ahmad – Production and chemical functionalization of bio-char for environmental applications (tutor: Sandra Citterio; supervisor: Carlo Santoro)
- Emanuele Carlo A. Agostoni – Development and application of innovative bioremediation methodologies (tutor: Andrea Franzetti; supervisor: Sandra Citterio, Alberto Francioli)
- Mariangela Caldarella – Study and evaluation of the main pathologies that affect adult and hatchling sea turtles in the Maldives archipelago (tutor: Paolo Galli; supervisor: Giordano Nardini, Davide Seveso)
- Gabriele Cerutti – Development and application of innovative phytoremediation methodologies (tutor: Sandra Citterio; supervisor: Andrea Franzetti, Alberto Francioli)
- Gaia Mascetti – Functional recovery of urban and peri-urban soils through de-sealing techniques (tutor: Antonio Finizio; supervisor: Chiara Ferrè)
- Francesco Misurale – Neurotoxicity of micro and nanoparticles, an integrated in-vitro approach (tutor: Andrea Franzetti; supervisor: Chiara Urani; Susanna Alloisio)
- Andrea Parmegiani – Analysis of sharks aggregations and ecology in the Maldives. Assessing a protocol for the survey of the species by the use of non-invasive methods. (tutor: Paolo Galli; supervisor: Alberto Gherli; Simone Montano)
- Elena Passalacqua – Upgrading of biogas using iron nanoparticles produced by HTC (tutor: Andres Fullana; supervisor: Elena Collina)
- Marina Ranghetti – Crop trait retrieval from Earth Observation multispectral and hyperspectral imagery for a sustainable agriculture (tutor: Claudia Pasquero; supervisor: Micol Rossini; Gabriele Candiani)
- Agnese Redaelli – Climate change effects on groundwater budget at regional and basin scales (tutor Claudia Pasquero; supervisor: Marco Rotiroti)
- Asia Rosatelli – Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of bacterial strains for biological functionalization of biochar (tutor: Andrea Franzetti; supervisor: Isabella Gandolfi; Luca Serbolisca)
- Vincenzo Scribano – Biomaterials for the healing of corals and conservation of reefs biodiversity (tutor: Paolo Galli; supervisor: Athanassia Athanassiou; Simone Montano)
- Chiara Simonini – Assesing the impacts of the husbandry and diseases affecting companion rabbit in a wild enviroment in the Kunfunadhoo island to improve protection and management protocols (tutor: Paolo Galli; supervisor: Giordano Nardini; Davide Seveso)
- Andrea Giulia Varzi – The use of advanced geomorphological mapping techniques for innovative research in the science of marine geohazard and environmental changes in coastal environments (tutor: Claudia Pasquero; supervisor: Alessandra Savini)
Ciclo XXXVII
Curriculum in Chemical Sciences
- Alessandro Bonardi – Modelling optogenetic systems by hybrid QM/MM computational approaches (tutor: Greco; supervisor: Cosentino, Adamo)
- Tommaso Caielli – New materials for green hydrogen production through water electrolysis (tutor and supervisor: Mustarelli)
- Amedeo Manuel Cefalì – Systems and technologies for the implementation of Proficiency Tests applied to gaseous micropollutants (tutor: Greco; supervisor: Bolzacchini, Cipriano)
- Emmanuel Cruz Muñoz – Geochemical study of sulfide and other unstable minerals persistence in the sedimentary records (tutor: Balabio; supervisor: Gosetti, Andò)
- Pietro Maroni – Studio della rimozione della CO2 atmosferica mediante processo di carbonatazione minerale delle serpentiniti (tutor: Zoia; supervisor: Ferrero, Malaspina)
- Simona Petroni – Polysaccharides derived from biomasses for the development of innovative materials (tutor: Zampella; supervisor: Cipolla)
- Anita Zucchi – Probes for biological systems (tutor: Zoia; supervisor: Beverina)
Curriculum in Geological Sciences
