Prof. Dr. Paola Iacumin

Actual position: full professor in the discipline "Geochemistry and Volcanology" (GEO / 08), Parma University. The research activity was developed, starting from 1989, in the specific context of the applications of the isotope technique to the most diverse fields of Earth Sciences and paleoclimatology. This activity has made it possible to achieve results of considerable interest, which have been published mainly in prestigious international journals. The fields of scientific research are the following: 1. Hydrology: the study of precipitation and groundwater; 2. Environmental control: through the isotopic investigation of the carbonates dissolved in surface and deep waters; 3. Paleo-climatology: determining the isotope ratio of oxygen and hydrogen in ice cores, carbon and nitrogen from continental and marine skeletal remains; 4. Paleo-environment and paleo-diets: the isotopic measurements of carbon, oxygen and nitrogen performed on the skeletal remains of ancient populations allow the reconstruction of the living environments of prehistoric populations, diets, subsistence economies, and ancient rituals.