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Barbara Cavalazzi

Full Professor

Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences

Academic discipline: GEOS-02/A Paleontology and Paleoecology

Coordinator of PhD Programme in Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences

Publications

Macey, M. C.; Ilieva, V.; Stephens, B. P.; Tatton, B.; Balcha, E.; Schwenzer, S. P.; Mcgenity, T. J.; Miruts, H.; Gomez, F.; Cavalazzi, B.; Olsson-Francis, K., Metagenomic insights into the taxonomic and metabolic diversity of the microbiome of Lake Karum in the Danakil Depression, Ethiopia, «ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOME», in corso di stampa, 1, pp. 1 - 20 [Scientific article]

Asresie, Teka; Koeberl, Christian; Cavalazzi, Barbara; Hans, Hailemichael; Van Wyk De Vries, Benjamin; Hagos, Miruts, The Gada’Ale volcano-tectonic structures: Implications for the geodynamics of the Erta’Ale1 Volcanic Range, Northern Afar Depression, Ethiopia, «TECTONOPHYSICS», in corso di stampa, 00, pp. 1 - 35 [Scientific article]

Cardoso Dorneles, V. A.; Millan, M.; Gómez, F. J.; Šket, P.; Najorka, J.; Broderick, C.; Montgomery, W.; Cavalazzi, B.; Hickman-Lewis, K., Biosignature preservation in stromatolites from the Carri Laufquen Lakes System, Patagonia: implications for Martian palaeolacustrine environments, «GEOBIOLOGY», 2026, x, pp. 1 - 12 [Scientific article]

Cardoso Dorneles, V. A.; Hickman-Lewis, K.; Haileselasie, T. H.; Hagos, M.; Šket, P.; Cavalazzi, B., Stromatolites from Lake Ashenge, Ethiopia: Controls on Biosignature Preservation in Extreme Alkaline Environments, «ASTROBIOLOGY», 2026, 26, pp. 10 - 29 [Scientific article]

Nsengiyumva, C.; Cavalazzi, B.; Asrata, A.; Franchi, F., The Preservation Potential of Biosignatures in Neoarchean Stromatolites of the Lower Transvaal Supergroup, Botswana, «PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH», 2026, x, pp. 1 - 11 [Scientific article]

Hickman-Lewis, K.; Cuadros, J.; Yi, K.; Hong, T. E.; Byeon, M.; Jang, J. H.; Choi, M-Y.; Seo, Yk.; Najorka, J.; Montgomery, W.; Matlak, K.; Wolanin, B.; Smith, C. L.; Cavalazzi, B., Aluminous phyllosilicates promote exceptional nanoscale preservation of biogeochemical heterogeneities in Archaean siliciclastic microbial mats, «NATURE COMMUNICATIONS», 2025, 16, Article number: 2726 , pp. 1 - 10 [Scientific article]Open Access

Lima-Zaloumis, J.; Cady, S. L.; Blank, J. G.; Shkolyar, S.; Akudoro, V.; Awramik, S. M.; Cavalazzi, B.; Hickman-Lewis, K.; Homann, M.; Noffke, N.; Perl, S. M.; Potter-McIntyre, S. L.; Westall, F., Laminae as Potential Biosignatures, «ASTROBIOLOGY», 2025, 25, pp. 501 - 524 [Scientific article]

Shkolyar, S.; Bebout, L.; Blank, J.; Cady, S. L.; Cavalazzi, B.; Corbin, E.; Davila, A.; Des Marais, D.; Fisk, M.; Hickman-Lewis, K.; Lima-Zaloumis, J.; Mcloughlin, N.; Murphy, A.; Noffke, N.; Perl, S.; Pohorille, A.; Potter-McIntyre, S. L.; Rainwater, H.; Westall, F., Structural Biosignatures—A Category of Potential Biosignatures in the Life Detection Knowledge Base, «ASTROBIOLOGY», 2025, 25, pp. 482 - 497 [Scientific article]

Cassaro, A.; Pacelli, C.; Cemmi, A.; Di Sarcina, I.; Zucconi, L.; Cavalazzi, B.; Leo, P.; Catanzaro, I.; Onofri, S., The effect of ionizing radiation on hydrated fungal cells: Implications for planetary protection and mars habitability, «ICARUS», 2025, 425, Article number: 116339 , pp. 1 - 9 [Scientific article]

Ferretti, A.; Cavalazzi, B.; Corriga, M. G.; Desogus, S.; Franchini, C.; Malferrari, D.; Ongari, C.; Zocchi, C.; Corradini, C., Unique fossil preservation in ferruginous Silurian deposits from the Carnic Alps, Italy, «BULLETIN OF GEOSCIENCES», 2025, 100, pp. 661 - 676 [Scientific article]Open Access

Cassaro A., D’ Alò F., Pacelli C., Cavalazzi B., Zucconi L., Onofri S., A preliminary survey of the cellular responses of the black fungus Cryomyces antarcticus to long and short-term dehydration, «ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS», 2024, 16, Article number: e13309 , pp. 1 - 8 [Scientific article]Open Access

Hickman-Lewis, K.; Cavalazzi, B.; Montgomery, W., Correlative microspectroscopy of biogenic fabrics in Proterozoic silicified stromatolites, «GEOCHEMICAL PERSPECTIVES LETTERS», 2024, 30, pp. 34 - 39 [Scientific article]Open Access

Filippidou S, Price A, Spencer-Jones C, Scale A, Macey MC, Franchi F, Lebogang L, Cavalazzi B, Schwenzer SP, Olsson-Francis K, Diversity of microbial mats in the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Botswana, «MICROORGANISMS», 2024, 12, Article number: 147 , pp. 1 - 13 [Scientific article]Open Access

Balcha E.S.; Olsson-Francis K.; Stephens B.; Cavalazzi B.; Woldesemayat A.A.; Gemeda M.T.; Macey M.C., Draft genome sequence of Bacillus sp. strain X and Salarachaeum sp. strain III isolated from Lake Karum, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia, «MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS», 2024, 13, pp. 147 - 159 [Scientific article]

Dorneles Victor, . Amir . Cardoso.; Hickman-Lewis, Keyron.; Roberto, Barbieri; Caminiti A. M., &; Cavalazzi, Barbara., Microbe-mineral interactions in the microstromatolitic crusts of the lacustrine chimneys and volcanic bedrock of Lake Abhe, Republic of Djibouti, «BOLLETTINO DELLA SOCIETÀ PALEONTOLOGICA ITALIANA», 2024, 63, pp. 229 - 244 [Scientific article]Open Access