- Mubashir Ali – The past as the key to the imminent future: reconstructing climate evolution from the geological record (tutor: Garzanti; supervisor: Sternai, Garzanti)
- Francesca Noemi Bonometti – DOLOMITES - Digital-twin of Landslides Over Mountains under Climate changes to Empower Sustainability (tutor and supervisor: Crosta)
- Emanuele Bozzi – Very-high resolution Distributed Acoustic Sensing data for monitoring natural and induced seismicity (tutor: Garzanti; supervisor: Piana Agostinetti, Saccorotti)
- Giacomo Caniatti – Integrazione di conoscenze geofisiche, idrogeologiche e microbiologiche per l’ottimizzazione della modellazione di sito e della bonifica di inquinanti dalle matrici ambientali e mantenimento del loro ruolo geo/ecologico attraverso tecnologie di bioremediation (tutor: Crosta, Roverselli; supervisor: Frattini)
- Roberto Conconi –Micro and nanoscale studies of calcium and rare earth element fluorcarbonates as alink between the mineral structure, genesis, exploitation and recycling (tutor: Frezzotti; supervisor: Capitani)
- Micol Fumagalli – Impact of climatic variables change on the occurrence and propagation of shallow landslides and debris flow (tutor: Crosta; supervisor: Frattini)
- Stylianos Karastergios –Transport capacity and physical properties of fluids in the lower middle crust (tutor: Frezzotti; supervisor: Frezzotti, Ferrando)
- Martina Pedicini –Understanding the relation between magmatism and surficial deformation on slow-spreading ridges: a key study from the Northern Volcanic Zone of Iceland (tutor: Zanchi; supervisor: Bonali)
- Martina Rocca – The rift-related Permian and Jurassic fault systems of the central Southern Alps and their re-activation during the Alpine shortening (tutor: Zanchi; supervisor: Zanchi)
- Serena Rigamonti – Role of triggering and controlling factors on ground deformation processes by time series analyses and numerical modelling (tutor: Crosta; supervisor: Crosta)
- Stefano Saullo – Flooding related to climate change: risk assessment methodology for quantifyng the impact of pier scour (tutor: Crosta, Brasi; supervisor: Crosta)
- Valerio Silvestri – BICMIB - Blue-green infrastructures for the City of Milano in Bicocca (tutor: Crosta, supervisor: Frattini)
Curriculum in Terrestrial and Marine Environmental Sciences
- Francesca Formicola – New biomolecular strategies for the monitoring of biodegradation processes and for the remediation of contaminated sites (tutor: Franzetti, Stella; supervisor: Franzetti)
- Jacopo Gobbato – Health and diseases assessment of shallow-water anthozoans of the Marine Protected Areas of Portofino and Bergeggi (tutor: Galli; supervisor: Montano)
- Andrea Masseroni – Novel methodological approach for Nanoplastics characterization in biological samples through their detection along environmental trophic chains (tutor: Galli; supervisor: Villa, Urani, Valsesia)
- Lara Assunta Quaglini – The role of biotic and abiotic interactions in the invasion process of invasive alien plants (tutor: Citterio; supervisor: Gentili)
- Clarissa Barbara Raguso – Microplastics and their associated contaminants in the marine environment: from detection to the mechanisms of interaction with marine biota (tutor: Franzetti; supervisor: Lasagni)
- Beatrice Savinelli – Integration of ground and remote observations for the analysis of forest functionality and biodiversity (tutor: Franzetti; supervisor: Rossini)
Ciclo XXXVI
Curriculum in Chemical Sciences
- Ana Rita Adelino – Development of Toll-Like Receptor-directed adjuvants and incorporation in innovative vaccine formulations (tutor: Zoia; supervisor: Peri)
- Valentina Bellotti – Synthesis and characterization of amphiphilic block-copolymer nano- object prepared by PET-RAFT PISA polymerization as confined systems for up conversion (tutor: Ballabio; supervisor: Simonutti)
