Curriculum Vitae
Arianna Soldati
 arianna.soldati@mizzou.edu
(+1) 573-818-5839
101 Geology Building
65201 Columbia, MO
U.S.A.
Education
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Academic years 2013/2014 to present; expected completion: 2017
Ph.D. Candidate in Geological Sciences; minor in College Teaching
Rheological evolution of basaltic lava flows
Prof. A. G. Whittington
University of Missouri – Columbia
Academic years 2011/2012 and 2012/2013
Master Degree in Geology (comprehensive mark: 110/110 cum laude)
Bubble rise and break-up in volcanic conduits
Prof. M. Rosi, Prof. K. V. Cashman, and Dr. A. C. Rust
University of Pisa (Pisa, Italy); year II spent c/o University of Bristol (Bristol,
U.K.) as an Erasmus Placement Student
2.Dates Academic years from 2008/2009 to 2010/2011
Title awarded Bachelor Degree in Geology (comprehensive mark: 110/110 cum laude)
Thesis Title Geochemical study of melt inclusions in clinopyroxenes from the 2001 and
2002-2003 Etnean eruptions
Supervisor Prof. R. Vannucci
University University of Pavia (Pavia, Italy); semester V spent c/o Université Pierre et
Marie Curie – Paris VI (Paris, France) as an Erasmus Student
3.Dates Academic years from 2003/2004 to 2007/2008
Title awarded High School Diploma (comprehensive mark: 100/100 cum laude)
School Scientific High School “Elio Vittorini” (Milano, Italy); year IV spent
c/o Great Falls Public High School (Great Falls, Montana, U.S.A.), as
an Exchange Student
Peer-reviewed Soldati A., Cashman K. V., Rust A. C., Rosi M. Volcanic Conduit Geometry
Publications Inferral from Bubble Break-up In preparation
Soldati A., Beem J., Roberts T., Gomez F., Whittington A. Rheology and
Morphology of a Trachybasaltic Lava Flow: a Case Study from the Cima
Volcanic Field (CA) In preparation
Soldati A., Sehlke A., Chigna G., Whittington A. Integration of field and
experimental rheology of the January 2014 Eruption of Pacaya (Guatemala) In
review for Bulletin of Volcanology
Invited Talks Rheological Evolution of Basaltic Flows c/o MU Geology Dept (MO, U.S.A.)
weekly colloquium, November 2015
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Estudio de la reologia de lavas (Pacaya y Fuego) c/o CESEM (Guatemala
City, Guatemala), January 2014
Bubble rise and break up in volcanic plumbing systems c/o INGV – Pisa (Pisa,
Italy), January 2013
Conference Soldati A., Sehlke A., Chigna G., Whittington A. (2015) Rheology and
Presentations Morphology of a Trachybasaltic Lava Flow: a Case Study from the Cima
Volcanic Field (CA), Abstract V41B-3072 (poster) presented at 2014 AGU Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
Soldati A., Sehlke A., Chigna G., Whittington A. (2015) Rheology and
Morphology of a Trachybasaltic Lava Flow: a Case Study from the Cima
Volcanic Field (CA) (talk), presented at 10th Silicate Melts Workshop, La petite
Pierre, France, 13-17 Oct.
Soldati A., Beem J., Gomez F., Whittington A. (2015) Field and experimental
constraints on the rheology of arc basaltic lavas: the January 2014 Eruption of
Pacaya (Guatemala) (poster), presented at 10th Silicate Melts Workshop, La
petite Pierre, France, 13-17 Oct.
Soldati A., Sehlke A., Bollasina A., Chigna G., Whittington A. (2014) The
January 2014 Eruption of Pacaya (Guatemala): Rheology and Morphology
through Field Observations and Laboratory Experiments, Abstract V13C-4793
(poster) presented at 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 15-19 Dec.
