Curriculum Vitae

First name / Surname

Martina Casalini

Nationality

Italian

Date of birth

05 December 1985

Occupational field

Research Assistant (Petrology, Geochemistry, Isotope Geology) at the Earth Sciences Department, Università di Firenze (Italy)

Work experiences

2018 - present     Research Assistan at the Earth Sciences Department (SSD GEO-07, Petrology and Petrography), Università degli Studi di Firenze

2016 – 2018     Post-Doc Researcher in Isotope Geology and Petrology at the Earth Science Department (SSD GEO-07, Petrology and Petrography), Università degli Studi di Firenze

Education and training 

Dates

October 2016

Title of qualification awarded

PhD in Earth Sciences, XXVIII cycle

Application of non-traditional isotopic systematics (⁹⁸Mo/⁹⁵Mo and ²³⁸U/²³⁵U) to investigate the mantle source of Western Mediterranean potassic and ultrapotassic magmatism

Supervisor: Prof. Riccardo Avanzinelli (University of Florence)

Isotope Geology, Stable and Radiogenic isotopes, Geodynamic and Petrology

Earth Sciences Department, University of Pisa

Dates

February – October 2014

Title of qualification awarded

Pre-Doc fellow. Supervisor: Prof. Tim Elliott (University of Bristol)

Clean laboratory and Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS and MC-ICP-MS) experience working with non-traditional stable isotopes (Molybdenum ⁹⁸Mo/⁹⁵Mo and Uranium ²³⁸U/²³⁵U) on igneous rocks.

Isotope Geochemistry, Stable and Radiogenic Isotopes

School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol

Dates

2011/2012

Title of qualification awarded

Master in Geological Sciences and Technologies, 110/110 cum Laude

Analisi dei tempi di residenza dei sistemi vulcanici attivi di Ischia e Pantelleria – Residence time analysis of active volcanic system: the case study of Ischia and Pantelleria

Tutor: Prof. Riccardo Avanzinelli (University of Florence); Co-tutors: Prof. Simone Tommasini (University of Florence) and Prof. Lorella Francalanci (University of Florence)

Geology, Isotope Geology, Petrography, Petrology and Geochemistry

Earth Sciences Department, Università degli Studi di Firenze

Dates

2007/2008

Title of qualification awarded

Bachelor of Science in Geological Science, 110/110 cum Laude

Evoluzione geochimica ed isotopica del sistema vulcanico dell’Isola di Ischia – Geochemistry and isotopic evolution of Ischia Island volcanic system

Tutor: Prof. Simone Tommasini (University of Florence); Co-tutor: Prof. Orlando Vaselli (University of Florence)

Geochemistry, Isotope Geology, Petrology and Geochemistry

Earth Sciences Department, Università degli Studi di Firenze

Main expertises and field of research interest: 

Clean Lab procedures (acid digestion, High-Pressure Asher (HPA) digestion, chromatography elements separation) for the preparation and purifications of elements for high-precision isotopic analysis (Rb, Sr, micro-Sr, Nd, Pb, U, Mo isotopic systematics) in solid (i.e., rock and organic samples) and liquid matrix (i.e., water, wine samples). 

Trace elements analysis by ICP-MS (Element) of solid (i.e., rocks and organic samples) and liquid matrix. Isotope Dilution analysis through single and double-spike method.

Isotopic Analyses on whole rock and mineral samples through Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (TIMS) and Multi-collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS); isotopic systems of expertise: ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, ⁸⁷Rb/⁸⁶Sr, ¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd, ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb, ⁹⁸Mo/⁹⁵Mo, ²³⁸U/²³⁵U.

Isotope Geochemistry and Petrology applied on volcanic rocks to investigate magma genetic processes, mantle composition, pre-eruptive mechanisms in active volcanoes. 

Studies on volcanic rocks and magmatic systems in Italy, Africa, Turkey, many of these are also topics of several scientific articles published on international journals.

Isotope geochemistry of waters, wine, grapes, and their soil and geological substrata aimed to the geographic traceability of agriculture products and wine terroir.

