CV: Post PhD researcher

Experience

2002-2008:   Post-Phd - “Developing GIS and database application for the Antarctic National Museum”, Museo Nazionale Antartide, Siena, Italy

2002:                         Fellowship - “Glacial dynamic and meteorites concentration in Antarctica” Museo Nazionale Antartide, Siena, Italy

Education

1998-2001:   PhD  “Meteorites concentration in Antarctica, the Frontier Mountain trap” Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Siena, Italy

1999 :                        Master in “Science and Space Technology” – CISAS, University of Padova, Italy

1998:              Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree highest honours in Geology,  Earth Sciences Department, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia. Thesis: “Morfologia della costa nord-orientale della Cydonia Mensae, Marte” - “Northern East Cydonia Mensae (Mars) coast morphology”.

1989:              “Perito Elettronico” degree, Istituto Tecnico Industriale, San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy

Other education courses

2000                          Special Course in remote sensing and GIS software “ENVI”, Research System -  Research System Italia, Milano, Italy

1998                          “Short Course on Geochemical Evolution of the Solar System” – Science Department, University “G. d’Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy

1998               “Visiting student” at the l’IRSPS (International School of Planetary Sciences) University of Chieti, Italy

1997               “Short Course in Planetary Geology” – Science Department, University “G. d’Annunzio”, Chieti, Italy

Research expedition

2008               Scientific expedition in South Tunisia (geomorphology and meteorites search campaign) – International cooperation project - Faculté de Sciences de Tunis, Département de Géologie; Museo Nazionale Antartide Siena, Italy.

2007               Scientific expedition in the Rift Valley, Etiopia (geomorphology, sedimentology and structural geology) – International cooperation project – Earth Science Department and National Research Council, Florence; Department of Earth Science, Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

2002               XVII Scientific expedition in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica (geomorphology and meteorites search campaign) – Programma Nazionale di Ricerca in Antartide

2000               XV Scientific expedition in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica (geomorphology and meteorites search campaign) – Programma Nazionale di Ricerca in Antartide

Academic work:

2003-2008    Professor of “Informatic Geology II”, Earth Science department, University of Siena, Italy.

2007/2008     Professor of “Informatic Geology I”, Earth Science department, University of Siena, Italy.

2004-2008    Professor of “Geography”, Environmental and Natural Science department
"Ecologia e Gestione della Fascia Costiera (EcoGeFCo)" , University of Siena, Follonica, Italy.

2004-2008    Professor of “Geography”, Environmental and Natural Science department, University of Siena, Italy.

2005/2006     Professor of “Photogeology, remote sensing and cartography” for the master “Tecnico Superiore Della Gestione Del Territorio Rurale”, University of Siena and Istituto Tecnico Agrario, Siena Italy

2001-2003    Professor of “Informatic Geology I – Words processor module”, Earth Science department, University of Siena, Italy.

Work Experience

Italia - Valdarno e Mugello

Project management, GIS maintenance, thematic mapping and valutazione impatto ambientale for inerti e calcare cave.

Cina – Urumqi

DEM production from satellite data, topographic and structural analyses, multi spectral analyses and thematic minerl maping from remote sensing data (Landsat, Ikonos and Aster images)

Messico-Opodepe

            Topographic and structural analyses, multi spectral analyses and thematic minerl mapping from remote sensing data (Landsat and Aster images)

Informatic skills

Very Good knowledge of Windows o.s.

Good knowledge of Unix and Linux o.s.

Rremote sensing  and GIS:

ENVI, ISIS, ARC-Info, ARC-View, Arc-Map, VICAR, ERDAS, ER-Mapper, IDRISI, SURFER.

Raster and vector graphics, rendering

AutoCAD, Photoshop, CorelDRAW, Illustrator, Vistapro, Bryce.

            Office and desktop publishing:

Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, MySQL, StarOffice

            Web:

Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe GoLive; good in HTML, Javascript, ASP, PHP, SVG.

From 2002 Webmaster of “Museo Nazionale Antartide” www.mna.it

Lingue

Italiano                      Fluent                        speaking, reading, writing

English                     Fluent reading,   Good speaking,  Reasonable writing

Publication

Corti, G., A. Zeoli, P. Belmaggio, and L. Folco (2008), Physical modeling of the influence of bedrock topography and ablation on ice flow and meteorite concentration in Antarctica, J. Geophys. Res., 113,  doi:10.1029/2006JF000708.

