<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rossella_Capozzi">Rossella Capozzi on ResearchGate</a>
Workplace
University of Bologna
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
Via Zamboni 67, Bologna, Italy
Tel. +39 051 2094551
Fax. +39 051 2094522
Email: rossella.capozzi@unibo.it [mailto:rossella.capozzi@unibo.it]
Academic Profile
Associate Professor at the University of Bologna since 2006, her research focuses on Sedimentary Geology, Stratigraphy, and Petroleum Geology. Her main research interests concern the emissions of saline waters and hydrocarbons, studied through chemical and isotopic analysis of fluids and fluid-solid interactions, with a focus on stratigraphic architecture, reservoir geology, and the recent activity of tectonic structures in both orogenic and marine settings.
Education
She graduated in Geological Sciences in 1982 from the University of Bologna with full marks (110/110), and earned a PhD in Earth Sciences by presenting her national dissertation in Rome titled: “Evolution of the Apenninic margin in Romagna (between the Marzeno and Savio valleys): relationships between tectonics and sedimentation from the Late Messinian to the Pleistocene.”
In 1992, she was awarded a CNR research fellowship by the Committee for Geological and Mining Sciences for the CROP Project.
Academic Career
In 1995, she won a national competition for a Researcher position (Stratigraphic and Sedimentary Geology) in the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences at the University of Bologna.
Since 2006, she has been an Associate Professor in GEO/02 (Stratigraphic and Sedimentary Geology) and is currently affiliated with the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA).
Teaching Activities
Since 1996, she has consistently taught various courses for undergraduate and master’s degrees in Environmental Sciences and Geological Sciences.
She currently teaches the course Geography and Geology (Module 1) in the BSc program in Geological Sciences.
Scientific Activities
She has participated in numerous national and international research programs, including the Strategic CROP Project (Deep Crust) for CROP 01 (and TransAlp) and CROP 03, as well as national research projects (PRIN-COFIN) on related topics.
She coordinated a research unit in the national project SINAPSI (CNR-MURST, 2004) titled: "Biogeochemical cycles in the Adriatic area: present conditions and fossil record."
She was part of the PRIN 2006 project on "Tectonics and Sedimentation in the Accretionary Complex at the Front of the Calabrian Arc (Ionian Sea): High-Resolution Bathymetry, Sampling, and Reflection Seismic Surveying."
PI of the PRIN 2009 project "Carbonate conduits associated with hydrocarbon-rich fluid expulsion."
Invited Talks & Conferences
- Chair of the session on cold seeps and mud volcanoes in deep marine environments at the 37th Congress of the Commission Internationale pour l’Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Méditerranée (CIESM), Barcelona, June 2004
- Host and invited speaker at CIESM Workshop No. 29: “Fluid seepages/mud volcanism in the Mediterranean and adjacent domains,” Bologna, 19–22 October 2005
- Invited speaker at the Workshop on Cold Seeps and Carbonate Mounds (GEOITALIA 2007)
- Convenor of Workshop W6-GEOITALIA 2009, in collaboration with Prof. Alessandra Negri and Prof. Annalisa Ferretti: “Carbon sequestration in the past: significance of cyclic organic-carbon enriched sediments for future climate scenarios,” Rimini, 8 September 2009
- Invited speaker at the international conference “Fold-Thrust Belt Exploration: The Next Technical Frontier,” The Geological Society, London, May 14–16, 2008
- Invited speaker at the AAPG European Region Annual Conference, Paris-Malmaison, 23–24 November 2009
- Invited speaker at Italy and Malta Oil & Gas Summit, IRN, Rome, 30–31 October 2013
- Invited speaker at the EAGE Shallow Anomalies Workshop, Malta, 23–26 November 2014
- Co-convenor of the scientific session FSD2: “Seismic-scale fluid/sediment interactions,” International Meeting of Sedimentology 2017, 33rd IAS & 16th ASF Joint Meeting, Toulouse, 10–12 October 2017
- Co-convenor of session 11L: “Methane-rich fluid expulsion processes and their signatures in marine sediments,” 34th International IAS Meeting, Rome, 10–13 September 2019
Editorial and Peer Review Activities
Reviewer for several international journals in the field of geological sciences.
List of Publications
- Unibo Website [https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/rossella.capozzi/pubblicazioni]
- ResearchGate Profile [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rossella-Capozzi/research]
Institutional and Academic Roles
- Member of the Doctoral Program Board in Environmental Sciences: Protection and Management of Natural Resources
- Member of the Department Council across multiple terms
- Former Coordinator of the BSc in Geological Sciences and the MSc in Geology and Territory (2018–2021)