Affiliations:

-  Convener at SGI-SIMP 2018, National Conference, Catania, Italy;

-  member of the “Società Geologica Italiana”;

-  member of the “Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia”;

-  member of the “Associazione Italiana Vulcanologia”;

-  member of the “European Association of Geochemistry”;

Publications:

1 -          Casalini M., PENSA A., AVANZINELLI R., GIORDANO G., MATTEI M., CONTICELLI S., (2019). Geodynamics and magmatism of the Central Mediterranean Region. In:AUGUSTIN N., AVANZINELLI R., BONAMICO A., CASALINI M., CONTICELLI S., DE BENEDETTI A.A., GIORDANO G., HANNINGTON M., MATTEI M., MONECKE T., PENSA A., PETERSEN S., PINTON A., SORIANO C., VITA L. ATLAS of Italian Submarine Volcanic Structures. Memorie Descrittive della Carta Geologica d’Italia, Vol. 104.

2 -          Casalini M., (2018). ⁹⁸Mo/⁹⁵Mo and ²³⁸U/²³⁵U in lamproites and associated shoshonites and high-K calc-alkaline rocks from Western Alps: inferences on their genesis. Italian Journal Geosciences (Società Geologica Italiana, Roma, IT), 137, 3, 465-477. [https://doi.org/10.3301/IJG.2018.20]

3 -          Marchionni S., Casalini M., Capecchiacci F., Zoppi M., Cabassi J., Tassi F., Vaselli O., Pratesi G., Giannini L., Venturi S., Strekopytov S., Ulivi M., Braschi E., Forni F., Scodellini R., Tommasini S.(2018). PM10: a potential source of secondary raw materials. Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana. (Società Geologica Italiana, Roma, IT), 46, 181-186. [https://doi.org/10.3301/ROL.2018.71]

4 -          Petrone C.M., Braschi E., Francalanci L., Casalini M., Tommasini S. (2018). Rapid mixing and short storage timescale in the magma dynamics of a steady-state volcano. Earth and Planetary Science Letters (Elsevier, Amsterdam, NL), 492, 206-221.[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.03.055]

5 -          Casalini M., Heumann A., MARCHIONNI S., ConticelliS., Avanzinelli R., TommasiniS. (2018). Inverse modelling to unravel the radiogenic isotope signature of mantle source from evolved magmas: the case-study of Ischia volcano. Italian Journal Geosciences (Società Geologica Italiana, Roma, IT), 137, 3, 420-432. [https://doi.org/:10.3301/IJG.2018.05]

6 -          Mazzeo F.C., Arienzo I., Aulinas M., Casalini M., Di Rienzo V., D’Antonio M. (2018).Mineralogical, geochemical and isotopic characteristics of alkaline mafic igneous rocks from Punta delle Pietre Nere (Gargano, Southern Italy). Lithos (Elsevier, Amsterdam, NL), 308-309, 316-328. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2018.03.015]

7 -          Tescione I., Marchionni S., Casalini M., Vignozzi N., Mattei M., Conticelli S. (2018). ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr isotopes in grapes of different cultivars: a geochemical tool for geographic traceability of agriculture products. Food Chemistry (Elsevier, Amsterdam, NL), 258, 374-380. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.03.083]

8 -          Di Salvo S., Braschi E., Casalini M., Marchionni S., Adani T., Ulivi M., Orlando A., Tommasini S., Avanzinelli R., Mazza P., Conticelli S., Francalanci L. (2018). High-precision in situ ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr analyses through micro-sampling on solid samples: applications to Earth and Life Sciences. Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry (Indawi Limited, London, GB), 2018, article ID 1292954, 20. [https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/1292954]

9 -          BRASCHI E., MARCHIONNI S., PRIORI S., CASALINI M., TOMMASINI S., NATARELLI L., BUCCIANTI A., BUCELLI P., COSTANTINI E.A.C., CONTICELLI S. (2018). From vine to wine: data on ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr from rocks and soils as ageologic and pedologic characterisation of vineyards. Data in Brief (Elsevier, Amsterdam, NL), 18, 731-735. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.03.078]

10 -       BRASCHI E., MARCHIONNI S., PRIORI S., CASALINI M., TOMMASINI S., NATARELLI L., BUCCIANTI A., BUCELLI P., COSTANTINI E.A.C., CONTICELLI S. (2018). Tracing the 87Sr/86Sr from rocks and soils to vine and wine: an experimental study on geologic and pedologic characterization of vineyards using radiogenic isotope of heavy elements. Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier, Amsterdam, NL), 628–629, 1317–1327. [doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.069]

11 -       AVANZINELLI R., CASALINI M.*, ELLIOTT T., CONTICELLI S. (2018). Carbon fluxes from subducted carbonates revealed by uranium excess at Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Geology (Geological Society of America, Boulder, USA), 46, 259–262. [doi.org/10.1130/G39766.1]

