Staff
Ricercatori e Tecnologi MI

Alessandra Botteon
Researcher
Alessandra Botteon is a researcher at the Institute of Heritage Science (ISPC) of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR). Since 2013 her research is focused on the development of non-invasive and Raman based methods for the study of Cultural Heritage materials.
Milan

Maria Catrambone
Researcher
Chemical characterization of atmospheric aerosol, indoor and outdoor, in urban and industrial sites. Organization and carrying out experimental campaigns. Analytical techniques: ion chromatography, Aerosol mass spectrometer (HR-TOF-AMS), fluorescence x-ray energy dispersion (ED-XRF), catalytic adsorptive stripping voltammetry (CAdSV). Diffusive sampler for determination of atmospheric gases.

Chiara Colombo
Senior Researcher
Material characterization, study of the decay and conservative problems of natural stone materials, mortars, plasters, wall paintings, cold polychrome ceramic materials, pigments and binders used for of polychrome finishings; Design and execution of diagnostic plans; Conservative inorganic treatments on carbonate matrix.
Milan

Claudia Conti
Senior Researcher
My skills are mainly focused on developing non-destructive and non-invasive Raman Spectroscopy methods, with the major task of obtaining compositional information about art objects surfaces and their inner portions, thus reconstructing painting layers sequence, decay diffusion and conservation treatments distribution within porous matrices.
Milan

Laura Genovese
Researcher
She’s an expert in urban archaeology and solutions for improving sustainable uses and cultural heritage enhancement, by integrating cultural sites in their territorial context (es. Cultural Routes) and evaluating methods and tools to develop cultural tourism.

Tatiana Pedrazzi
Researcher
PhD in Near Eastern Archaeology, she participated in many archaeological projects in Syria, Lebanon, Sardinia. Her main interests are cultural interaction and trade, material culture and pottery production. She studies Levantine storage and transport jars in the Late Bronze and Iron Ages, in Syria, Lebanon and Cyprus, and Phoenician and Punic amphorae in Sardinia. She is also interested in the study of interculturalism in the Levant and in the Phoenician Mediterranean.

Milan

Elena Possenti
Researcher
La mia attività di ricerca riguarda lo studio delle interazioni che avvengono fra i trattamenti conservativi inorganici e i substrati carbonatici, e la messa a punto di protocolli analitici innovativi (tecniche di diffrattometria di raggi X in geometrie non convenzionali con luce di sincrotrone, mapping e imaging con spettroscopia IR) per l’indagine avanzata dei materiali dei Beni Culturali.
Milan

Marco Realini
Research Director - ISPC branch manager
Conservation of surfaces and planned maintenance. Inorganic treatments for architectural surfaces. Development of instrumentation and methodologies for diagnostics and monitoring of surfaces and their state of conservation.
Milan

Irene Rossi
Researcher
I am a Semitic philologist, specialised in the epigraphy of pre-Islamic Arabia. My researches focus on the Ancient South Arabian civilization, covering aspects such as linguistics, history, and religion. Alongside the practice of Digital Epigraphy, I have been investigating methodological and theoretical issues of the IT approaches to the study of the ancient sources.
Milan

Antonio Sansonetti
Senior Researcher
Skills are focused on materials composing works of art, the study of decay mechanisms and of conservation treatments, with a special regard to mural paintings and mortars. Laser and gel cleaning constitute the topics of recent research papers. Standardisation at an International level with special focus on moisture issue in masonry, are part of the background.
Milan
Tecnici e Amministrativi MI

Stefano Lussignoli
Technologist
Responsabile Amministrativo della sede di Milano
Milan

Roberto Riva
Technician
Management of the Library at Milan Office "Gino Bozza”. Research activities in the historical and literary field in collaboration with ISEM. Interest in European projection and related funding. Compilation and updating of the DVRS Lombard offices of STIIMA. Interest in the social applications of technology.
Ricercatori e Tecnologi FI

Sofia Brizzi
Research Fellow
Utilizzo di tecniche d’indagine di tipo micro-invasivo e non invasivo (FT-IR, XRF, MO, DCS, Colorimetria, Termografia) per la caratterizzazione di diversi materiali, con particolare riferimento alla conservazione degli affreschi strappati su supporti mobili. Tecnologie di rilievo digitale (laser scanner e fotogrammetria SfM) per integrazione sullo stato di conservazione e monitoraggio delle superfici di interesse storico artistico.
Florence

David Buti
Research Fellow
Specializzato in tecniche portatili non invasive per l'identificazione e la caratterizzazione di tecniche e materiali pittorici, e del loro stato di conservazione (XRF, FORS, ER-FTIR, Raman). Sebbene le sue competenze spazino dalle opere d'arte classiche all'arte contemporanea, il suo principale interesse sono i manoscritti mesoamericani e i loro materiali costitutivi. Attualmente sovrintende lo User Helpdesk delle Attività Accesso Transnazionale IPERION-HS ed è access manager della piattaforma MOLAB del nodo italiano di ERIHS.

