Alberto D'Agostino

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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[20/04/2023]
PhD Course in Earth and Environmental Sciences (XXXV cycle) – University of Catania, Italy

Thesis: New frontiers of mineralogical and structural data analysis in the era of machine learning: tools for modern petrography
Supervisor: Prof. Gaetano Ortolano; Co-supervisor: Prof. Michele Zucali
Research themes: Numerical Petrology; Petromatic; Geodata Analysis; Machine Learning; Geomatics and GIS

[02/12/2019]
Certificate of professional competence (Sez.A – Senior Geologist) – University of Palermo, Italy

[10/2017 - 18/10/2019]
Master's Degree in Geological Sciences – University of Catania, Italy
Thesis: "Thermodynamic modeling of the development of symplectites in an Eo-Variscan amphibolite of the Peloritani Mountains through the support of quantitative image analysis"
Supervisor: Prof. Gaetano Ortolano; Co-supervisor: Dr. Roberto Visalli
Graduation grade: 110/110 cum laude

[10/2014 - 17/11/2017]
Bachelor's Degree in Geological Sciences – University of Catania, Italy
Thesis: "Development and testing of new methods for the automatic classification and analysis of the fabric of plutonic rocks"
Supervisor: Prof. Rosolino Cirrincione; Co-Supervisor: Prof. Gaetano Ortolano
Graduation grade: 110/110 cum laude

[2008 - 2013]
High School Diploma – Liceo Scientifico "C.Caminiti", S. Teresa di Riva (ME), Italy
Grade: 96/100

 

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

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[16/09/2019 – 19/09/2019]
Congresso Nazionale SIMP–SGI–SOGEI Parma 2019, Italy
“Il tempo del pianeta Terra e il tempo dell'uomo: Le geoscienze fra passato e futuro”
Abstract: Ortolano G., D’Agostino A., Visalli R., Fiannacca P. & Cirrincione R.: "Development of vermicular clinopyroxene-amphibole symplectites replacing garnet in amphibolites of the Peloritani Mountain (Northeastern Sicily)"

 

WORKING EXPERIENCE

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[2020 – 2021] – University of Catania, Italy
Integrated lab teacher 
Laboratory of Applicazioni Informatiche alle Scienze della Terra 
for Bachelor's students in Geological Sciences

[2019 – 2020] – University of Catania, Italy
Tutor
Tutoring basic computer science for Bachelor's students in Geological Sciences

[10/2019 – 12/2019] – Ragusa, Italy
English translator at ManPower S.r.l. Fil. Ragusa Colajanni
within the project "Land 2D and 3D seismic project in the Fiume Tellaro concession in Sicily, Italy",
in collaboration with Maurel & Prom Italia, GII (The Geophysical Institute of Israel) and University of Catania

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

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Italian: Mother tongue
English: CEFR level B1.1 (Trinity Certification, Grade 5)

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

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• Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher) – advanced skills
• Standalone Python programming and ArcGIS Python programming – advanced skills
• Use of the software Stereonet and ArcStereoNet (Ortolano et. al., 2021) for statistical analysis and stereographic projection of azimuthal data – advanced skills
• Use of the software Q-XRMA (Ortolano et al., 2018) for the quantitative image analysis of thin sections of natural and artificial rocks – advanced skills
• Use of GIS software (ArcGIS and QGIS) – good skills
• Use of the software Perple_X for the reconstruction of thermodynamically coherent pseudo-sections – good skills
• Use of the software MFA (Visalli et al., 2021) for the quantitative micro-structural analysis of thin sections of natural and artificial rocks – good skills
• MATLAB programming – basic skills