In 2019, the Department counts on 22 research laboratories active in supporting internal and collaborative research projects delivering an average volume of approximately 7000 sample preparations and 5000 analyses. Such huge laboratory work provided a total of nearly 100 papers published in international journals out of 192 total papers published by the Department in 2019 in international scientific journals. In terms of research collaborations, the Department of Geosciences in 2019 had about 50 national collaborations, 70 European collaborations and about 30 extra European collaborations with several exchanges all over the world. In addition, the Department organized 18 weekly research seminars also open to a general audience