Alessandro Iannace

professor of Stratigraphic Geology Federico II University of Naples

Professore di Geologia Stratigrafica all’Università Federico II di Napoli. Ha studiato tra Napoli e Parigi e si è occupato prevalentemente di ricerche sulle rocce sedimentarie di tipo biochimico, del loro significato per
consentire ricostruzioni della paleogeografia e del paleoclima, ed in particolare del Triassico dell’Italia e dell’area mediterranea, ma anche del loro ruolo come contenitori di risorse metalliche e di idrocarburi in aree come la Sardegna, la Basilicata, la Grecia e l’Iran. È autore di Storia della Terra (Laterza, 2023)

He is Professor of Stratigraphic Geology at the Federico II University of
Naples. He studied between Naples and Paris and was mainly involved in
research on biochemical sedimentary rocks, their significance to allow
reconstructions of paleogeography and paleoclimate, and in particular of
the Triassic of Italy and the Mediterranean area, but also of their role as
containers of metal resources and hydrocarbons in areas such as
Sardinia, Basilicata, Greece and Iran. He is the author of the Book Storia della
Terra (Laterza, 2023).

Sunday 29 september / time 18-19.15
Area Talk Piazza Unità d'Italia

Piazza Unità d'Italia, Trieste, TS, Italia

AIR AND WATER. AN HISTORY OF PLANET EARTH

A panel with

Angelo Camerlenghi, researcher in Marine geosciences OGS

Alessandro Iannace, professor of Stratigraphic Geology Federico II University of Naples

Chaired by

Corinna Guerra, researcher in History of Science and Technology Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

The event will take place in italian