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Courses

  • Petrography” (laboratory) course (BSc Degree in Geology) 

  • “Metamorphic Petrology” course (MSc Degree in Geology)

  • Stone materials in Cultural Heritage (MSc Degree in Restoration and Conservation of Cultural Heritage)

For detailed informations on teaching activities see the Campusnet webpage.

Past and present students

Phd students

  1. Giulia Rapa (2018) - Metamorphic CO2 degassing in collisional orogens: case studies from the Himalayan chain. Co-supervisors: Franco Rolfo, Pietro Mosca

  2. Shashi Tamang (2022) - Along-strike variations of metamorphic CO2 outputs from the Nepal Himalayas: Comparison between past production and present emissions. Co-supervisors: Franco Rolfo, Frédéric Girault, Frédéric Perrier

  3. Alberto Corno (2023) - Tectono-stratigraphic setting and metamorphic evolution of Ligurian-Piedmont Units in the Upper Susa and Chisone Valleys (Western Alps). Supervisor: Marco Gattiglio; Co-supervisors: Pietro Mosca, Alessandro Borghi, myself

  4. Sara Nerone (current) - Application of routinary vs. non-conventional petrologic approaches to understand metamorphic processes in collisional orogens: case studies from the Himalaya. Co-supervisor: Franco Rolfo 

  5. Matthieu Roà (current) - Analysis of basement-cover interfaces and reconstruction of the pre-orogenic tectono-stratigraphy and Alpine tectono-metamorphic evolution of tectonic units from the Western Alps. Supervisor: Gianni Balestro; Co-supervisors: Carlo Bertok, myself

 

MSc students

  1. Giulia Rapa (2014) - Geologic and petrographic study of the Upper Bulè Valley, Monviso Ophiolitic Massif, western Alps

  2. Alessia Borghini (2015) - Geologic and petrographic study of the fluid-rock interactions in the metabasites and metasediments of the ultra-high pressure Lago di Cignana Unit (upper Valtournenche, western Alps)

  3. Serena Botta (2015) - Geologic and petrographic study of the Rocca-Solei Unit, southern Dora-Maira Massif (western Alps).

  4. Fiorenza Baudana (2016) - Structural, geological and metamorphic study of the Maira-Varaita ridge in the Colle di Sampeyre area (Cottian Alps) [co-supervisor]

  5. Manuele Gilio (2018) - Petrographic, minerochemical and thermobarometric study of garnet + chloritoid -bearing metapelites from the southern Dora-Maira Massif (western Alps)

  6. Francesco Nosenzo (2018) - Structural, geological and metamorphic study of the southern Dora-Maira Massif in the Valmala area (western Alps) [co-supervisor]

  7. Giulia Paccagnella (2018) - Mineralogical and petrographic characterization of fibrous minerals and their host-rocks from the north-western Voltri Massif

  8. Corrado Leone (2018) - Mineralogical and petrographic characterization of fibrous minerals and their host-rocks from the eastern Voltri Massif and Sestri-Voltaggio Zone [co-supervisor]

  9. Davide Goffredo (2020) - Mineralogical and petrographic characterization of fibrous minerals and their host-rocks from the north-eastern Voltri Massif [co-supervisor]

  10. Costanza Scagliotti (2021) - Revealing the anatectic evolution of the Himalayan metamorphic core: insights from the microstructural and minerochemical study of kyanite-bearing migmatites

  11. Sara Nerone (2021) - The uncommon chloritoid + biotite + staurolite + chlorite + garnet assemblage in metapelites from the Lesser Himalayan Sequence (Nepal Himalaya): petrography, mineral chemistry, reaction history and thermodynamic modelling

  12. Roberto Montani (2023) - Petrographic, minerochemical, thermobarometric and micro-Raman study of garnet-bearing metapelites and metagranites from the Rocca Solei Unit (Southern Dora-Maira massif, western Alps)

  13. Andrea Miccoli (2024) - Geological-structural study of the Southern Dora- Maira Massif in the area between Costigliole Saluzzo-Busca-Rossana (CN) [co-supervisor]

  14. Andrea Maroni (2024) - Geological-petrographic study of the Southern Dora- Maira Massif in the area between Costigliole Saluzzo-Busca-Rossana (CN) [co-supervisor]

