Claudia Romano - EVPLab

Prof. Claudia Romano

Current Position:
Professor at the University Of Roma Tre Department of  Geological Science
Responsible since 2007 for the "Experimental Volcanology and Petrology Laboratories" at the University of Roma Tre

Education:          
1984 Diploma di Maturita' classica (High-School graduation), Rome,
1990 Master degree, Geology, University of Rome, Italy
1994 PhD degree Geochemistry University of Rome, Italy
1994-1996 Postdoct. Position, Deutsche Forsch.(DFG) Bayerisches Geoinstitut
1996- University of Roma Tre- Department of Geological  Science

Awards:
SIMP  award for best PhD thesis. September 95. Venice.

Major Areas of  Interest:          
Properties of melt and minerals at high pressures and high temperatures;
Silicate melt structure and dynamics;
Spectroscopic studies of inorganic materials;
Spectroscopic studies on volatiles species.

Scientific and technological Expertise
High pressure apparatus (Externally heated pressure vessels, piston cylinder, multi anvil press).
Spettroscopic methods (FTIR, Raman, XAS, impendence spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, electron microprobe, Fluorescence, KFT)
Magma properties (concentric cylinder viscosimeter, micropenetration viscometry,  uniaxial deformation press, dilatometer,  calorimeter)

Organizations:  
American Geophysical Union,  Mineralogical Society of America
SIMP (Societa’ Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrografia)
SILS (Societa’ Italiana Luce di Sincrotrone)

Miscellaneous:
Associate Editor of Periodico di Mineralogia (2000-2002)
Associate Editor of Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta (2000-2008)
Associate Editor Chemical Geology (2008-present)
  
Teaching Experience:
Mineralogy and Petrology Courses  (1995-2014)
Supervisor for both undergraduate and graduate level theses in  

Volcanology, Petrology and Mineralogy