CURRICULUM VITAE
Federico Casetta Ph. D.
Scopus iD: 57195407845
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2935-7420
Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=zqzNdCwAAAAJ&hl=it
Personal details
Citizenship: Italian
Place of birth: Ferrara
Date of birth: October 31st 1991
E-mail: cstfrc@unife.it
Title
Ph.D., Earth and Marine Sciences (Ciencias y Tecnologías Marinas) joint programme, University of Ferrara (Italy) & Universidad de Cádiz (Spain)
Language Proficiency
Italian (native)
English (fluent - CAE - C1 level)
Research areas
Igneous petrology
Petrology of alkaline magmas
Mantle metasomatism
Volatiles cycle
Geodynamics
Mineral-melt thermobarometry
Academic career
2019-present Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara (Italy)
2019-present Teaching assistant in Petrography and Laboratory of Petrography B.Sc. courses, Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara (Italy)
2017-2018 Teaching assistant in Geological Survey B.Sc. course, Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara (Italy)
2015-2018 Ph.D. in Petrography and Petrology (cum laude), Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara (Italy). Thesis title: “Thermobarometry, geochronology and petrological evolution of the Middle-Late Triassic magmatic products in the Dolomitic Area (Southern Alps)”
2013-2015 M.Sc. in Geological Sciences, Geo-Resources and Territory, University of Ferrara (Italy). Thesis title: “Petrological study and 3D modelling of the volcano-plutonic complex and the dyke swarm of the Predazzo area”. Grade: 110/110 cum laude
2010-2013 B.Sc. in Geological Sciences, University of Ferrara (Italy). Thesis title: “Petrological and geochemical study of the intrusive rocks of the Predazzo Complex in the border zones”. Grade: 110/110 cum laude
Internships
2019 Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria). Project: High-resolution EPMA analyses on recently erupted products from Mt. Etna (Italy)
2017 Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (Glasgow - UK). Project: Sr-Nd isotopes and Ar/Ar age of the magmatic products of the Predazzo, Mt. Monzoni and Cima Pape complexes (Dolomitic Area, Southern Alps)
2016 Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (Glasgow - UK). Project: Sr-Nd isotopic analysis and Ar/Ar dating of the magmatic products of the Dolomitic Area
2016 University of Rochester (Rochester - NY - USA). Project: HP-HT experiments with piston cylinder apparatus for the homogenization of olivine-hosted melt inclusions
Awards and scholarships
2019 Award: best Ph.D. thesis in mineralogy, petrography, geochemistry, volcanology, and/or their application to cultural heritage and environment, Italian Mineralogy and Petrology Society (SIMP)
2019 Award: “Enzo Michele Piccirillo” award for abroad mobility funded by the Italian Mineralogy and Petrology Society (SIMP), supporting the project “Space vs. time: diffusion chronometry as a tool for investigating the timing of the Mt. Etna plumbing system”
2019 Award: “Nicolò Copernico” award for innovative Ph.D. theses in science and technology, University of Ferrara
2019 Award: best Ph.D. thesis in Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Ferrara
2017 Abroad Mobility Grant funded by University of Ferrara, supporting the project “Sr-Nd isotopes and Ar/Ar age of the magmatic products of the Predazzo, Mt. Monzoni and Cima Pape complexes (Dolomitic Area, Southern Alps)”
2016 Abroad Mobility Grant funded by University of Ferrara, supporting the project “Sr-Nd isotopic analysis and Ar/Ar dating of the magmatic products of the Dolomitic Area”
2016 Young Researchers Grant funded by University of Ferrara, supporting the project “The role of volatiles in the magmatic processes of the continental rift volcanoes”
Editorial activity
- 2020-2021: Editor of the Special Issue "Magma Ascent and Evolution: Insights from Petrology and Geochemistry". Minerals - MDPI.
Experimental, analytical and computational experience
Experimental facilities: End-Loaded Piston-Cylinder; HT Muffle
Analytical Facilities: XRF; ICP-MS; EPMA; SEM; LA-ICP-MS; TIMS; Synchrotron X-Ray Microtomography
Computational Codes:
- Operative Systems: Windows; Macintosh; Linux.
- Public domain software: MELTS; Pele; ImageJ; QGis; Surfer.
- Other codes: Adobe; InnovMetric Polyworks®.
