Seminar - The Secret History of Sharks. A story of evolution and survival

Speaker: Prof. John Long - College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide (South Australia) | Thursday 19 February 2026 | 3,30 p.m. - Classroom 1F

19.02.2026

Chondrichthyans (sharks, rays and holocephalans) originated around 465 million years ago, but their fossil record is very scant for the first few tens of millions of years. They survived all 5 of Earth's mass extinction events, but they haven't always had it easy. Their origin story (Ordovician

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Seminar - Testing the permeability of the barrier separating the inner and outer circumsolar disk

Speaker: Dr. Yves Marrocchi - Director of the Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG-CNRS, France) | Tuesday 24 February 2026 | 4,30 p.m. - Arduino Classroom

24.02.2026

Meteorites provide key insights on the evolution of the solar system. The recent discovery of a fundamental isotopic dichotomy between non-carbonaceous (NC) and carbonaceous (C) meteorites attests that the solar system was divided by a physical barrier into two distinct reservoirs. However, the

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Tribute concert in memory of Riccardo Pozzobon

18.01.2026

Last September, a tragic accident during a work mission in Alaska claimed the life of Riccardo Pozzobon, planetary geologist, researcher at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Padua, and collaborator with the European Space Agency as an astronaut instructor.Alongside his scientific

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International award for research on extreme short-duration rainfall

13.01.2026

Short-duration extreme rainfall events play a critical role in triggering flash floods and debris flows, yet they remain among the most challenging phenomena to analyse and project under climate change. These issues are the focus of an award-winning study co-authored by Francesco Marra, Associate

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Seminar - Disaster Risk Management and Emergency response: The Italian Civil Protection System

Speaker: Dr. Daniela Di Bucci - Italian Civil Protection Department | Thursday 15 January 2026 | 10,30 am - Classroom 1F

15.01.2026

Dr. Daniela Di BucciStructural Geologist, Ph.D. in Earth Sciences, Master's degree in Behavioural Sciences and Administrations, National Scientific Habilitation as Full Professor of Structural Geology. Expert in geo-hazards and in the relationship between the scientific community and policymakers in

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