Florence

Emma Cantisani
Researcher
Mineralogical, petrographic and physico- mechanical methods for natural and artificial lapideous stones for archaeometric and conservative purposes. Optical and electronic microscopy, X ray based techniques for ceramics, glasses, pigments and archaeological wood. New products and techniques for diagnostic and restoration of archaeological and architectonic heritage.
Florence

Riccardo Castagna
Researcher
Materials Science for Optics and Photonics.
Florence

Marta Castellini
Research Fellow
Architecture graduate, specialized in Architectural Heritage and Landscape Conservation. Research activities focus on the investigation of the architectural heritage, measurement and diagnostic surveys using non-destructive and partial destructive methods. Addition skills include seismic vulnerability evaluation of historical buildings.
Florence


Oana Adriana Cuzman
Technologist
Study of biodeterioration phenomena and of biodeteriogens, efficacy evaluation of new control methods against stone biodeteriogens, development and application of non-invasive or micro-invasive techniques to identify and characterize the microbe-surface interaction and microbial diversity.
Florence

Silvia Fineschi
Senior Researcher
Conservation and restoration of historic gardens; Biotic and abiotic interactions within historical gardens and sites; Vegetation dynamics in urban area; Environmental plant science; Consequences of plant migration and adaptation; Conservation and biodiversity; Mediterranean ecosystems; Emission of plant Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and ecological interaction with the environment.
Florence

Fabio Fratini
Researcher
Indagini petrografiche/fisiche per studio materiali lapidei architettura monumentale e vernacolare e loro meccanismi di degrado; sviluppo metodi diagnostici per determinazione condizioni di conservazione materiali lapidei, valutazione prestazioni trattamenti conservativi; sviluppo prodotti inorganici per conservazione materiali lapidei; elaborazione protocolli per monitoraggio monumenti.
Florence

Chiara Giuliacci
Research Fellow
Laureata con lode in Architettura del Paesaggio presso l'Università di Firenze. L'attività di ricerca si concentra sulla valorizzazione e salvaguardia del patrimonio archivistico storico di Accademia dei Georgofili e Osservatorio Ximeniano, attraverso processi innovativi di digitalizzazione, comunicazione e promozione, per facilitarne la fruizione anche da parte del vasto pubblico.
Florence

Tommaso Ismaelli
Senior Researcher
i) Archaeology of the Greek and Roman world with focuses on Rome, Asia Minor and Magna Grecia; ii) ancient architecture: survey and reconstruction of monuments, architectural decoration, euergetism, supply of building materials; iii) construction technology; iv) ancient restoration: sources, materials, contexts; v) archaeology of rituals in the ancient world.

Florence

Donata Magrini
Researcher
Portable non-invasive techniques to identify and characterize painting materials and their state of conservation (FORS, XRF, TR-FTIR). Characterization of pigments and binders by micro-invasive spectroscopic techniques (FT-IR, SEM-EDS, XRD, OM, PLM, cross sections). Application of multiband imaging techniques (UVL, IR, IRfc, VIL) Study of ancient residual polychromy on marble art facts.
Florence

Rachele Manganelli Del Fà
Researcher
Applicazione delle tecniche digitali per il rilievo, la modellazione tridimensionale e la rappresentazione dei Beni Culturali. Attività di ricerca nel campo dell’applicazione delle tecniche fotogrammetriche close-range per la diagnostica, il controllo ed il monitoraggio dello stato di conservazione delle superfici di particolare interesse storico artistico.
Florence

Marcello Massidda
Research Fellow
UI/UX; Unity Developer; Web Developer (Html Js Css; Node.js); Graphic Design; Video Editing;
Florence

Sofia Pescarin
Senior Researcher
Sofia Pescarin has a degree in Archaeology, a master in Exhibition Design and a PhD in History and Computing. She is a researcher at CNR ISPC and since 2018 a professor at the University of Bologna, of Intangible Heritage and Multimedia, and at the University of Ferrara of Multimodal Design. She is Chief Editor of the Journal "Digital Application in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage" (DAACH).
Florence

