Personal information- Family name / First name: Nestola Fabrizio- Date of birth: December 14th 1972- E-mail address: fabrizio.nestola@unipd.it- Personal website: www.fabrizionestola.comResearch New minerals, crystallography, high-pressure/high-temperature mineralogy, diamonds, meteoritesEducation1999 – Master’s degree in Geological Sciences – University of Torino2003 – Ph.D. in Mineralogy, Petrology and Crystallography – University of Modena and Reggio EmiliaFellowships2004-2005: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship - Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Germany.2005-2006: Associate Post-Doctoral position - Virginia Tech, USA.Permanent positions at University of Padova2006-2010: Researcher in Mineralogy – Department of Geosciences2010-2015: Associate Professor in Mineralogy – Department of Geosciences2015-present: Full Professor in Mineralogy – Department of Geosciences Bibliometrics- Author/co-author of > 370 peer-review international publications- Citations in Web of Science: 9400 (June, 2025)- H-index: 44 in Web of Science (June, 2025)- Citations in Google Scholar: 11350 (June, 2025)- H-index: 50 in Google Scholar (June, 2025)Main grant as Principal Investigator2013-2018: European Research Council Grant; title: “Inclusions in diamonds: messengers from the deep Earth” (Agreement n. 307322); fund: 1,420,000 €.2024: FIS-2; Ministry of University, Italy; title: "Discovering mineral nanoinclusions in fibrous diamonds"; fund: 2,000,000 €.International Awards/Prizes2010: “Medal for Excellence in Research” by European Mineralogical Union.2019: “Humboldt Research Award” by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany.2023: “Best Geoscience Research Award”, Geoscience Information Society, USA.2024: “Dana Medal” by the Mineralogical Society of America, USA.2024: “Geochemistry Fellow Honour” by the Geochemical Society (USA) and the European Association of Geochemistry (Europe) National Awards/Prizes2003: “Ph.D. best thesis award” by Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, Italy.2011: “Mario Nardelli award” by Associazione Italiana di Cristallografia, Italy.2016: “Maria Teresa Messori Roncaglia e Eugenio Mari award” by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy.Institutional responsibilities at University of Padova, Italy2015-2018: Coordinator of the Ph.D. Programme in Earth Sciences2018-2022: Head of Department of Geosciences2019-2022: Member of the Academic Senate2023-2025: Coordinator of the Bachelor Degree in Earth and Climate Dynamics (in English)2023-2025: President of the University Center for the Museums2023-2025: Scientific Responsible of the Nature and Humankind MuseumMembership of Scientific Societies and Science Academies- Life fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America - Life membership of the American Geophysical Union- Life membership of the European Geosciences Union- Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia- Associazione Italiana di CristallografiaMembership of International and National Scientific Academies- Academia Europaea- Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL- Accademia delle Scienze di Torino- Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti

Il Prof. Nestola si è occupato di mineralogia in condizioni non ambientali, investigando le proprietà elastiche e l’evoluzione strutturale delle principali fasi di mantello terrestre in alta pressione e temperatura. Le principali tecniche d’indagine utilizzate sono la diffrazione a cristallo singolo e da polveri, la spettroscopia micro-Raman e la microscopia elettronica. Recentemente ha applicato gli stessi metodi mineralogici all’analisi delle inclusioni in diamanti naturali col fine di determinare le condizioni di formazione; allo stesso tempo ha sviluppato una linea di ricerca su materiali extraterrestri.

- Inclusioni mineralogiche in diamanti naturali
- Le fasi a carbonio nelle meteoriti
- Nuove specie mineralogiche