  15. Viviane Bertone (2024)The graphite-bearing metasedimentary successions of the Pinerolo Unit (Western Alps): a petrographic study and a characterization of the mineralizations

 

BSc students

 

  1. Elena Dalla Fontana (2011) - Petrographic study of the Mg-metasomatism along shear zones in the orthogneiss of the Main Central Thrust Zone (eastern Nepal)

  2. Giulia Rapa (2011) - Petrographic study of the Ca-silicate rocks within the anatectic paragneiss of the Greater Himalayan Sequence (eastern Nepal)

  3. Alessia Borghini (2012) - Petrographic study of the andalusite-bearing graphitic schists of the Northern Karakorum Complex (Sarpo Laggo, Skyang and Gasherbrum moreins, Xinjiang, China)

  4. Serena Botta (2012) - Petrographic study of the deep crustal xenoliths included in lamprophyric dykes from the Shaksgam Valley (Xinjiang, China)

  5. Fiorenza Baudana (2013) - Petrographic study of the Archean granulites of the Fennoscandian Shield (Varpaisjarvi area)

  6. Giulia Paccagnella (2014) - Petrographic study of the fibrous minerals within metamorphic veins occurring in the serpentintes from the Pellice Valley

  7. Manfredo Capriolo (2014) - Petrographic and micro-structural study of the Himalayan leucogranites from the Everest, Makalu and Khancenjunga regions (eastern Nepal Himalaya)

  8. Linda Bonazza (2015) - Petrographic and micro-structural study of the Lesser Himalayan Sequence phylladic micaschists from the Arun and Tamur tectonic windows (eastern Nepal Himalaya)

  9. Ester Balzarini (2015) - Petrographic study of the metasedimentary sequence from the Main Central Thrust Zone, upper Arun Valley (eastern Nepal Himalaya)

  10. Giulia Gaiero (2015) - Petrographic and micro-structural study of the Black Gneisses (gneiss with sillimanite nodules) of the Greater Himalayan Sequence, eastern Nepal

  11. Manuele Gilio (2015) - Petrographic and micro-structural study of garnet- and biotite-bearing amphibolites with coronitic and symplectitic micro-structures (eastern Nepal and Sikkim Himalaya)

  12. Matteo Oberto (2016) - Geologic and petrographic study of the Main Central Thrust Zone metasedimentary sequence along the Hinkhu Khola (eastern Nepal Himalaya)

  13. Simone Amato (2016) - Petrographic study of the Sapi-Shergol meta-ophiolites (Ladakh, India): a relic of the Neo-Tethyan ocean originally separating India from Asia

  14. Mauro Bongiovanni (2017) - Petrographic study of the Ailsa Craig microgranite and its use for the manifacturing of curling stones

  15. Fabiola Caso (2017) - Petrographic study of metapelites and metamarls from the Karakorum Metamorphic Complex in the Chogo Lungma (northern Pakistan) and Pangong Tso (Ladakh, NW India) regions

  16. Marcello De Togni (2017) - Petrographic and micro-structural study of the Main Central Thrust Zone metamorphic sequences cropping out along the western and eastern sides of the Tamur tectonic window (eastern Nepal Himalaya)

  17. Giorgia Carano (2018) - Petrographic study of the dolomitic marbles, metapelites and related Mg metasomatic rocks from the Lesser Himalayan Sequence (Ganesh Himal, central Nepal)

  18. Costanza Scagliotti (2018) - Petrographic, petrologic and micro-structural study of metapelites (± calcium-rich) from the Lesser Himalayan Sequence in the Ganesh Himal region (central Nepal)

  19. Loris Filipponi (2019) - Petrographic and micro-structural study of magnesite + talc rocks and of the associated metapelites from the Lesser Himalayan Sequence (central Nepal)

  20. Sara Nerone (2019) - Barrovian metamorphism of calcium-rich pelites: petrographic study and thermodynamic modelling

  21. Chiara Bottasso (2020) - Petrographic, petrologic and micro-structural study of chloritoid-bearing rocks from the Lesser Himalayan Sequence of central-eastern Nepal

  22. Fabrizia Lando (2022). Snow-ball garnets from the Upper Lesser Himalayan Sequence (central-eastern Nepal): a petrographic and microstructural study

  23. Matteo De Guglielmi (2022). CO2-producing processes in the South Tibetan Detachment System shear zone (Himalaya)

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