MALASPINA NADIA

Role
Associate professor  
Academic disciplines
Petrology (GEOS-01/B)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY, VOLCANOLOGY, GEORESOURCES AND APPLICATIONS (04/GEOS-01)
Email
[email protected]
Office phone
0264482042
Room:
  • U04, Floor: 1, Room: 1042

Research

Study of natural samples from the continental crust and lithospheric mantle in subduction environments aimed to understand:
Mechanisms of element transfer from the subducting plate to the mantle, with particular interest in the analysis of volatile elements (C-O-H) in metamorphic minerals and fluids and their behaviour at ultrahigh pressure;
Role of fluid phases in metasomatic processes responsible for hydration and carbonation of the mantle at subduction zones;
Oxidation state of mafic and ultramafic rocks, speciation of crustal fluids components at subduction zones and its implication in the global geochemical cycle of volatile elements;
Role of fluid phases in deformation mechanisms of the lower crust and in the earthquakes genesis;
Mineral carbonation and its role in carbon capture, storage and utilisation.

Publications

  • Malaspina, N., Campione, M., Tumiati, S., Murri, M., Fumagalli, P., Cerantola, V., et al. (2023). Epitactic magnetite growth in fluid inclusions as driving force for olivine oxidation coupled with hydrogen production at high pressure. CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 629(5 July 2023) [10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121495]. Detail

  • Pellegrino, L., Menegon, L., Zanchetta, S., Langenhorst, F., Pollok, K., Tumiati, S., et al. (2021). Reaction‐Induced Mantle Weakening at High‐Pressure Conditions: An Example From Garnet Pyroxenites of Ulten Zone (Eastern Alps, N Italy). JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. SOLID EARTH, 126(12 (December 2021)) [10.1029/2021JB022584]. Detail

  • Tumiati, S., Malaspina, N. (2019). Redox processes and the role of carbon-bearing volatiles from the slab–mantle interface to the mantle wedge. JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 176(2), 388-397 [10.1144/jgs2018-046]. Detail

  • Cannaò, E., Malaspina, N. (2018). oceanic to continental subduction: Implications for the geochemical and redox evolution of the supra-subduction mantle. GEOSPHERE, 14(6), 2311-2336 [10.1130/GES01597.1]. Detail

  • Malaspina, N., Langenhorst, F., Tumiati, S., Campione, M., Frezzotti, M., Poli, S. (2017). The redox budget of crust-derived fluid phases at the slab-mantle interface. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA, 209, 70-84 [10.1016/j.gca.2017.04.004]. Detail

Full list

Research projects

PNRR per la Missione 4, componente 2 Investimento 1.1- Avviso 104/2022 | Competing geological and biological processes in underground carbon and hydrogen storage
Year: 2022
Call: Bando PRIN 2022
Grantors: MINISTERO DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA (MUR)
Redox processes and implications on C-O-H-S budget from the shallow crust to the deep mantle
Year: 2022
Call: FAQC 2022 - prima finestra
Grantors: Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA
ANTICARB – Quarry waste Antigorite CARBonation: a zero emission platform for re-manufacturing with the benefit of CO2 sequestration
Year: 2020
Call: ECONOMIA CIRCOLARE: RICERCA PER UN FUTURO SOSTENIBILE
Grantors: FONDAZIONE CARIPLO
The redox state of the Earth’s mantle: from the slab-mantle interface to the sub-continental lithosphere - prima annualità.
Year: 2018
Call: MIUR-DAAD Joint Mobility Program - 2a edizione
Grantors: M.I.U.R. - MINISTERO DELL'ISTRUZIONE, DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA - UFFICIO I - Bilancio e Contabilita'. Coordinamento staff della Direzione
MALASPINA-Fondo per il finanziamento delle attività base di ricerca
Year: 2017
Call: FFABR 2017
Grantors: M.I.U.R. - MINISTERO DELL'ISTRUZIONE, DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA - UFFICIO I - Bilancio e Contabilita'. Coordinamento staff della Direzione

Awards

Awards

  • Premio Nazionale della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia (SIMP) per Tesi di Dottorato, Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia (SIMP), 2007

Scientific fellowships

  • Segretario - Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 2022
  • Consigliere - European Association of Geochemistry, 2020
  • Altra carica sociale - European Association of Geochemistry, 2020
  • Altra carica sociale - Geochemical Society, 2020
  • Altra carica sociale - Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 2018

Editorial boards

  • Direttore di rivista, collana editoriale, enciclopedia - LITHOS, 2020
  • Guest Editor di rivista o collana editoriale - SOLID EARTH, 2018

Research and teaching assignments

  • Visiting Researcher - Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 2018 - 2019
  • Visiting Researcher - Université de Paris-Sud XI, 2022
  • Visiting Researcher - National Taiwan University, 2024
  • Attivita' didattica - Incarico di collaborazione finalizzata al tutorato e ad attività integrative della didattica - Università degli Studi di MILANO, 2009 - 2010

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