- Erika Ghiglietti – Optimization of a protocol for micro/nanocapsules preparation and design of innovative crosslinking strategies
(tutor: Zoia; supervisor: Beverina) - Anna Ranaudo – In silico design of new diagnostic probes for clinical molecular imaging (tutor: Greco; supervisor: Moro)
Curriculum in Geological Sciences
- Gloria Arienti – 3D structural geological modelling in basement units of the Aosta Valley and implementation of innovative algorithms for 3D geomodelling (tutor: Malusà; supervisor: Bistacchi)
- Nicola Bavaresco – Innovation, sustainability and resilience applied to natural and artificial freezing of soils: an experimental study to enhanced theoretical and numerical analysis (tutor: Frattini; upervisor: Castellanza)
- Noemi Corti – Analysis of tectonic regimes in guiding dyke and gas paths in volcanic areas (tutor: Zanchi; supervisor: Tibaldi)
- Federico Franzosi – Integrating multi-platform remote sensing, fracture networkmodeling and historical data for rockfall risk analysis (tutor: Frattini, Jaboyedoff; supervisor: Agliardi)
- Camilla Lanfranconi – Rockfall volume distribution, fragmentation and frequency in the framework of climate change (tutor: Crosta; supervisor: Frattini)
- Luca Mariani – Cenozoic benthic foraminifera associations as tools for paleoenvironmental and stratigraphic reconstructions (tutor: Malusà; supervisor: Malinverno)
- Gabriele Mocchi – Mass movements and flooding related to climate change: a multiscale approach to perform Quantitative Risk Analyses (QRA) including advanced design of preventive countermeasures (tutor: Malusà; supervisor: Crosta, Castellanza)
- Andrea Pettinaroli – Sustainability in underground construction practices (tutor: Frattini; supervisor: Collina)
- Francesca Romice – Innovation And Enhancement Of Static And Dynamic Triaxial Apparatus For Geomaterials (tutor: Crosta; supervisor: Castellanza)
- Muhammad Usman – Provenance of Thar Desert Sand (Pakistan And India): The Mark of Climate Change (tutor: Garzanti; supervisor: --)
Curriculum in Terrestrial and Marine Environmental Sciences
- Sara Agaba – Mapping organic soil carbon using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) applications in Digital Soil Mapping (DSM). (tutor: Citterio; supervisor: Comolli)
- Chiara Confalonieri – Evaluation of the quality of an environment through the analysis and definition of the most suitable acoustic and bioacoustic indicators characterizing the local soundscape (tutor: Padoa-Schioppa; supervisor: Zambon)
- Niccolò Losi – Three-dimensional study of the atmospheric heating rate from Equator to the Arctic (tutor: Citterio, spervisor: Bolzacchini, Ferrero)
- Noemi Rota – Evaluation and mapping ecosystem services:a comparison of different methods (tutor: Padoa-Schioppa; supervisor: Galli)
- Stefano Susani – Sustainability in underground construction practices (tutor: Basso; supervisor: Cacho)
- Paolo Ubaldi – Seafood traceability by molecular approaches coupled with machine learning analyses (tutor: Franzetti; supervisor: Galli)
Ciclo XXXV
Curriculum in Chemical Sciences
- Gabriele Brugnetti – Preparation and characterisation of electrode materials for alkaline secondary batteries (tutor: Mustarelli; supervisor: Ruffo)
- Francesca Cadamuro – Generation of functionalised biomaterial for biomedical applications (tutor: Greco; supervisor: Ruffo)
- Marco Iannone – Development of New, General Purpose Methods Aimed to the Introduction of the Radionuclide F-18 in Biologically Active Molecules (tutor: Greco; supervisor: Airoldi)
- Alessandro Mancini – Phisico-chemical characterization of emissions from braking operation (tutor: Greco; supervisor: Bolzacchini)