Giorgio Franco Pocobelli
Researcher
CNR-ISPC researcher and adjunct professor at the School in Archaeological Heritage of the University of Florence (teaching: archaeological photointerpretation). In 2006 he obtained his Phd in Ancient Topography; he specialized in studies of archaeological mapping, landscape archaeology, photogrammetry and cartography survey, interpretation of aerial photos and mapping of marks.
Florence

Silvia Rescic
Researcher
Physical, chemical, mineralogical characterization of geo-materials used in architecture, study of decay mechanisms, intervention methodologies for conservation; set up, validation of micro-destructive devices to assessment of superficial mechanical properties of geo-materials; selection of sustainable materials/treatments for geo-materials, particularly earthen architecture conservation.
Florence

Cristiano Riminesi
Senior Researcher - ISPC branch manager
Study of techniques and systems based on physical methods for the conservation of inorganic and organic materials (wood, paper and wooden materials) Techniques and methodologies for risk assessment for conservation cultural heritage assets by monitoring and controlling of chemical, physical and mechanical parameters trough dedicated systems and sensors.
Florence

Barbara Sacchi
Researcher
Study of the state of conservation of historical manufacts Study of decay of stone materials Individuation, synthesis and experimentation of organic and/or inorganic products for conservation of stone materials (characterization, application, evaluation of performance) Study of chemistry of laser ablation processes in cleaning lapideous materials from consolidant or protective treatments.
Florence

Barbara Salvadori
Researcher
Application of non-invasive and micro-invasive techniques (FT-IR and XRF spectroscopy, microscopy, imaging, eddy current, ...) for the investigation of ancient and contemporary works of art of metal and stone, frescoes and paintings. Research activity on degradation issues, methods for removing graffiti, monitoring of surfaces, evaluation of products for conservation.
Florence

Maria Amelia Suzuki
Research Fellow
Florence

Silvia Vettori
Researcher
The main experiences involve the development and application of methodologies and products for the characterization, conservation and monitoring of Cultural Heritage. She took part in several diagnostic campaigns on artefacts of historical and artistic interest (such as bronze and white marble sculptures, pigments, ancient mortars and ceramics).
Florence
Tecnici e Amministrativi FI

Silvia Palchetti
Responsabile di Amministrazione
Florence

Luciano Scaletti
Technician
Come Collaboratore Tecnico svolgo attività di supporto alla ricerca e messa a punto e riparazione di apparecchiature per indagini sul degrado di campioni provenienti dal patrimonio culturale. La stessa attività di supporto è svolta con particolare interesse verso sensori di temperatura , umidità e gas vari con ausilio di DataLogger e sistemi autocostruiti per i rilievi.
Florence
Ricercatori e Tecnologi RM

Silvia Alaura
Senior Researcher
A philologist and archaeologist, she mainly focus on preclassical Anatolia, in particular on the Hittite culture. In the framework of her research on the history of Oriental studies she coordinates the GRISSO project. She is editor in chief of the series Documenta Asiana and is scientific director of the archaeological expedition at Tell el-Maskhuta (Egypt).
Rome

Lucia Alberti
Researcher
Archaeologist, she is specialised in Aegean and Mediterranean Bronze Ages, with particular references to burial customs, chronological issues, ceramic studies, theory and anthropology applied to archaeology, landscape archaeology, technologies applied to cultural heritage and enhancement of archaeological sites. She is director of the study and valorization project of Doclea, Montenegro.
Rome

Alessia Allegrini
Technologist
She is specialized in multi- and hyper-spectral detection systems (satellite, airplane, UAV). She is studying archaeological areas, from an environmental point of view, by using remote/proximal sensing techniques, and outdoor and indoor environments (for example in museums to define the state of health of the statues and the halls that host them), from a thermographic point of view.
Rome

Laura Ambrosini
Research Director
Every area of Etruscology and Italian Antiquities (Etruscan and pre-Roman Italy cultures): historical, social, political and religious themes, study of settlements, necropolis, writing and epigraphy, material culture (specific competence in the study of artistic and artisanal productions, ceramics, bronzes, mirrors, goldsmiths, glyptics, etc ...), history of collections.
Rome

Andrea Angelini
Researcher
Archeologo, esperto in tecniche di rilevamento digitale ed elaborazione dati 3D, da diversi anni si occupa di tematiche di ricerca inerenti il rapporto tra Rilievo e Rappresentazione digitale finalizzato alla conoscenza di siti archeologici e di monumenti architettonici; docente in convenzione di Cartografia Tematica presso la Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Naturali e Territoriali (SSBNT) di Sapienza Università di Roma, dal 2019 è direttore dello scavo archeologico presso il sito di Tell el-Maskhuta, Egitto.
Rome

