I am a sedimentologist and stratigrapher. My research activity is mostly focused on high-resolution stratigraphic reconstructions of clastic depositional systems of Quaternary age, both onshore and offshore, through a multi-proxy approach based on sedimentological, palaeontological, geotechnical, geophysical, chronological, geochemical and petrophysical data. Modern sequence stratigraphic concepts are utilized for the interpretation of the studied successions. At present, basin-scale investigations have been carried out in a source-to-sink perspective, from river catchments via coastal plain and shelf sectors to deep basins, for the evaluation of sediment routing systems, the identification and the tridimensional reconstruction of potential aquifer units stored in the sub-seafloor.
