Residence: Palermo (PA)
Cell.(+39) 320 3395718
Address: Piazza del Noviziato, 22
90134
e-mail:
Domicile city: Rome (RM)
dichiaraanita@gmail.com
Via Datini, 6
00151
Birthdate: 07-19-1983
Anita Di Chiara
Professional
Profile
Excellent ability to work in dynamic and multicultural environments while managing field
campaigns developed through numerous collaborations with international Universities and
Research Centers during the three year PhD program. The Research aimed at reconstructing
the volcanic history of active volcanoes (as Pantelleria, Italy; São Miguel and Faial, Azores)
as well as studying the mega fault systems (as in Chile) through the observation and study of
sedimentary successions using Paleomagnetism. The experience included organizing and
managing field works, participating to international meetings and workshops, spending a
period in California, US to learn new laboratory techniques, and publishing results in
scientific reviews. Additional skills acquired:
ability to easily move around, to work
productively with a team of researchers from different nationalities, and to work under heavy
pressure. Enhancement of English and Spanish knowledge and proficiency with PowerPoint,
Excel, Word, Latex, Adobe Illustrator etc..
Work
Experience
January 2013- June 2013
Scholarship at INGV, Rome (Italy)
I work as a geologist and paleomagnetist in a team of scientists in the Project “FIRB
Abruzzo” entitled “High-resolution investigations of the areas hit by the 6 April 2009
Abruzzo earthquake for improving the assessment of seismic hazard”. The project is signed
by INGV and Regione Abruzzo, the Ministry for Education, the University and Research
Center. The large project adopts a multidisciplinary survey to significantly increase
knowledge of local seismic hazard.
January 2011 – May 2011
Stage at the San Diego University – Scripps (California, US)
I worked in the Laboratory of Paleomagnetism headed by Prof. L. Tauxe, learning new
techniques and protocols to measure the paleointensity recorded in magnetized rock. During
the stage I also attended conferences and meetings.
01 January 2010 – 22nd February 2013
PhD in Geophysics at the University of Bologna and INGV (Istituto di Geofisica e
Vulcanologia – Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology) – Rome; the advisor was Dr.
Fabio Speranza (INGV-Rome). The three year Doctoral Project entitled “Paleosecular
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variation of the magnetic field recorded in Pleistocene-Holocene volcanics from Pantelleria
(Italy) and Azores Archipelago (Portugal): implications for local volcanic history”, focuses
on using paleomagnetism to solve volcanological problems as well as assessing the volcanic
hazard of active areas and reconstructing the regional tectonic history in complex
sismogenetic active regions. During the PhD Project, in collaboration with local universities I
organized and participated to four field works:
1) March - April 2012 - South Chile field work aimed at collecting rock samples to
study tectonic rotations of regional active faults with implications to seismic risk;
scientific paper in preparation.
2) July 2011 – Faial Island (Azores Archipelago, Portugal) field work aimed at
reconstructing the chronostratigraphy of the recent volcanic history of Faial. We
sampled in collaboration with the CVARG (Centro de Vulcanologia e Avaliação de
Riscos Geológicos, São Miguel, Portugal); scientific paper in preparation.
3) July 2010 - São Miguel Island (Portugal) field work in collaboration with the
CVARG. The goal of the sampling was to study the volcanology history and
reconstruct the pattern of the paleomagnetic field variation during the last 3000 years;
One scientific paper was published, and another is in preparation.
4) April and May 2010 - Pantelleria Island (Italy) - two field works in collaboration
with the University of Palermo; the goal was to correlate explosive products and refine
the knowledge of the volcanic history of the Island, using paleomagnetism; scientific
paper was published.
January - June 2009, at “Thethys S.r.l.”, Rome.
Planning and design of museum Panels about the Geology of the Alban Hills, exposed in the
Museo di Velletri.
January 2009
Collaboration with the NGO Geologos del Mundo, in Oviedo (Spain), translating from
Spanish into Italian official documents and reports, and presenting a talk on “Vivir junto a un
volcàn: Etna, Stromboli e Vesuvio” (Living together with a volcano: Etna, Stromboli and
Vesuvio).
September 2008 – February 2009 European Exchange program, Erasmus Program University of Oviedo (Spain).