Andrea Babbi
Researcher
Mi occupo di archeologia mediterranea (età del Bronzo-arcaismo), in particolare di forme di interazione culturale, negoziazione/rappresentazione delle identità sociali, pratiche sociali, strategie insediative, risorse naturali, adattamento al cambiamento climatico, raffigurazioni antropomorfe. La transdisciplinarità caratterizza le mie ricerche. Dirigo il progetto internazionale: "Bisenzio (Capodimonte, VT – Italy) between the Bronze and the Archaic Age: a capital node connecting dynamic networks in South Etruria".
Rome

Cinzia Bacigalupo
Technologist
She studies integrated systems of geodetic and photogrammetric techniques, for geometric survey, geographic positioning, control and storage of information on monuments and archaeological sites by developing databases, GIS and creating storytelling and storymaps. She developed the COPERniCO project which aims to integrate the educational and research systems.
Rome

Diego Baldi
Technologist
Librarian and archivist

Vincenzo Bellelli
Research Director
Classical Archaeologist specialized in Etruscology. His main research fields are the history and archaeology of ancient Caere, the relationships between Greek world and Etruscan World.
Rome

Marco Bettelli
Research Director
Protohistory of Europe and Mediterranean; material culture and ancient technologies; interactions and exchange; settlement patterns; social organization; ideology and cults.
Rome

Lorenzo Bianchi
Research Director
Rome

Luigi Biocca
Researcher
Accessibilità e fruibilità di spazi costruiti, requisiti e analisi dell'esperienza degli utenti.
Rome

Marco Bonechi
Senior Researcher
Assyriologist mainly interested in the cuneiform texts of the Bronze Age (with particular attention to those found in Syria) and the history of Oriental studies.
Rome

Massimo Botto
Research Director
Archeologo. Specialista della Civiltà fenicia e punica per gli aspetti relativi alla cultura materiale, all'economia, ai traffici commerciali e alle strategie di approccio al territorio in ambito pre-coloniale e coloniale, con particolare attenzione ai rapporti con il mondo indigeno. Privilegiati ambiti geografici di ricerca sono rappresentati dalla Sardegna, dalla Penisola Iberica e dalla Tunisia. Responsabile della Missione all’insediamento fenicio e punico di Pani Loriga (Sardegna) e di quella al santuario-tofet di Althiburos (Tunisia). Direttore della Collezione di Studi Fenici.
Rome

Filippo Calcerano
Researcher
Technologies for energy efficiency and sustainability applied to built heritage (energy improvement, conservation and valorisation). Numerical modelling and simulation of the energy and environmental performance of buildings and external microclimate also in historical contexts. Heritage Building Information Modeling and interoperability. Contemporary and ancient bioclimatic systems.
Rome

Michele Calvano
Research Fellow
Architect, Ph.D. in Science of Representation, a research fellow at ISPC - CNR and in the past at DAD of Politecnico di Torino; specialized in mathematical and parametric modeling. He has written articles and books on reverse modeling, shape design, digital representation of architecture and urban space also by using BIM procedures.
Rome

Gianluca Cantoro
Researcher
Gianluca è archeologo dei paesaggi e fotointerprete. I suoi studi cominciano con l’archeologia delle Province Romane (Laurea Magistrale @ Università di Pisa) e proseguono con l’archeologia dei paesaggi montuosi Cretesi (Dottorato @ Università di Foggia). É membro attivo delle comunità internazionali di Telerilevamento e ha spesso organizzato workshop e summerschool per giovani ricercatori.
Rome

Giovanni Caratelli
Researcher
Archaeological survey; technical, stratigraphic and typological analysis of ancient monuments; topographical positioning of archaeological sites through the use of GPS instruments and total station; production of archaeological cartography; acquisition, processing, analysis and management of point clouds from laser scanner or photogrammetric surveys; skills in museum management.
Rome

Alessandra Caravale
Researcher
Archaeologist. Her research line “Archaeological computing and e-publishing” is directed towards archaeological computing in its historical evolution and in the current panorama, with particular regard to the automated cataloging of archaeological heritage, databases, digital resources for archaeology and open access publishing. Member of scientific committee of “Archeologia e Calcolatori”.
Rome

Giovanni Caruso
Senior Researcher
Modeling of the static and dynamic behaviour of smart structures. Dynamics of periodic structures with imperfections. Active, semi active and passive structural vibration control. Modeling of the phototransduction process in rod and cone photoreceptors. Analysis and retrofit of ancient masonry structures. Active thermography applied to the study of ancient bronze statuary and ancient books.
Rome