- Alessio Romerio – Natural and synthetic molecules with activity as immunomodulators (tutor: Zampella; supervisor: Peri)
- Roberto Tallarita – Synthesis of flexible microporous materials for selective gas adsorption (tutor: Greco; supervisor: Bracco)
Curriculum in Geological Sciences
- Andrea Galli – PERMEATION GROUTING: Sviluppo ed innovazione di p rove sperimentali 1D e 3D per l’analisi dell’evoluzione delle proprietà geomeccaniche in processi di iniezione (tutor: Crosta; supervisor: Castellanza)
- Sofia Locchi – The modes of crustal extension in the post-Variscan evolution of the Southern Alps: insights from synchronous fault activity, hydrothermalism and magmatism in the Orobic and Val Trompia Basins (tutor: Zanchi; upervisor: Zanchetta)
- Veleda Muller – Unraveling coupled surface-deep Earth processes in the Southern Andes through numerical modeling constrained by integrated datasets (tutor: Frattini; supervisor: Sternai)
- Guido Pastore – Sand provenance and dispersal in the Sahara and Kalahari deserts: fluvialaeolian interactions and climatic implications (tutor: Garzanti; supervisor: Resentini)
- Alice Portal – Extratropical climate variability: longitudinal characterization of the mid- and highlatitude interactions (tutor: Garzanti; supervisor: Pasquero)
Curriculum in Terrestrial and Marine Environmental Sciences
- Alessadra Bigogno – Effect of atmospheric particulate deposits, and their chemical composition, on the electrical conductivity of the transmission network insulators (tutor: Citterio; supervisor: Bolzacchini)
- Luca Bonacina – Relationship between ecosystems biogeochemical processes and stream geo-ecology in alpine catchment under climate change effects (tutor: Finizio; supervisor: Mezzanotte)
- Valerio Isa – Impact of coral diseases on coral reef and local restoration projects in the Republic of Maldives (tutor: Finizio, spervisor: Galli)
- Enrico Montalbetti – Exploring the ecological role and impact of corallivorous seastars in the Republic of Maldives, with a focus on their molecular responses to climate changes (tutor: Padoa-Schioppa; supervisor: Galli)
- Giulia Piazza – Mediterranean bio-construction and the Holocene records of extreme events and climate change: Geochemical and mineralogical studies to assess the significance of temperate coralline algae as paleoclimatic archives (tutor: Basso; supervisor: Cacho)
- Davide Sartirana – Integrating numerical modelling and 3D Open Data Databases for groundwater management in Milan metropolitan city (tutor: Franzetti; supervisor: Bonomi, De Amicis)
- Pietro Tirozzi – Long-term responses of bird populations to environmental and climatic changes (tutor: Citterio; supervisor: Bani)
- Sara Vencato – Role of corallivory in structuring coral reef ommunity in the Republic of Maldives (tutor: Padoa-Schioppa; supervisor: Galli)
CICLO XXXIV
Curriculum in Chemical Sciences
- Giacomo Baccolo – Integration of OMICS-data based on advanced chemiometric approaches (tutor: Orlandi supervisor: Ballabio)
- Lara Callea – Modeling og ligand-protein binding with advanced molecular dynamics methods (tutor: Greco; supervisor: Bonati)
- Luis Antonio Cipriano Marcos – Theoretical study of oxides heterojunctions for energy and photocatalysis (tutor: Zampella; supervisor: Tosoni, Pacchioni)
- Cecile Valsecchi – Novel machine learning approaches to detect nuclear receptors modulators (tutor: Orlandi; supervisor: Ballabio, Consonni, Donati)
Curriculum in Geological Sciences
- Francesca Bearzot – Permafrost and periglacial morphodynamics: investigation of the thermal regimes and evolution of the mountain permafrost (tutor: Frattini; supervisor: Rossini, Colombo)
- Davide Grassi– Titolo progetto (tutor: Crosta; supervisor: Castellanza)
- Roberta Perico – Interaction between groundwater and river in urban areas: implications for sustainability (tutor: Crosta; supervisor: Frattini)