July 2006 and July 2005– Scientific Divulgation at the INGV centers in the Vulcano and
Stromboli Island (Aeolian Archipelago, Italy)
August 2003
Voluntary Work in Morocco, in the intercultural exchange project managed by the Arci
Ragazzi Palermo and the Children center of Tangier.
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September 2002 - September 2003
Voluntary Civil Service at the “Informagiovani” of Palermo. My tasks included the
management of the website, data collection of European projects, finding and circulating job
opportunities for young people and cultural events in Europe, as well as divulgation of
information during cultural events and in schools.
September 1999- June 2000
Participation to the intercultural exchange between schools, Comenius Project, with the
School of Freiburg (Germany).
Scientific
career
Paper in preparation, Di Chiara, A., Speranza, F., Porreca, M., Pimentel, A., D’AjelloCaracciolo, F., and Pacheco, J.P., in prep., “Constraining chronology and time-space
evolution of Holocene volcanic activity on the Capelo Peninsula (Faial Island, Azores): a
paleomagnetic contribution”, Geological Society of America.
Paper in preparation, Di Chiara, A., Tauxe, L., and Speranza, F., in prep. “Paleointensity
determination from São Miguel (Azores Archipelago) over the last 3 ka”, Geoph. Geoch.
Geosyst.
December 2012
Participation at the Rittmann conference (Nicolosi, Ct, Italy, 12-14 December) with the
Presentation entitled: “Constraining timing of volcanic activity at Pantelleria (Strait of
Sicily): the paleomagnetic contribution” by F. Speranza, S.G. Rotolo, P. Landi, A. Di Chiara,
F. D’Ajello Caracciolo, and A. Pignatelli.
December 2012
OSPA (Outstanding Student Paper Award) winner for the poster presented at the AGU fall
meeting in San Francisco (US) 2012, entitled “Paleomagnetic secular variation at the Azores
during the last 3 ka”.
December 2012
Participation to the AGU (American Geophysical Union) Fall meeting 2012 with the poster
entitled “Paleomagnetic secular variation at the Azores during the last 3 ka”.
September 2012
Paper published: Di Chiara, A., Speranza, F., and Porreca, M., 2012, “Paleomagnetic
secular variation at the Azores during the last 3 ka”, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol.
117, B07101, Doi:10.1029/2012jb009285, 2012.
July 2012
Paper published: Speranza, F, Di Chiara, A., and Rotolo, S.G., 2012, “Correlation of welded
ignimbrites on Pantelleria (Strait of Sicily) using paleomagnetism”, Bulletin of Volcanology,
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74:341–357, doi: 10.1007/s00445-011-0521-9.
November 2012
Borsa Marco Polo winner, scholarship by the University of Bologna for the six months of
stage in the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (La Jolla, San Diego, US)
Education and
courses
September 2011
Base computing using Matlab.
October 2008 – November 2008
Spanish course, intermediate level (B2 equivalent) at the University of Oviedo (Spain).
September 2008
School of Volcanology by AIV (Associazione Italiana di Vulcanologia).
September 2007 - October 2009
Master Degree in Geology of the Lands and the Resources, Seismic and Volcanic risks, at
Roma Tre University (Rome, Italy). Main subjects: volcanology, seismic and volcanic risks,
Analogical models. The thesis is entitled “Correlazione delle unità ignimbiriche affioranti
nell’isola di Pantelleria: il contributo del Paleomagnetismo” (Correlating ignimbrite units of
the Pantelleria Island: the paleomagnetic contribution).
September 2002 - May 2007
Bachelor Degree in Geology at Roma Tre University (Rome, Italy). Main subjects:
Stratigraphic geology, Structural geology, Petrography, Geochemistry, GIS, Remote sensing.
Computer
skills
Excellent knowledge of the complete Office Package (Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint,
Publisher).
Proficient with Graphical programs (Adobe Illustrator Cs5, Photoshop Cs6, InDesign).
Proficient with GIS package (Arcgis 10.0).
Basic programming skills (Python) scientific calculation (Matlab) and editing of documents
(Latex).
Good knowledge of laboratory instruments to measure the magnetic properties in rocks, long
expertise in thematic map reading.
Personal
interests
Free climbing, Basket, Capoeira, Photography, Art, Cinema, Travels.
References available upon request
Anita Di Chiara