Marianna Castiglione
Research Fellow
Specialised in Classical Archaeology, she received a PhD defending a thesis on Roman necropolises in Pompeii. Moving from this study, her interests focused on the theoretical aspects related to cultural interaction, examined by means of material culture, iconography, written sources and epigraphy. Her current research concerns with contact between Greek, Magna Grecian, Phoenician and Punic world.
Rome

Luciano Cessari
Research Director
Architetto, la sua ricerca si concentra sulle metodologie e tecnologie per la documentazione e la conservazione degli edifici storici, sviluppando un metodo interdisciplinare per lo studio, per la diagnosi sullo stato conservativo e per l'individuazione di strategie integrate di restauro architettonico. È autore ed editore di numerosi libri e le sue oltre 100 pubblicazioni includono articoli, saggi, relazioni di conferenze. Con il progetto di restauro del “Bedestan” a Cipro ha vinto il Premio dell'Unione Europea per il Patrimonio Culturale/Europa Nostra Awards 2009.

Rome

Francesca Colosi
Senior Researcher
Archaeological-topographic researches with detailed studies on the survey procedures and the analysis of remote sensing and geospatial data. Collection and organization of multidisciplinary data for the design of archaeological parks and the enhancement of wide monumental complexes. Classification and study of Roman painted plasters.
Rome

Stefano Cursi
Research Fellow
Currently Research fellow at the Institute of Heritage Science of the National Research Council, received both a Ph.D. and a degree with honors from Sapienza University of Rome. Author of several international scientific publications, his research interests are oriented toward ontology-based system for built heritage knowledge representation and BIM technologies.

Naples

Anna Lucia D'Agata
Research Director
Aegean Archaeology; Archaeology of Anatolia and the Levant; techniques and methodology of archaeological excavations.
Rome

Enzo D'Annibale
Research Fellow
Specialized in digitization and enhancement of cultural heritage through the use of Image-based Modeling, Virtual Reality, Projection Mapping, Real Time Motion Graphic techniques. Expert in design and development of multimedia applications for museums and exhibitions.
Rome

Maurizio Del Freo
Research Director
Philologist and epigrapher specialized in the Aegean and Cypriot scripts of the Bronze Age (Cretan hieroglyphic, Linear A, Linear B, Cypro-Minoan). Main activities: publication of editions and databases of epigraphic texts; study of Minoan and Mycenaean palatial societies and economies; publishing activities (co-director of Incunabula Graeca; member of the editorial board of SMEA NS).
Rome

Emanuel Demetrescu
Researcher
Archeologo PhD, specialista in Archeologia Digitale e dell'Architettura, repliche digitali, semantica, rilievo 3D, ricostruzioni virtuali, Python e UAV. Le sue principali ricerche riguardano la creazione di collegamenti teorici e metodologici (come l’Extended Matrix) tra documentazione scientifica nei Beni Culturali e industrie creative (librerie digitali, musei virtuali, giochi Open World VR).
Rome

Sara Di Marcello
Technologist
Academic publishing, open science.
Rome


Silvana Di Paolo
Researcher
Archaeologist and art historian of the ancient Near East.Her studies are focused on material culture and visual studies.She co-coordinates the QaNaTES Project in Iran.Ed. in Chief of the Series ‘Biblioteca di Antichità Cipriote’ (CNR),‘Reading Ancient Near Eastern Artefacts’ for CPG. Scientific Board Member of the Bulletin of the Ancient Near East; Ed. Board Member of Rivista di Studi Fenici.
Rome

Andrea Di Renzoni
Researcher
Methods: archaeological survey, statistical and geo-statistical tool for territorial data-management and territorial data modelling; stratigraphic excavation and archaeological data management; statistical tools for chronological seriation. Topics: archaeology of the islands; settlement patterns and territorial organization; settlement spatial patterns, spaces and functions.
Rome

Valeria Di Tullio
Researcher
Conservation scientist. Study of deterioration processes, and evaluation of restoration products for lapideous, paintings, wooden artifacts, and ancient manuscripts. NMR methods for studying porous materials, natural and synthetic polymers. My current researches are focused on the formation of metal soaps in oil paintings in collaboration with The MET, and Delaware University.
Rome

Bruno Fanini
Researcher
Computer scientist, PhD - focuses his research and development activities on real-time 3D graphics, immersive VR visualization, natural interaction and design of 3D user interfaces. He developed open-source tools and services for the creation of online Web3D/WebXR applications (like "ATON" framework), serious games, virtual museums and interactive applications targeting Cultural Heritage. He is responsible for different projects dealing with interactive 3D visualization, online 3D presentation, interaction models and immersive VR through head-mounted displays.
Rome