- Alberto Previati– Enhanced thermal regime beneath the city of Milan as a record of climate changes, human
disturbances and implications on groundwater management (tutor: Frattini; supervisor: Crosta)
Curriculum in Terrestrial and Marine Environmental Sciences
- Paulina Bartkowiak – Titolo progetto (tutor: Citterio; supervisor: Colombo)
- Ilaria Cesana – Algorithms development for chlorophyll fluorescence signal evaluation generated from inland waters and vegetation using hyperspectral remote sensing and radiative transfer models (tutor: Finizio; supervisor: Colombo, Cogliati)
- Carmen Chimera – Titolo progetto (tutor: Finizio, spervisor: Villa)
- Inga Dehnert – Titolo progetto (tutor: Padoa-Schioppa; supervisor: Galli)
- Veronica Nava – Microplastics in water and sediments of South-Alpine lakes: characterization, quantification and relationships with watersheds, hydrology and climate change (tutor: Citterio; supervisor: Leoni)
CICLO XXXIII
Curriculum in Chemical Sciences
- Irene Facchinetti – Thermally regenerable batteries (tutor: Abbotto; supervisor: Ruffo)
- Andrea Luraghi – Titolo progetto (tutor: Orlandi; supervisor: Peri)
Curriculum in Geological Sciences
- Chiara Crippa – Advanced analysis of slow slope deformation phenomena by mean of InSAR, structural analysis
and numerical modelling (tutor: Crosta; supervisor: Agliardi) - Samantha Remigi – Earth’s mantle CO2-rich fluids: chemical and physical properties, and isotopic signature (tutor: Frezzotti, Bodnar; supervisor: )
- Elena Russo – The anomaly of rift-parallel transcurrent faults: implications for seismic and volcanic risk (tutor: Zanchi; supervisor: Tibaldi)
- Cristian Sala – Titolo progetto (tutor: Crosta; supervisor: Castellanza)
Curriculum in Terrestrial and Marine Environmental Sciences
- Fabrizio Cappa – Wild boar impacts on crops and nemoral flora in lowland areas of northern Italy (tutor: Bestetti; supervisor: Bani)
- Chiara De Falco – Ocean transport in the Maldives Archipelago (tutor: Basso; supervisor: Pasquero)
- Mostafa Hamouda – North Atlantic Oscillation in Different Climate (tutor: Basso; supervisor: Pasquero)
- Marco Mantovani – Nanoparticles for the removal of contaminants from wastewaters (tutor: Padoa-Schioppa; supervisor: Collina)
- Francesca Pittino - Biogeochemical cycles and pollutant degradation in supraglacial ecosystems (tutor: Seeger; supervisor: Franzetti)
- Stefano Tasselli – Innovative techniques for the removal of organic micropollutants from wastewaters (tutor: Finizio supervisor: Guzzella)
- Alessandra Zerboni – Study on the bio-interactions and toxic effects of fine and ultrafine particles emitted from different sources: contribution to risk management policies (tutor: ?; supervisor: ?)
CICLO XXXII
Curriculum in Scienze dell’Ambiente Terrestre e Marino
- Luca Fallati – Monitoring land-sea interaction in coastal seas using remote-sensing data across multiple spatial scales.
- Martina Patelli – Population dynamics and pelagic food webs in the deepest subalpine lakes related to anthropogenic pressure and climare change.
- Chiara Zanotti – Data driven approach to deal with different hydrogeological issues.
Curriculum in Scienze Chimiche
- Michele Fiore – Nanostructured Materials for Secondary Alkaline Ion Batteries.
- Anna Rovaletti – Computational studies of gas processing Mo-metalloenzymes.
Curriculum in Scienze Geologiche
- Chiara Montemagni – Geochronology and kinematics of crustal shear zones in the Himalayan collisional belt.
- Luca Pellegrino – Modelling of mechanical mixing and chemical interaction between the subducting crust and the overlying mantle at (ultra)high pressures: implications for the slab-to-mantle mass transfer.