Research Doctorate Programs

39th Cycle - Academic Year 2023/24

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RESEARCH PROJECTS

PhD projects available at the DiSTAR are listed below

For each project only one PhD position will be assigned

Development of a web-platform for monitoring infrastructure networks affected by ground instabilities

Tutor: Prof. Domenico Calcaterra, Dr. Massimo Comedini (ITALFERR)
Co-Tutor: Prof. Diego Di Martire, Dr. Gianluca Benedetti

Convenzione DiSTAR-ITALFERR

Hydromechanical behaviour of complex porous reservoir and cap-rocks subjected to cyclic deformation and gas-water mixtures (including hydrogen) injection

Supervisori: D. Iacopini (DiSTAR GEO03), G. Russo (DiSTAR ICAR07)

Funded by PNRR- Scenari energetici del futuro (NEST – PE2)

Earth surface contamination and environmental risk assessment as a starting point to determine priority targets in regional land recovery plans: exploring the critical role of geological features and anthropization
Tutor: Stefano Albanese

Co-tutor:

Contamination state assessment of the Regi Lagni basin. Maps of chemical and ecological risk
Tutor: Michele Arienzo
Co-tutors: Gaetana Napolitano, Maria Toscanesi, Alessio Langella; Carlo Donadio

Monitoring and hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical modelling of groundwater of the Somma-Vesuvius volcanic aquifer, Italy
Tutor: Vicenzo Allocca
Co-tutor: Stefano Caliro

Pozzolanic geomaterials: Phlegrean pozzolana in comparison with other volcaniclastic materials with pozzolanic activity
Tutors: Piergiulio Cappelletti
Co-tutor: Concetta Rispoli

Clayey raw materials for archaeological pottery
Tutor: Alberto De Bonis
Co-tutors: Vincenzo Morra, Stefano Vitale

Thermogeological characterization of the pyroclastic-alluvial aquifer systems of the Piana Campana (southern Italy) for the design of low enthalpy geothermal plants
Tutor: Pantaleone De Vita
Co-tutor: Vincenzo Allocca

Dynamic landslide susceptibility modeling: a new generation of artificially intelligent early warning systems

Tutor: Diego Di Martire, Prof. Luigi Lombardo (Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands)
Co-tutor:

Geochemical and isotopic characterization of Chromium in Campania environmental matrices
Tutor: Valeria Di Renzo
Co-tutor: Massimo D’Antonio

Novel outside-the-box study on transitional environments for the conservation of geomorphic systems
Tutor:Carlo Donadio
Co-tutor: Michele Arienzo, Massimo Brescia, Fabio Conversano, Luca Lämmle, Fulvio Maffucci, Marco Trifuoggi

Petrology and volcanology of the Roccamonfina volcano
Tutor: Lorenzo Fedele
Co-tutor: Paola Petrosino

Development of geophysical monitoring Machine Learning techniques for real-time prediction of parametric variations associated with CO2 storage activities in geological reservoirs
Tutor: Maurizio Fedi
Co-tutor: Maurizio Milano

Structural analysis of multi-ring basins and lobate scarps on Mercury
Tutor: Luigi Ferranti
Co-tutor: Valentina Galluzzi

High-resolution Gravity model of Pantelleria island
Tutor: Giovanni Florio
Co-tutors:Umberto Riccardi, Dott. Stefano Carlino, Dott. T. Pivetta

Alkaline magmatism in Brazil and the enrichment of strategic elements (REE, Nb, Ta, Zr, and Hf)
Tutor: Vincenza Guarino

Co-tutor: Leone Melluso

An experimental study of the 4D evolution of relay zones on segmented faults
Tutor: David Iacopini
Co-tutors: Giovanni Camanni, Giacomo Russo

High-resolution physical stratigraphy of the Cenozoic siliciclastic successions of the Southern Apennines: climatic and tectonic implications
Tutor: Alessandro Iannace
Co-tutor: Kei Ogata, Roberto Tinterri (Università di Parma)

Environmental and clinical implications of induced and controlled biomineralization processes

Tutor: Alessio Langella

Co-tutor: Francesco Izzo

Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis including earthquake clustering

Tutor: Warner Marzocchi
Co-tutor: Simone Mancini, Jacopo Selva

Archaeometric study of ancient ceramics
Tutor: Vincenzo Morra
Co-tutor: lberto De Bonis

Landslides in structurally complex formations: effects/influence of block-in-matrix units on slope deformation mechanisms
Tutors: Kei Ogata, Luigi Guerriero, Enza Vitale
Co-tutor: Andrea Festa (Università di Torino)

Integrated analysis of geological and geophysical data for the characterization of active faults in the Sannio-Matese area (southern Apennines, Italy)