Daniele Ferdani
Researcher
Daniele Ferdani, Ph.D in archaeology, is expert in digital archaeology. His research focuses on the development of integrated methodologies for the reconstruction of classical and medieval contexts and their communication through virtual museums and virtual reality systems. Main skills: 3D modelling, 3D image processing, 3D visualisation, Archaeological analyses of ancient architectures.
Rome


Silvia Festuccia
Research Fellow
Archeologa PhD, le sue principali ricerche riguardano lo studio del paesaggio, dell’urbanizzazione e della cultura materiale delle civiltà del Vicino Oriente antico. Si occupa dell’analisi e della valutazione di progetti sul patrimonio culturale e archeologico. Ha partecipato e dirige progetti archeologici, caratterizzati dalla multidisciplinarietà, di prospezione, scavo, conservazione, tutela e valorizzazione in Libano, Siria, Iran, Marocco, Grecia e Italia.

Rome

Roberto Gabrielli
Researcher
Research activity in the field of Geomatics. Experience in the field of topographic and monumental surveys. Expert in surveys with Laser Scanner, Photorgrammetry and DGPS. Direction of numerous national projects for the Ministry of Cultural Heritage in Preventive Archeology. Director of two research projects in Jordan (Petra and Umm er Rasas) for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Rome

Giuseppe Garbati
Researcher
Archaeologist, specialist in Phoenician and Punic culture. He conducts research devoted mainly to the cultic forms, the votive materials and the morphology of the Phoenician gods. Together with Tatiana Pedrazzi (ISPC – Milan) he directs the project "Transformations and Crisis in the Mediterranean. 'Identity' and Interculturality in the Levant and Phoenician West".
Rome

Elena Gigliarelli
Researcher
Architetto, promuove e coordina progetti nazionali ed internazionali di tutela e valorizzazione del patrimonio architettonico. La sua ricerca si concentra sulla documentazione, conservazione e valorizzazione del patrimonio monumentale, archeologico e dei centri storici, del paesaggio urbano storico, sul miglioramento energetico e ambientale degli edifici storici e sulle metodologie digitali applicate al patrimonio costruito.
È responsabile del BHiLAB | Built Heritage innovation Lab
Rome

Cecilia Giorgi
Researcher
Historical and stratigraphic analysis of archaeological evidence, study of ancient monuments; traditional and instrumental archaeological survey (topographic, 3D photogrammetry and laser scanner); graphic representation of archaeological, architectural and restoration documentation; creation of archaeological and thematic maps in GIS; point cloud processing and 3D modelling.
Rome

Maja Gori
Researcher
MG specializes in prehistoric archaeology with a focus on the Balkans and the Mediterranean (4th-2nd mill BC). Her interest encompasses ceramics, past identities, mobility patterns and cultural transmission, Agent-Based Modelling and Social Network Analysis, radiocarbon dating, as well as uses of archaeological discourses in present identity building and political uses of archaeology.

Rome

Alessandra Lazzari
Researcher
Archeologa del VOA con esperienza sul campo. Si occupa di: informatizzazione di dati archeologici e creazione di banche dati; gestione degli archivi dello scavo di Shahr-i Sokhta; progetti di integrazione di tecniche avanzate di rilevamento, GIS e modelli numerici per la conoscenza dei siti archeologici; sviluppa un progetto personale sulla percezione dell’esotico nel fumetto italiano.
Rome

Giulio Lucarini
Researcher
My research focuses on human-environment interaction and the emergence of food production in Africa and the Mediterranean. I am interested in the study of material culture, especially lithic production and function, and how artefacts reflect socio-economic change and mobility patterns. Further interests include the analysis of radiocarbon dates and the study and preservation of rock art sites.
Rome

Loredana Luvidi
Researcher
Evaluation of innovative products and new methods and for a sustainable restoration on natural and artificial stone. Conservation of earth architecture and contemporary artefacts. Monitoring and control of environmental parameters and materials in archaeological sites to define conservation and enhancement strategies. Activities in the UNI-Cultural Heritage commissions for standardization.
Rome

Lorenza Ilia Manfredi
Research Director - ISPC branch manager
Dr. Manfredi's research activity focuses on the field of archaeology, archaeometallurgy, history and Phoenician and Punic numismatics of the Western Mediterranean, with particular expertise in the pre-Roman Maghreb and the Adriatic area.
Rome

