Research Laboratories
CLEAN & COLD ROOMS
Location: Venice Headquarters
PALYNOLOGY AND PALAEOECOLOGY
Location: c/o Milan Bicocca University
and Milan-Bicocca CNR Area
SCANNING ELECTRON
MICROSCOPY/MICROANALYSIS
Location: c/o Milan State University
APPLIED GEOPHYSICS
Location: Milan Unit
CHROMATOGRAPHY
Location: Padua Unit
TERRITORIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS &
DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
Location: c/o Milan Bicocca University
ANALOGUE-NUMERICAL GEOLOGIC MODELLING
Location: Milan-Bicocca CNR Area
GEOMATICS
Location: Milan Unit
Information contacts in laboratory page: www.idpa.cnr.it
THE IDPA MISSION
CHEMICAL TRACE ANALYSIS
Location: Venice Headquarters
An interdisciplinary
Institute with the main
objective of studying the
Earth from wider
perspectives to take
advantage from the
combined knowledge and
technological platforms.
For this peculiarity it is
the ideal partner for
basic and applied
research projects and it
is the eligible place for
the formation.
MASS SPECTROMETRY ICP & GC
Location: Venice Headquarters
INSTITUTE FOR THE DYNAMICS OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL ITALY
IDPA - CNR
www.idpa.cnr.it
www.cnr.it
Director: Carlo Barbante
carlo.barbante@idpa.cnr.it
Headquarters
Location: Calle Larga S. Marta,
Dorsoduro 2137, 30123 Venice.
Tel: +39 0412348505 - 47
Fax: +39 0412348549
Milan Organizational Unit
Location: Via Mario Bianco, 9, 20131-Milan
Responsible: Roberto de Franco
e-mail roberto.defranco@idpa.cnr.it
Tel: +39 02-28311439
Fax:+39 02-28311442
Padua Organizational Unit
Location: Corso Stati Uniti, 4, 35100-Padua
Responsible: Rocco Rella
e-mail rocco.rella@idpa.cnr.it
Tel: +39 049-8295668
Fax: +39 049-8295662
The National Research Council (CNR) is a
public national research organisation founded in
1923, whose primary role is to carry out
advanced basic and applied scientific and
technological research.
The Institute for the Dynamics of
Environmental Processes (IDPA) - CNR was
founded in 2001 thanks to a restructuring
process that grouped existing CNR Institutes
and Centres located both in Venice, Milan and
Padua: the “Centre for Studies on
Environmental Chemistry and Technologies” Venice, the “Centre for Studies on Alpine and
Quaternary Geodynamics”, part of the
“Institute for Research on Seismic Risk” – Milan,
and the staff of the CNR area of the
“Prevention and Protection group” – Padua
IDPA borns as an interdisciplinary
Institute with the main objective of studying
the Earth System from wider perspectives to
take advantage of both the interdisciplinary
nature of the combined knowledge already
available and the synergies between the various
disciplines.
IDPA is one of the CNR centres of
excellence for both basic and applied
research in the environmental field, as
testified by the variety and quality of
publications in qualified international scientific
journals, and the participation in national and
international scientific projects.
paleobiological and paleoclimate dynamics;
morphogenesis and evolution of the land;
anthropogenic pollution and contamination;
environmental hazard scenarios; mobility and
transport of the microcomponents throughout
the environment.
modelling, preparedness and emergency
support systems, human sensor enablement
and exploitation, natural and geoheritage
assessment, georesources assessment.
ERT Tomography image of saltwater intrusion in the Venice
Lagoon.
- Methods and techniques for studying and
representing the environment:
Innovative models for representing
environmental phenomena both in space and
time, field geology, analogue geologic
modelling, cartography and GIS, apps & 3D
technologies, applied geophysics, petrophysics,
mineralogy, archeometry, geoarcheology,
artifact degradation, human-environment
interaction evaluation.
- Dissemination
Scientific and divulgative publications,
educational and professional teaching and
tutoring, organization of exhibitions, field trips,
lectures, consultings.
The advanced instrumentations of the
laboratories of the IDPA, together with the
available expertise, have been the base
requirements for participating and leading
national and international research projects
with wide and interdisciplinary scopes.
Disciplinary area: Earth and Environmental
Sciences
Main research Themes:
- History and evolution of the
environmental systems:
The topics include but are not limited to the
following themes: geodynamics, cryosphere,
- Methods for environmental monitoring,
valorization, protection and prevention
The topics include environmental geophysics,
environmental geochemistry, magnetism,
applied geomorphology, multi-hazard and risk
SEM picture of bacteria on gypsum crystals from anoxic
basins.