12 -       TOMMASINI S., MARCHIONNI S., TESCIONE I., CASALINI M., BRASCHI E., AVANZINELLI R., CONTICELLI S. (2018). Strontium Isotopes in Biological Material: A Key Tool for the Geographic Traceability of Foods and Humans Beings. In: D.K. Gupta, C. Walther (eds.), Behaviour of Strontium in Plants and the Environment, Springer (Heidelberg, D), 145–166. [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66574-0_10]

13 -       CASALINI M., AVANZINELLI R., HEUMANN A., DE VITA S., SANSIVERO F., CONTICELLI S., TOMMASINI S. (2017). Geochemical and radiogenic isotope probes of Ischia volcano, Southern Italy: constraints on magma chamber dynamics and residence time. American Mineralogist (Mineralogical Society of America, Chantilly, USA), 102, 262–274. [doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2017-5724]

14 -       CONTICELLI S., AVANZINELLI R., AMMANNATI E., CASALINI M. (2015). The role of carbon from recycled sediments in the origin of ultrapotassic igneous rocks in the Central Mediterranean. Lithos (Elsevier, Amsterdam, NL), 232, 174–196. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2015.07.002]

15 -       LAURENZI M., BRASCHI E., CASALINI M., CONTICELLI S. (2015). New ⁴⁰Ar-³⁹Ar dating and revision of the Geochronology of the Monte Amiata volcano, Central Italy. Italian Journal of Geosciences (Società Geologica Italiana, Roma, IT), vol. 134, 255–265. [doi: 10.3301/IJG.2015.11]

16 -       CASALINI M., (2016). Application of non-traditional isotopic systematics (⁹⁸Mo/⁹⁵Mo and ²³⁸U/²³⁵U) to investigate the mantle source of Western Mediterranean potassic and ultrapotassic magmatism. PhD Thesis, XXVIII cycle, Università di Pisa (Italia, IT), p. 186 [https://etd.adm.unipi.it/t/etd-10042016-110722/] 

Prizes and awards

Winner of the National Prize “Quintino Sella 2017-2018” by the Italian Geological Society, Società Geologia Italiana (SGI), in the year 2018.

Winner of the National Prize PhD Thesis by the Italian Society of Mineralogy and Petrography, Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia (SIMP), in the year 2017.

Winner of a Royal Society scholarship in “Mineralogy and applications” published by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, in the year 2017.

Awarding of Casalini et al. (2017) as notable paper from the editor ii Chief of the American Mineralogist journal.

Conference proceedings

1 - Braschi e., Marchionni s., Priori s., Casalini m., Tommasini s., Buccianti a., Costantini e. A. C., Conticelli S. (2019). Tracing the ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr from rocks and soils to vine and wine: An experimental study on geologic and pedologic characterisation of vineyards using radiogenic isotope of heavy elements. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-18837, 2019, EGU General Assembly 2019.

2 - Tescione i., casalini m., Marchionni s., Mattei m., Conticelli S. (2019). Conservation of Sr-isotope values during wine-making of white wines: the ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, from geological substrata to wine, used as indicator for food quality and safety. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-10639, 2019, EGU General Assembly 2019. (Highlight presentation).

3 - Petrone c. m., Braschi e., Francalanci l., casalini m., tommasini S. (2019). Interplay between rapid mixing and short storage at a steady-state volcano. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-18571, 2019, EGU General Assembly 2019.

4 - Casalini m., Avanzinelli r., Tommasini s., Elliott t., Conticelli s. (2019). Ce/Mo and Molybdenum isotopes as tracers of sediment recycling into the mantle. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 21, EGU2019-10953, 2019, EGU General Assembly 2019.

5 - CASALINI M., AVANZINELLI R., ELLIOTT T., TOMMASINI S., CONTICELLI S. (2018). Tracing sediment recycling into the mantle: application of Molybdenum isotopes to ultrapotassic Italian rocks. In: Congresso SGI-SIMP 2018, Catania 12-14 Settembre 2018.

6 - CONTICELLI S., CASALINI M., ELLIOTT T., AMMANNATI E., AVANZINELLI R. (2018). Recycled carbonate sediments in the metasomatism of central Mediterranean sub-continental mantle as revealed by mineralogical, chemical and isotopic characteristics of potassic magmatism. In: Congresso SGI-SIMP 2018, Catania 12-14 Settembre 2018.

