The Italian National board is made up of 8 PhD students from different Italian universities
PhD student: 3rd year in Environmental, Geological and Polar Sciences and Technologies. University of Siena.
Research fields: Glaciology, Remote Sensing
Graduated in Natural Sciences, at the University of Milan, with a thesis on the Antarctic albedo from remote sensing, during the doctorate he deals with the analysis of ablation areas in Antarctica, always remotely, with particular interest on wind-crust areas, megadunes and blue ice.
PhD student: 3rd year in Polar Sciences, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Research fields: Arctic Oceanography
Graduated in Environmental Sciences at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. His PhD project focuses on the analysis of oceanographic and atmospheric data acquired in Kongsfjorden (Svalbard) to evaluate its transition from an Arctic to Atlantic fjord.
PhD student: 2nd year in Institutions and Politics, Catholic University of Milan
Research fields: History of International Relations
His PhD project focuses on the role played by Italy in Arctic exploration, with particular regard to the relation between polar expeditions and diplomacy.
PhD student: 3rd year in Climate Change. University Ca’ Foscari of Venice
Research fields: Climate Dynamics, Sea Ice
Obtained a Master’s degree at the University of East Anglia with a thesis on sea ice conditions in the Northwest Passage. Her PhD is in collaboration with the Ocean Modeling and Data Assimilation (ODA) research division at CMCC in Bologna and focuses on Arctic sea ice variability and its interactions with the atmosphere and the ocean at short time scales.
PhD student: 3rd year in Polar Sciences. University Ca’ Foscari of Venice
Research fields: Contaminants in Polar Regions
She is a geologist with a M.Sc. in Climate Change from the University of
Copenhagen and a Master in Environmental Risk from the Technical University
of Madrid. Her PhD project focuses on the presence, transport, and fate of
emerging contaminants in different matrices in polar regions.
PhD student: 3rd year in Environmental, Geological and Polar Sciences and Technologies. University of Siena.
Research fields: Marine Ecology
Graduated in Marine Sciences, at the University of Genoa. During the PhD she work on Antarctic Echinoderms using morphological and molecular approach and analyze convergent evolution and cryptic diversity in Ophiuroids.
PhD student: 3rd year in Polar Sciences. University Ca’ Foscari of Venice
Research fields: Geophysics, Polar Geomorphology
Graduated in Exploration and Applied Geophysics, at the University of Pisa. Her PhD project focuses on geophysical data processing and interpretation to detect geomorphological structures formed on the seafloor during advance and retreat phases of Antarctic Ice Sheet after the Last Glacial Maximum.