CAVALLO ALESSANDRO
- U04, Floor: 1, Room: 1027
Biography
Alessandro Cavallo is Associate Professor of the academic sector GEO-09 (MINERAL GEORESOURCES AND MINERALOGIC-PETROGRAPHIC APPLICATIONS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURAL HERITAGE) since february 2022, formerly Researcher – Tenured Assistant Professor of the same academic sector (since December 2008). He got his degree in Geological Sciences at the University of Milan in 2001, and his PhD in Earth Sciences in 2005 at the University of Milan. From 2001 to 2005 he has been employed as technician in applied geology and geophysics studies.
In particular, he worked on:
- Research and characterization of Critical Raw Materials (CRM)
- Sustainable mining & circular economy
- Characterization of ore & industrial minerals
- Quarries and mines
- Recovery of tailings and mining wastes
- Dimension stones (stones, marbles and granites)
- Naturally-occurring asbestos (NOA)
- Industrial hygiene
- Construction and building materials (lime, cement, aggregates)
Participant of research unit in the PRIN 2010-11 "Mineralogical and physico-chemical characteristics of mineral fibers, reactivity and impact on human health". Collaboration in several national and international research projects: (INTERREG PIC-IIIA Val d'Ossola - Italy/Canton Ticino - Switzerland; INAIL-Direzione Regionale Lombardia, INAIL-Direzione Generale; INTERREG IIIA (Val d'Ossola - Italy/Canton Ticino - Switzerland O. S.M.A.T.E.R. - Osservatorio Subalpino Materiali Territorio Restauro; Universidad Nacional de Salta - Facultad de Ciencias Naturales (Argentina): relations between tectonics and volcanism along the Calama-Olacapato-El Toro tectonic line - Argentina; Fondazione Lombardia per l'Ambiente (FLA); Round Robin mining dumps Val d'Aosta; FIBERS: the UNIMORE research group on mineral fibres; CARIPLO ANTICARB project; CARIPLO A-FIRE project.
He has published more than 70 papers in national and international journals and has a Scopus h-index 15.
He actively collaborates with several research institutions including University of Torino (Italy), University of Oulu (Finland), University of Chieti-Pescara (Italy), CNRS-IS Terre Université de Grenoble Alpes (France), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy), Department of Geological Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara (Turkey), as well as scientific referee for commissioned research contracts with many private companies of the mining, quarrying, construction and environmental sector.
Scientific head of the SEM-EDS and XRD laboratory for the analysis of asbestos-containing materials, with accreditation from the Ministry of Health in accordance with Ministerial Decree 14/5/96 and the State-Regions agreement CSR 80 of 07/05/2015.
Publications
Fiorini, D., Delmonte, B., Di Stefano, E., Mangili, C., Andò, S., Cavallo, A., et al. (2025). High resolution hyperspectral, microphysical and mineralogical interdisciplinary approach applied on the 224 m long ice core drilled on the Adamello glacier (Italian Alps). In Abstract EGU25 (pp.1-2) [10.5194/egusphere-egu25-18499]. Detail
Fiorini, D., Delmonte, B., Di Stefano, E., Mangili, C., Andò, S., Cavallo, A., et al. (2025). Hyperspectral, microphysical and mineralogical interdisciplinary characterisation of the 224 m long ice core drilled on the Adamello glacier (Italian Alps). Intervento presentato a: QRA ADM 2025, Newcastle University. Detail
Bussolesi, M., Grieco, G., Zaccarini, F., Xiong, F., Cavallo, A. (2025). THE EFFECT OF MULTIPLE ALTERATION PROCESSES ON SKYROS CHROMITITES (NORTHERN SPORADES, GREECE). OFIOLITI, 50(1), 1-16 [10.4454/ofioliti.v50i1.575]. Detail
Eslami, A., Malvoisin, B., Fukuyama, M., Godard, M., Ichiyama, Y., Aradi, L., et al. (2025). Xonotlite and pectolite in rodingites from the Samail ophiolite: Markers of reducing conditions and element transfer during peridotite-gabbro interaction. LITHOS, 512-513(1 November 2025) [10.1016/j.lithos.2025.108160]. Detail
Coletti, G., Borromeo, L., Fallati, L., Luppichini, M., Meroni, A., Maspero, F., et al. (2025). Combining instrumental, historical, and coastalmarine sedimentary archives to analyse floods variability in northwestern Italy during the last thousand years. QUATERNARY SCIENCE ADVANCES, 19(September 2025) [10.1016/j.qsa.2025.100289]. Detail