7 - MINISSALE S., CASALINI M., TODESCO D., MORRA V., MELLUSO L. (2018). The Geochemistry of the melilite-bearing lavas of the Nyiragongo volcanic complex (D.R. Congo). In: Congresso SGI-SIMP 2018, Catania 12-14 Settembre 2018.

8 - CASALINI M., AVANZINELLI R., ELLIOTT T., TOMMASINI S., CONTICELLI S. (2018). Molybdenum isotopes as tracers of sediment recycling into the mantle. ThermoFisher Scientific Italian IRMS User Meeting “Spettrometria di massa isotopica: Attualità sui recenti sviluppo tecnologici ed applicazioni in Italia. IGG-CNR, 19-20 Aprile 2018.

9 - CASALINI M., AVANZINELLI R., ELLIOTT T., CONTICELLI S. (2017). Mo isotopes as tracers for deep recycling of subducted C-rich, anoxic sediments in the mantle source of the Roman Magmatic Province. In: Congresso SIMP-SGI-AIV-SoGeI 2017, Pisa 2-6 Settembre 2017, Società Geologica Italiana, p. 404. [ISSN 2038-1719]

10 -         CASALINI M., CONTICELLI S., AVANZINELLI R. & TOMMASINI S. (2017). Unravelling the radiogenic isotope signature of the mantle source from evolved magmas: the case study of Ischia Volcano. In: Congresso SIMP-SGI-AIV-SoGeI 2017, Pisa 2-6 Settembre 2017, Società Geologica Italiana, p. 315. [ISSN 2038-1719]

11 -         AVANZINELLI R., CASALINI M., ELLIOTT T. & CONTICELLI S. (2017). Carbon fluxes from subducted carbonates revealed by U isotopes at Vesuvius. In: Congresso SIMP-SGI-AIV-SoGeI 2017, Pisa 2-6 Settembre 2017, Società Geologica Italiana, p. 446. [ISSN 2038-1719]

12 -         CASALINI M., AVANZINELLI R., ELLIOTT T., CONTICELLI S. (2017). Tracing Subduction Components with Molybdenum Isotopes: The Case of Roman Magmatic Province Magmas. In: Goldschmidt Abstract, 2017, 577. [https://goldschmidtabstracts.info/2017/577.pdf]

13 -         CASALINI M., AVANZINELLI R., ELLIOTT T., TOMMASINI S., CONTICELLI S. (2016). Molybdenum isotope as tracers for subduction components: the case of Roman Magmatic Province magmas. In: 2nd European Mineralogical Conference, Plinius, 42, 249. [ISNN 1972-1366]

14 -         AVANZINELLI R., CASALINI M., ELLIOTT T., CONTICELLI S. (2016). Deep recycling of carbonate-rich sediments in the mantle source of Vesuvius volcano. In: 2nd European Mineralogical Conference, Plinius, 42, 242. [ISNN 1972-1366]

15 -         CONTICELLI S., AMMANNATI E., CASALINI M., JACOB D.E., AVANZINELLI R., FOLEY S.F. (2016) - The role of carbon from recycled sediments in the potassic magmatism of the Central Mediterranean region: evidence for carbonate metasomatism in the mantle. In: Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, Supplemento n. 1 al Vol. 40, 252. [doi: 10.3301/ROL.2016.79]

16 -         AVANZINELLI R., AMMANNATI E., CASALINI M., ELLIOTT T., JACOB D.E., FOLEY S.F., CONTICELLI S., (2015). Recycling of carbon-rich sediments in the mantle source of silica-undersaturated ultrapotassic Western Mediterranean magmas. Deep Carbon Observatory Thematic Institute: Carbon from the Mantle to the Surface, Berkeley, CA, June 30 - July 3, 2015. [https://info.deepcarbon.net/vivo/display/d320502c5-c214-11e3-80e8-c8e0eb162b4f]

17 -         CASALINI M., AVANZINELLI R., ELLIOTT T., TOMMASINI S., CONTICELLI S. (2015). Non-traditional isotope tracers (²³⁸U/²³⁵U and ⁹⁸Mo/⁹⁵Mo) of subduction processes in the Central-Mediterranean magmatism. In: “Il Pianeta Dinamico: sviluppi e prospettive a 100 anni da Wegener„ abstract volume, Cesare B., Giordano G., Monaco C., Vaselli O., Avanzinelli R., Bonazzi P., Cappelletti P., Carosi R., Cidu R., Cioni R., Cosentino D., Frondini F., Princivalle F., Viccaro M. (Editors), Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, Supplemento n. 2 al vol. 35/2015, p. 83. [doi: 10.3301/ROL.2015.131]

