Claudio Finocchiaro

Academic position:

Reseracher TD-A with effect from 01/01/2022 for the S.S.D. GEO/09 at the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences – Earth Science Area – University of Catania.

Achievement of the ASN "National Scientific Qualification" II range for the 04/A1 area on 09/06/2023.

Education

2020 - 2017 – PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences at the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences of Catania University. Additional recognition of Doctor Europaeus with laude.

Erasmus traineeship at the IRCER (Institut de Recherche sur les Céramiques) – University of Limoges (France) from February to June 2019.

2017 – Licence to geologist practice at the University of Palermo.

Erasmus + studio at the Instituto Superior Técnico of Lisbon (Portugal) from February to June 2016.

2017 – 2014 – Master degree in Geological Sciences (LM-74) at the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences of Catania University.

2014 – 2010 – Bachelor degree in Geological Sciences (L-34) at the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences of Catania University.

Relevant experiences

February - August 2023 - Visiting researcher at the Facultad de Ciencias - Departamento de Minas y Petrologia of the University of Granada for carrying out the research activities foreseen within the REACT – EU” project – Action IV.4 with CUP code E65F21002200005.

November 2022 - April 2023 - Visiting researcher at the company, SB Engineering srl, in Catania to carry out the research activities for the REACT – EU” project – Action IV.4 with CUP code E65F21002200005.

2022 - 2018 – Research activities for the PON project: “AGM for CuHe: Advanced Green Materials for Cultural Heritage” (CUP E66C18000380005) at the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences of Catania University.

2021 – PostDoc at the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences of Catania University, for the PO FESR 2014-2020 SETI project (CUP G38I18000960007).

September 2020 – Experiments of ray-X diffraction (XRD) at the beamline MCX of Elettra Synchrotron (Trieste, Italy).

2017 - 2016 – Grant for the project - "Nanotechnology and nanomaterials for Cultural Heritage (TECLA)" (CUP: E92114001570005) at the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences of Catania University.

2015 - 2014 – National Civil Service at the Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology of Catania (INGV_OE), carrying out campaign activities for geodetic and geochemical measurements in the Etna area as well as acquisition, classification, archiving and processing of GPS data.

Awards

2021 - Scholarship for scientific disciplines for European mobility funded by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei for 2021.

2022 – Best PhD thesis award funded by the Society of Mineralogy and Petrology (SIMP) for 2022.

Participation in Scientific and Conference organization committees

Chairman for the session entitled “Sustainable strategies for the design and development of innovative materials: from non-renewable resources to valorisation of anthropic wastes”, SIMP-SGI-SOGEI-AIV Congress entitled “The Geoscience paradigm: Resources, Risks and future perspectives”, 19-21 September 2023, Potenza.

Chairman for the session “The challenge of alkali-activated materials: new chance for a sustainable world”, Joint Congress SGI-SIMP, 19 - 21 September 2022, Turin.

Member of the scientific committee of the workshop "Highlights on new generation green materials in restoration and building", 3-4 March 2022, Milazzo, Messina.

Chairman for the Conference entitled "New frontiers of innovative and green materials in restoration and construction" 24-25 February 2022, Catania.

Organizing committee:

• First day dedicated to raw materials entitled: "Raw materials and sustainability: state of the art and future prospects", organized by the national GABeC Group, Rome, 11 December 2023.
• Conference "New frontiers of innovative and green materials in restoration and construction", Catania, February 2022.
• II National Conference "Diamonds and colored gems: ancient and modern materials, advanced diagnostics, market news", Catania, June 2019.
• XIII International Conference GeoRaman2018, Catania, June 2018.

Member of National Scientific Associations

• Italian Society of Mineralogy and Petrology (SIMP)
• Italian Crystallographic Association (AIC)
• GABeC (Georesources, Environment and Cultural Heritage)
• Italian Ceramic Society (ICERS)

Last edit: 12/13/2023