Federico Manuelli
Researcher
I am a Near Eastern archaeologist studying the ancient societies developed between the end of the 3rd and the beginning of the 1st millennium BC. My main research interests are the analysis and classification of the material culture, the territorial organization and the public architecture of the civilizations of northern Mesopotamia and Anatolia.
Rome

Letizia Martinelli
Research Fellow
Development and management of BIM (Building Information Modeling) processes for built heritage, energy and environmental management of built heritage, multi-criteria analysis as decision support system for sustainable renovation, indoor and outdoor thermo-hygrometric comfort, simulation of energy and environmental performance of buildings and open spaces, environmental design.
Rome

Fulvio Mazzocchi
Researcher
Perspectivism and epistemic pluralism (e.g, relationship between science and other ways of knowing); epistemology and cultural heritage; epistemology of science (epistemological issues of big data; climate models and robustness; complexity in biology); philosophical and theoretical foundations of knowledge organization.
Rome

Leonardo Meo Evoli
Researcher
Rome

Paola Moscati
Research Director
Archaeologist, her research interest focuses on topographical studies and computer applications. Scientific director of the research project Archeology and Information Society and Editor in Chief of the journal Archeologia e Calcolatori, she coordinates the international project of the Virtual Museum of Archaeological Computing, conducted in agreement with the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
Rome

Ida Oggiano
Senior Researcher
Archaeologist, specialized in the first millennium a.C. Southern Levant and Phoenician and Punic Sardinia. Director of Kharayeb Archaeological Project - Phoenician cult place at Kharayeb, rural site of Jemjim and port of Tell Qasmiye - Lebanon. Editor in chief of Rivista di Studi Fenici and Professor of Geography and Archaeology of Ancient Near East at the Pontificio istituto Biblico of Rome.

Rome

Alfonsina Pagano
Research Fellow
User Experience Researcher, her research is focused on the development of multidisciplinary projects with the aim of investigating the performance of multimedia applications, the effectiveness of these systems in relation to usability and user experience, and finally the digital storytelling strategies for Cultural Heritage.
Rome

Augusto Palombini
Senior Researcher
Archaeologist and writer, focussed on landscape archaeology, virtual museums, digital storytelling, computer science and multimedia solutions applied to Cultural Heritage and topographic surveying, particularly dealing with open data and open source tools.
Rome

Alessandra Piergrossi
Researcher
Protohistory and history of the Italian peninsula, with particular regard to the Etruscan and Latium area; death archaeology: social dimension of funeral practices and analysis of rites; strategies and dynamics of occupation and exploitation of the territory; archaeological materials between typological analysis and cultural meanings. Open access and open data in the archaeological field.
Rome

Eva Pietroni
Senior Researcher
Conservator of Cultural Heritage, art historian, graduated in transverse flute. Her research concerns virtual museums and museum technologies, digitization, virtual reconstruction, new forms of narration and interaction based on the hybridization of media (VR, theatrical and cinematographic language, AR, video games, holography). She coordinates national and international projects.
Rome

Fulvia Pinzari
Researcher
Structural characterization of inorganic composite materials by X-ray diffraction and Raman Spectroscopy. Surface characterization by XPS, SEM, AFM. Surface reactivity study by XPS and wettability. Preparation of mixed oxide systems for catalytic use, development and use of catalysis lines in flow systems operating at ambient pressure.
Rome

Salvatore Piro
Research Director
Coordina progetti per lo sviluppo di metodologie integrate di rilevamento e trattamento di elementi geometrici e morfologici connessi con il territorio, all'impiego delle Ground Remote Sensing technologies, allo sviluppo dei metodi di acquisizione, elaborazione e rappresentazione ad alta risoluzione in 2D e 3D in ambiente GIS di dati geofisici.
Responsabile del Laboratorio di Geofisica, sede di Roma.
Rome

Heleni Porfyriou
Senior Researcher
Urban and town planning historian with a specific focus on urban morphology and urban design. Her research interests regard urban conservation, tourist impact in historic centers, and valorization policies in Europe and China. Since 2016 she coordinates urban conservation and regeneration projects with Chinese institutions and universities.
Rome

Noemi Proietti
Researcher
Application of portable magnetic resonance diagnostic techniques for monitoring and mapping of dampness in historical walls and frescoes; characterization and study by NMR stratigraphy of hydrophobic and/or consolidating treatments on stone materials; NMR stratigraphy of paintings, wooden artifacts, paper, textiles, leathers and parchments.
Rome

Carla Sfameni
Researcher
Archaeologist (classical and late antiquity), she is scientific responsible of the excavation and research at the Cottanello Roman villa (RI). Since 2015 she is a member of CNR research projects concerning Montenegro. She is vice director of the Interuniversitary Centre for Studies on Late Antique Housing in the Mediterranean (CISEM) and member of the editorial board of the Mediterranea journal.

