Fabrizio Nestola#
| Membership Number: | 6768 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.fabrizionestola.com/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-4875-5125 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015 - present Full Professor in Mineralogy, Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Italy
- 2010 - 2015 Associate Professor in Mineralogy, Department of Geosciences, University of Padova
- 2006 - 2010 Permanent Researcher in Mineralogy, Department of Geosciences, University of Padova
- 2005 - 2006 Associate Post-Doctoral position, Virginia Polytechnique Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
- 2004 - 2005 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship - Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Natural diamonds
- High-pressure and high-temperature mineralogy
- Meteorites
- Deep-earth geological processes
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Dana Medal by the Mineralogical Society of America
- 2024 “Geochemistry Fellow Honour" by the Geochemical Society (USA) and the European Association of Geochemistry
- 2024 “Dana Medal” by the Mineralogical Society of America, USA
- 2023 “Best Geoscience Research Award”, Geoscience Information Society, USA
- 2019 “Humboldt Research Award” by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
- 2016 “Maria Teresa Messori Roncaglia e Eugenio Mari award” by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy
- 2011 “Mario Nardelli award” by Associazione Italiana di Cristallografia, Italy
- 2010 “Medal for Excellence in Research” by European Mineralogical Union
- 2003 “Ph.D. thesis award” by Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, Italy
