ARTONI CLAUDIO

Role
Administrative-Technical Staff  
Room:
  • U01, Floor: 4, Room: 4033
  • U01, Floor: 2I, Room: 2i87

Biography

Snow scientist and technical manager of the EuroCold Lab laboratory system of the Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences (DISAT), I deal with the analysis of the mineral dust contained in snow and ice, the microphysical and stability characteristics of the snowpack, the sampling and monitoring at high altitude and polar environments, in addition to the logistical and operational management of the laboratory.

Geologist with a specialization in micropaleontology, I became passionate about the world of the cryosphere and completed in 2024 a PhD in Polar Sciences at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice. The doctoral project focused on the study of mineral dust present in the snowpack with a field of action that ranges from Svalbard to Antarctica via the Alps.

For some years I have been a national instructor of the Italian Avalanche Service, professional member of the American Avalanche Association (A3), ambassador of the citizen science project "Community Snow Observations", AINEVA snowpack observer, member of the avalanche commission (AVA-com) of the International Commission of Alpine Rescue (ICAR), a member of Avalanche Canada's Avalanche Transceiver Interference Working-group.

Associated at the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council (CNR-ISP), in 2021 and 2022 I was station leader of the Italian base "Dirigibile Italia" in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard Islands, for a few months. During these months I managed the scientific instrumentation in the Gruvebadet laboratory for the analysis of particulate matter in the air, I was the safety manager for all the researchers present on the base and I carried out sampling and stratigraphy of the snow cover in numerous glaciers on the island of Spitsbergen.
In 2022 I participated in the 38th expedition to Antarctica at the Italian base "Mario Zucchelli" for the MIMIC project which has as its objective the multidisciplinary analysis of the Melburne volcano. I took some shallow snow cores on the caldera and on the slopes of Melbourne.

Member of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS-Italy), of the International Glaciological Society and of the Italian Geological Society. For some years I have been a Glaciological Operator for the Lombard Glaciological Service and I am responsible for organizing information events on the cryosphere and climate change as well as monitoring Lombardy glaciers.

Publications

  • Artoni, C., Cremonesi, L., Teruzzi, L., Ravasio, C., Fiorini, D., Delmonte, B., et al. (2023). Dusty-Layers and Avalanches: Novel Techniques to Determine the Properties of Particles. Intervento presentato a: International Snow Science Workshop, Bend, Oregon. Detail

  • Cremonesi, L., Teruzzi, L., Artoni, C., Ravasio, C., Siano, M., Potenza, M., et al. (2023). Continuous flow analysis of Alpine ice cores: preliminary data and perspectives. Intervento presentato a: EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria [10.5194/egusphere-egu23-14832]. Detail

  • Pasquier, M., Strapazzon, G., Kottmann, A., Paal, P., Zafren, K., Oshiro, K., et al. (2023). On-site treatment of avalanche victims: Scoping review and 2023 recommendations of the international commission for mountain emergency medicine (ICAR MedCom). RESUSCITATION, 184(March 2023) [10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109708]. Detail

  • Ravasio, C., Cremonesi, L., Artoni, C., Delmonte, B., Maggi, V., Potenza, M. (2021). Optical Characterization of Mineral Dust from the EAIIST Project with Digital Holography. ACS EARTH AND SPACE CHEMISTRY, 5(10), 2855-2864 [10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00224]. Detail

  • Bottini, C., Jadoul, F., Rigo, M., Zaffani, M., Artoni, C., Erba, E. (2016). Calcareous nannofossils at the Triassic/Jurassic boundary: Stratigraphic and paleoceanographic characterization. RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA, 122(3), 141-164 [10.13130/2039-4942/7726]. Detail

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