Beem J., Luecke A., Polun S., Robertson T., Savage A., Soldati A.,
Whittington A., Gomez P. (2014) Holocene flows of the Cima volcanic field,
Mojave Desert, Part 1: Remote sensing and flow morphology from micro to
macro scales, Abstract V13C-4790 (poster) presented at 2014 AGU Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 15-19 Dec.
Robertson T., Sehlke A., Soldati A., Beem J., Gomez P., Whittington A. (2014)
Holocene flows of the Cima volcanic field, Mojave Desert, Part 2: Flow
rheology from laboratory measurements, Abstract V13C-4791 (poster)
presented at 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 15-19 Dec.
Whittington A., Bollasina A., Sehlke A., Soldati A., Hofmeister A. (2014)
Thermo-rheological studies of lava flows, Abstract cov8-abs-130 (poster)
presented at Cities on Volcanoes 8, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 9-13 Sept.
Soldati A., Cashman K. V., Rust A., Rosi M. (2013) Bubble rise and break-up
in volcanic conduits, Abstract V13H-06 (talk) presented at 2013 AGU Fall
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.
Cashman K., Rust A., Belien I., Oppenheimer J., Soldati A. (2013) Crystals
modulate non-explosive gas transfer at Stromboli volcano, Italy Mineralogical
Magazine 77(5) 837; presented (talk) at Goldshmidt, Florence, IT, 25-30 Aug.
Soldati A., Cashman K. V., Rust A., Rosi M. (2013) Bubble rise and break-up
in volcanic conduits presented at the Cabot Institute Natural Systems and
Processes Poster Session, Bristol, U.K., 13 Mar.
Field Experience Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion, French TOM), February-May 2016
Cima Volcanic Field (California, U.S.A), March 2014
Arenal and Poas (Costa Rica), January 2014
Pacaya and Fuego (Guatemala), January 2014
Laboratory Experience Concentric cylinder and parallel plate viscometry, SEM, EPMA, LA-ICP-MS
Teaching Experience 2160 Intermediate Italian (instructor of record) Fall 2014
Professional Entering Mentoring workshop series, MU, January-March 2015
Development Thermodynamic modeling with alphaMELTS and other MELTS software
workshop, University of Maryland, January 12th-14th 2015
Service MU Graduate Student Experience Task Force (International Student
Representative), Fall 2015
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MU Geological Sciences Graduate Students Organization (Founder and
President), 2015 to present
MU Geology Development Board (Student Member), 2014 to present
Outreach The Great Shakeout (Columbia, MO), Fall 2015
Science Sleuth Family Science Day (Columbia, MO), Spring 2015
Adventure Club STEAM night (Columbia, MO), Spring 2015
Columbia Homeschool Educators Science Fair (Columbia, MO), Spring 2015
Lee Elementary School Science ARTreach (Columbia, MO), Fall 2015
Art in the Park (Columbia, MO), Spring 2014
Science Quest (Columbia, MO), Spring 2014
Cub Scouts Volcanoes Talk (Columbia, MO), Spring 2014
Sturgess High School Career Talk (Sturgess, MO), Fall 2013
Rock Bridge Middle School Forces of Nature (Columbia, MO), Fall 2013,4,5
Volcano Lab (Bristol, U.K.), Fall 2012
INGV Information Centre (Vulcano, Italy), Summer 2012
Science Communication Smithsonian Science Education Center interview for the blog post Earthworms,
volcanoes, and what it means to be a scientist Fall 2015
Fellowships and Grants National Geographic Young Explorer Grant 2015-2016
Chateaubriand STEM Fellowship 2015-2016
(Embassy of France in the U.S.)
Huggins Fellowship (MU) 2013 to present
Geology Department Travel Fund (MU)
GPC Travel Grant (MU) 2015
ORG Travel Grant (MU) 2015
AGU Student Travel Grant 2013
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Awards 3MT® 2015 (MU), 1st place
AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award 2013
Cabot Institute Natural Systems and Processes Poster Session 2013, 1st place
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