Giorgio Costa

QUALIFICATIONS

• November 13, 2020. Bachelor Degree in “Geological Science (L-34)” at the “Università degli Studi di Catania – Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche ed Ambientali” Final vote: 110/110 cum laude. Title of experimental thesis: “Dynamics of magma storage and ascent preceding the eruptive activity of Mt. Etna of 2019-2020”. Supervisor: Prof. Marco Viccaro
• October 14, 2022. Master’s degree in “Geophysical Sciences (LM-79)” at the “Università degli Studi di Catania – Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche ed Ambientali” Final vote: 110/110 cum laude. Title of experimental thesis: “Ballistic trajectories and hazards related to the lava fountain episodes of 2021-22 at Mount Etna”. Supervisors: Prof. Marco Viccaro, Dr. Simona Scollo.

INTERSHIPS

• March 07 - May 06, 2022 - Internship of 150 total hours at INGV-Osservatorio Etneo (Catania). The internship activity was aimed at the writing of the master's thesis and was carried out through the evaluation of the dispersion of pyroclastic products emitted and deposited by Mt. Etna on the surrounding territory, with the aim of deriving the area affected by the fallout of large clasts in the areas most densely affected by tourists. Company Tutor: Simona Scollo; Teaching Tutor: Marco Viccaro.

PARTICIPATION IN CONGRESSES 

• “Dentro e fuori la montagna”, 4th edition, Custonaci – Riserva Naturale Orientata Zingaro, 7-10 June 2018 (Partecipant)
• “IV Conferenza A. Rittmann”, Catania, 12-14 February 2020 (Partecipant) • “IV Conferenza A. Rittmann Giovani Ricercatori”, 6-9 Aprile 2021. Oral presentation: “A petrological and geophysical study of the Mt. Etna summit activity between July 2019 and January 2020”, presented as part of the thematic session "Dynamics of magma rising and feeding”.
• “V Conferenza A. Rittmann”, Catania, 29 September-01 October 2022. Poster presentation: “Balistic particles and main eruption conditions during the lava fountains of 21 February 2022 at Mt. Etna”, presented as part of the thematic session “The paroxismal eruptive sequences of Mt. Etna between 2020 and 2021”.
• “School of Volcanology "B. Capaccioni" 2023”, Aeolian Islands, 6-11 September 2023 (Partecipant) • “Congresso congiunto SIMP, SGI, SOGEI, AIV”, Potenza, 19-21 September 2023 Poster presentation: “Trajectories of ballistics and assessment of the hazard in the summit area of Mt. Etna (Italy) related to the 2020-22 sequence of lava fountains”, presented as part of the thematic session: “Magma storage, transport, fragmentation, and dynamics of deposition: advances in understanding magmatic processes and eruptive behaviors”.
• “BeGeo 2023”, Naples, 3-6 October 2023 Oral presentation: “The 2020-22 sequence of lava fountains episodes of Mt.Etna (Italy): modeling the trajectories of ballistic in the summit area”, presented as part of the thematic session: “Vocanic hazard and exploring them through monitoring and new tools”.
• “Cities on Volcanoes”, Antigua, 11-17 February 2023 Poster presentations: “Triggering and emplacement mechanisms of Pyroclastic Density Currents in basic volcanic systems” and “Hazard from ballistics during the 2020-22 paroxysmal eruptions at Mount Etna”, presenter as part of the thematic sessions: "Deciphering magmatic processes and eruptive triggering at open conduit volcanoes: multidisciplinary approaches for hazard assessment and risk mitigation".