18 -         AVANZINELLI R., CASALINI M., ELLIOTT T., CONTICELLI S. (2015). Constraining slab recycling under Vesusius volcano from combined U-series and nontraditional stable isotope (Mo, 238U/235U) data. In: “Il Pianeta Dinamico: sviluppi e prospettive a 100 anni da Wegener„ abstract volume, Cesare B., Giordano G., Monaco C., Vaselli O., Avanzinelli R., Bonazzi P., Cappelletti P., Carosi R., Cidu R., Cioni R., Cosentino D., Frondini F., Princivalle F., Viccaro M. (Editors), Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, Supplemento n. 2 al vol. 35/2015, p. 79. [doi: 10.3301/ROL.2015.131]

19 -         LAURENZI M.A., BRASCHI E., CASALINI M., CONTICELLI S. (2015). Timing of the shift from leucite-free (Tuscan Magmatic Province) to leucite-bearing (Roman Magmatic Province) magmas in Italy. In: “Il Pianeta Dinamico: sviluppi e prospettive a 100 anni da Wegener„ abstract volume, Cesare B., Giordano G., Monaco C., Vaselli O., Avanzinelli R., Bonazzi P., Cappelletti P., Carosi R., Cidu R., Cioni R., Cosentino D., Frondini F., Princivalle F., Viccaro M. (Editors), Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, Supplemento n. 2 al vol. 35/2015, p. 204. [doi: 10.3301/ROL.2015.131]

20 -         AVANZINELLI R., CASALINI M., ELLIOTT T., CONTICELLI S. (2015). Constraining slab recycling under Vesuvius volcano from combined Useries and non-traditional stable isotope (Mo, ²³⁸U/²³⁵U) data. In: Goldschmidt2015 Abstracts, 2015, 145. Invited talk. [http://goldschmidt.info/2015/uploads/abstracts/finalPDFs/145.pdf]

21 -         CASALINI M., AVANZINELLI R., ELLIOTT T., TOMMASINI S., CONTICELLI S. (2015). Non-traditional isotope tracers (²³⁸U/²³⁵U and ⁹⁸Mo/⁹⁵Mo) of subduction processes in the central-Mediterranean magmatism. In: Goldschmidt2015 Abstracts, 2015, 477. [http://goldschmidt.info/2015/uploads/abstracts/finalPDFs/477.pdf]

22 -         TOMMASINI S., CASALINI M., AVANZINELLI R. (2015). Residence Time Analysis of the Active Volcanic System of Ischia, Italy. In: Goldschmidt2015 Abstracts, 2015, 3148. [https://goldschmidt.info/2015/uploads/abstracts/finalPDFs/3148.pdf]

23 -         CONTICELLI S., AVANZINELLI R., AMMANNATI E., CASALINI M. (2015). The role of Carbon from recycled carbonated metapelites in the transition from leucite-free to leucite–bearing ultrapotassic rocks: the Central Mediterranean case. Workshop su “Le Geoscienze ed il Ciclo del Carbonio”, Milano 18-19 febbraio 2015, Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, Supplemento n. 1 al Vol. 35, p. 13. [doi: 10.3301/ROL.2015.128]

24 -         CASALINI M., AVANZINELLI R., ELLIOTT T., TOMMASINI S., CONTICELLI S. (2014). Mo and stable U isotopes as tracers for subduction components in the Quaternary West-Mediterranean potassic and ultrapotassic magmatism. Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, Supplemento n.1, Vol. 31, 5013-516. [doi: 10.3301/ROL.2014.140]

25 -         CASALINI M., AVANZINELLI R., TOMMASINI S. (2013). Residence time analysis of active volcanic systems: Rb-Sr isotope study of Ischia and Pantelleria. In: Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 77: 837. [https://goldschmidt.info/2013/abstracts/finalPDFs/837.pdf]

26 -         CASALINI M., AVANZINELLI R., TOMMASINI S. (2012). Residence time analysis of active volcanic systems: the case study of Ischia and Pantelleria. In: Miscellanea INGV. Nicolosi (Catania), 12-14 Dicembre 2012, vol. 15: 52-52. [ISBN/ISSN: 2039-6651].