Fabrizio Nestola - Curriculum Vitae#
Education
- 1999 Master’s degree in Geological Sciences – University of Torino, Italy
- 2003 Ph.D. in Mineralogy – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Fellowships
- 2004 - 2005: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship - Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Germany
- 2005 - 2006: Associate Post-Doc – Virginia Tech, USA
Permanent positions at University of Padova
- 2006 - 2010 Permanent Researcher in Mineralogy
- 2010 - 2015 Associate Professor in Mineralogy
- 2015 - present Full Professor in Mineralogy
Main grant as Principal Investigator
- 2013 - 2018 ERC; title: “Inclusions in diamonds: messengers from the deep Earth” (n. 307322); fund: 1,420,000 €
Awards/Prizes
- 2003 “Ph.D. thesis award” by SIMP, Italy
- 2010 “Medal for Excellence in Research” by EMU
- 2011 “Nardelli award” by AIC, Italy
- 2016 “Messori Roncaglia and Mari award” by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- 2019 “Humboldt Research Award” by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
- 2023 “Best Geoscience Research Award”, Geoscience Information Society, USA
- 2024 “Dana Medal” by the Mineralogical Society of America, USA
- 2024 “Geochemistry Fellow Honour" by the Geochemical Society (USA) and the European Association of Geochemistry
Service at University of Padova, Italy
- 2015 - 2018 Coordinator of the Ph.D. Course in Earth Sciences
- 2018 - 2022 Head of Department of Geosciences-
- 2023 - 2025 President of the University Center for the Museums
Service to the scientific community
- Member of the European Research Council PE-10 evaluation panel
- Associate Editor for American Mineralogist and European Journal of Mineralogy
- Member of the Advisory Board of Physics and Chemistry of Minerals journal
Most recent international invited presentations
- 2024 FEEG 2024, University of Barcelona (Spain)
- 2023 Goldschmidt Conference 2023 (France)
- 2022 International Union of Crystallography (USA)
- 2021 Goldschmidt Conference 2021 (virtual)
- 2019 Diamond Research Conference (UK)
- 2019 Gordon Research Conference, Mount Holyoke College (USA)
- 2019 Mineralogical Society of America Centennial (USA)
- 2019 GEM-A conference (UK)