Ph.D. Research Projects 2025

(upload of Ph.D. Projects in progress)
University Scholarships
- Integrated Urban Hydrology Modeling Coupled with Satellite Imagery for Flooding and Subsidence Predictions (Proposer: Dr. Valentina Prigiobbe)
- Seismic Maps of the Earth’s core (Proposer: Prof. Lapo Boschi)
- Monitoring and analyzing extreme floods in karstic and englacial conduits with innovative technologies (Proposer: Dr. Francesco Sauro
- Geophysical surveys for the characterization of glacial and periglacial environment (Proposer: Jacopo Boaga)
- Paleobiodiversity of pelagic vertebrates of the Cenomanian-Turonian of Northern Italy (Proposers: Prof. Luca Giusberti, Dr. Jacopo Amalfitano)
- Advanced InSAR techniques as a supporting tool for geotechnical modeling of geohazards impacting critical structures and infrastructure (Proposers: Mario Floris; Francesca da Porto)
- Integrating critical minerals recovery and CO2 mineralization using mine tailings for net-zero sustainable mining (Proposer: Dr. Valentina Prigiobbe)
- Tectonic evolution of the Andean chain: a detrital thermocronology approach (Proposer: Prof. Massimiliano Zattin)
- Incorporating industrial side streams in sustainable cement (Proposer: Prof. Luca Valentini)
- Volcanism and Tectonism across Mercury (Proposer: Prof. Matteo Massironi, Dott. Riccardo Pozzobon)
- Study of Quaternary sediments in the Pakistan Himalaya (Proposer: Prof. Valerio Olivetti)
- Extreme precipitation events in the Mediterranean (Proposer: Prof. Katinka Bellomo)
Fixed Topics Scholarships
- Building Resilience Through Sediment Dynamics: Nature-Based Solutions for the Po River Delta (Proposer: Dr. Alvise Finotello)
- Fluid dynamics and seismic signals: advancing flash floods detection and characterization for Early Warning (Proposer: Prof. Jacopo Boaga, Dr Piero Poli, Prof. Matteo Picozzi)
- Testing of innovative geothermal systems in complex geological mountain environments (Proposers: Prof. Antonio Galgaro, Prof. Francesco Sauro)
- Digital Solutions to Quantify the Natural Event Impacts and their mitigation in the Age of Climate Change (Proposer: Francesca da Porto)
- Applied geophysics methodologies and the use of artificial intelligence to characterize marine and shallow terrestrial environments (Proposers: Prof. Giorgio Cassiani and Dr. Ilaria Barone, Dr. Marina Lipizer and Dr. Umberta Tinivella (OGS))
- Observing earthquakes in the laboratory (Proposer: Prof. Giacomo Pozzi)
- Drainage network dynamics under climate change
(Proposer: Francesco Marra)