Prof. Mirko Severi received his bachelor's degree in Chemistry at the University of Florence in 2000. From 2001 to 2004, in the framework of his PhD at the Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, he worked on the development of semi-continuous ion chromatography coupled to Flow Analysis systems within the European project EPICA (European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica). On 20 April 2004, he got his PhD in Chemical Sciences. From December 2004 to 31st January 2018, he was the holder of several fellowships and research grants focused on the development and application of analytical methods on ice cores and climate archives. From 01/02/2018 to 30/11/2018 he was a fixed term researcher (RTDa) at the "Ugo Schiff" Department of Chemistry of the University of Florence SSD CHIM / 01. Starting from 01/12/2018, he held the position of Tenure Track Researcher (RTDb) at the "Ugo Schiff" Department of Chemistry of the University of Florence SSD CHIM / 01. He has been an Associated Professor at the University of Florence since 1st December 2021.