Alessia CORAMI

I completed the degree in earth science at the University of Rome La Sapienza with a dissertation “Characterization of mortars and plasters from the archaeological site of Elaiussa Sebaste (Turkey) and from Quintili’s Villa on the ancient Appian way in Rome” in 1998. Later, I won a fellowship regarding isotopic chemistry at Geokarst srl AREA Science Park, analyzing organic and inorganic samples. In 2001, I won a fellowship at the Georesources and Geoscience Institute of Italian CNR for “Investigation on ancient emeralds to determine the original mine.” In 2002, I won a Ph.D. fellowship at University of Rome La Sapienza for “Phosphate-induced heavy metals immobilization in aqueous solutions and soils.”

During my Ph.D. work, I spent seven months in the United States at Miami University (Ohio) working with Professor John Rakovan, attending the GLG 699.E course “Scanning Probe Microscopy: Theory and Application,” and analyzing samples with AFM under Professor Rakovan’s supervision. Later, I spent a period at University of California, Merced, working with Professor Samuel J. Traina and analyzing samples at high temperature and high pressure. In 2005, 2006 and 2008, I went to ESRF in Grenoble, working with Dr. D’Acapito and analyzing her Ph.D. samples. From 2007, she was a professor at Guglielmo Marconi University for five years, teaching two courses, Environmental Geology and Geomorphology. In 2014, I was a visiting professor at Karl Eberhard University of Tübingen (Germany) teaching (Bio)- remediation Technologies and Climate Change. During my career, I published articles about archaeometry, geochemistry and remediation techniques. I am a thesis supervisor and reviewer, and I am on the international editorial boards for some scientific journals as well as a member of many scientific organizations. After two years as visiting assistant professor at University of Louisiana, Lafayette I joined le Cerege at European Centre Research and Teaching in Geosciences de l’environment Technopôle de l’Arbois-Méditerranée