Curzio, P., Folco, L., Mellini, M., Zeoli, A. A tephra chronostratigraphic framework for the Frontier Mountain blue-ice field (northern Victoria

Land,.... Quaternary Science Reviews (2007), doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.11.017

L. Folco, K.C. Welten, A.J.T. Jull, K. Nishiizumi and A. Zeoli, (2006) Meteorites constrain the age of Antarctic ice at the Frontier Mountain blue ice field (northern Victoria Land)
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 248 (2006) 194-201

L. Folco & A. Zeoli, (2005), The Meteorite Collection of the Italian Museo Nazionale dell’Antartide “Felice Ippolito” (December 2005 update), Terra Antartica, 12(1), 35-39

Corti G., Zeoli A., Bonini M. (2003) “Ice flow dynamics and meteorite collection in Antarctica”, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 215 (2003) 371-378

Damiani D., Giorgetti D., Caburlotto A., Zeoli A. “Geochemical Characterisation Of The Sedimentary Facies In Cores Collected On The Wilkes Land Continental Rise (East – Antarctica)”, to be presented at the Seventh International Symposium On Antarctic Glaciology (ISAG 7), Milano 25-29 Agosto

Curzio P., Folco L., Mellini M., Zeoli A. (2003) “The Frontier Mountain blue ice field (antartica): stratigraphic and glaciodinamic constraits from paired englacial tephra layers”, to be presented at the Seventh International Symposium On Antarctic Glaciology (ISAG 7), Milano 25-29 Agosto

Giorgetti G., Damiani D., Caburlotto A., Zeoli A. (2003) Discriminating glacial-interglacial marine sediments from the Wilkes continental rise (Antarctica): A geochemical study”, submitted to Sedimentary Geology

Folco L., Grazi A., Mellini M., Zeoli A. (2003) “Tephra layers as stratigraphic indicators of glacial flux at the Frontier Mountain blue-ice field”. Terra Antarctica Reports, 8, 189-194

Ferraris C., Folco L., Mellini M., Zeoli A. (2003) “Meteorites: 174 new finds from Frontier Mountain and other blue ice fields in the Rennick Glacier and David Glacier regions (Antarctica, 2001-2002)”. Terra Antarctica Reports, 8, pp. 185-189

Zeoli A., Bonini M., Corti G., Mellini M.  (2002) “Analogue experiments of ice flow at the Frontier Mountain blue-ice field, Antarctica”. International Glaciological Congress, Chamonix, France 26-30;

Zeoli A., Bonini M., Corti G., Mellini M. (2002) “Esperimenti di modellizzazione analogica del flusso glaciale nell'area di ghiaccio blu di Frontier Mountain”. Congresso Nazionale di Glaciologia e Paleoclima, Milano, 25-26 Giugno;

Zeoli A. (2002) “Concentrazioni di meteoriti e dinamica glaciale in antartide: la trappola di meteoriti di Frontier Mountain.” Tesi di Dottorato in Scienze Polari, Università degli Studi di Siena;

Zeoli A., Folco L., Grazi A., Mellini M. (2001); “Le bande di cenere vulcanica come traccianti cronostratigrafici dei ghiacci antartici” Riassunti del 3° forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra, Chieti, 157-159

Grazi A., Folco L.; Laurenzi M.; Mellini M.; Perchiazzi N.; Zeoli A. (2001), “I Tephra del plateau antartico: individuazione dei centri eruttivi” Riassunti del 3° forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra, Chieti, 727-729

Zeoli A., Prattichizzo D., Mellini M., Vicino A. (2000) "Approssimazioni poligonali di superfici antartiche da misure speditive  altimetriche e GPS rilevate in condizioni estreme" Atti della 4a Conferenza Nazionale ASITA, 1375-1381

Zeoli A., Severi F. (2000) "Accessibilità urbana e sostenibilità ambientale a Firenze: la gestione dell’ecosistema urbano attraverso il GIS” Atti della 4a Conferenza Nazionale ASITA, 1303-1304

Grazi A., Folco L., Mellini M., Perchiazzi N., Zeoli A. (2000) “I tephra del ghiaccio blu di Frontier Mountain (Antartide): provenienza e orizzonti stratigrafici”, Plinius, 24, 127-128;

Pranzini E., Zeoli A. (1999) “Spiral beaches on Mars: Evidence for a long lasting liquid ocean” Proc. of 30th Lunar Planet. Scie. Conf., Houston, TX;”

Pranzini E., Zeoli A. (2000) "Le spiagge di Marte"  Astronomia, 208, 40-46