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)

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)

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
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• 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)

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)