Rome

Federica Ugliano
Research Fellow
Sin dal mio dottorato di ricerca, mi sono occupata dello studio della collezione predinastica del Museo Egizio di Torino, di cui ho curato anche il recente riallestimento. Il mio approccio prevede lo studio integrato della documentazione di archivio e dei manufatti per una loro ricontestualizzazione e analisi. Sono attualmente coinvolta nel progetto PrEMuC (Prehistoric Egypt in Museum Collections).

Rome

Flaminia Verga
Researcher
Rome
Tecnici e Amministrativi RM

Francesca Agostini
Technician
Unità della Segreteria di Direzione nella sede di Roma (associature e contratti), in amministrazione si occupa dell'istruttoria degli acquisti fino alla liquidazione su SIGLA.
Rome

Laura Attisani
Technician
Archaeological graphics Drawing of archaeological finds, graphic rendering of excavated plants Editorial graphics Scientific publishing conception and graphic design with relative layout of books, magazines, catalogs Communication and image conception and graphic design of panels for exhibitions, brochures, posters, invitations and posters Digital graphics.
Rome


Davide Berti
Technician
La mia attività consiste nel fornire supporto alla gestione amministrativa dei progetti di ricerca nazionali ed internazionali. Mi occupo delle rendicontazioni progettuali intermedie e finali in stretta collaborazione con il responsabile scientifico.
Rome


Anna De Meo
Technician
Processing various formats of geospatial data by means of computer tools based on GIS (Geographical Information System) technology. Implementation of integrated methods and practices for the management of data to optimize their use in the knowledge, enjoyment and enhancement of cultural heritage.
Rome

Luisa De Mico
Technician
Segreteria, referente del protocollo informatico, gestione e supporto per bandi: assegni di ricerca, borse di studio ed incarichi di collaborazione della Sede Secondaria di Roma.
Rome

Paola Ferrini
Technician
Skills in: History of Modern and Contemporary Art; Restoration; Museum Didactics; Education in Art and Cultural Heritage. For Enhancement Projects, she designs and develops: Integrated models of Communication and Active Enjoying for Museums and Heritage Sites for each Public; Educational paths; Teaching Projects and PCTO for Schools; Dissemination of Good Practices and Research Products; Training.
Rome

Salvatore Fiorino
Technician
"System specialist in web environment", "Database administrator", expert in "LAMP" systems (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP).
Rome

Barbara Foschi
Technician
Si occupa di comunicazione e promozione della ricerca scientifica sul patrimonio culturale e della sezione romana della Biblioteca dell’ISPC.
Rome

Pasquale Galatà
Technician
Tecnico addetto all'acquisizione ed elaborazione di dati finalizzati alla documentazione di siti archeologici e monumentali, nonché della gestione e manutenzione degli strumenti.
Rome


Tommaso Leti Messina
Technician
Manual, instrumental and photogrammetric survey. Digital and plotting processing at territorial and architectonic scale. Drawing and reconstruction of archaeological finds.
Rome

Luisa Marucci
Administrative
Responsabile della trasmissione pratiche di infortunio all' INAIL esclusivamente per il personale ISPC della sede di Montelibretti.
Rome

Nicolò Paraciani
Technician
Sviluppo di applicazioni web con tecnologie open source (LAMP stack, HTML5), amministrazione sistemi Linux, partecipazione ad attività legate a progetti di ricerca europei.
Rome

Paolo Pasqualini
Technician
ISPC inventory management
Rome

Davide Petrelli
Technician
Funzioni amministrative e servizio economato.
Rome

Leonardo Rescic
Technician
Digital publishing, video editing and production, screenplay, soundscape, editing and recording audio, gimbal shoot.
Rome

Claudio Ricci
Technician
Attività : trattamento ed elaborazione di foto ed immagini digitali nell'ambito dei progetti di Istituto.
Rome


Eleonora Maria Stella
Technician
My area of expertise falls within history of modern art with special interests in safeguard, restoration and preservation (history), museography and museology, scientific and electronic publishing. Expertise activity on contemporary and modern art paintings.
Rome

Bartolomeo Trabassi
Technician
Photographer and camera operator
Rome

Daniele Verrecchia
Technician
Data acquisition by Georadar antennas and Magnetometer. GPS survey of the points. Realization, editing of websites dedicated to research projects. Realization and updating of the ISPC DVR of Rome office. Delegate for security meetings at the Rome office. Contact person for the logistics organization, maintenance and safety of the workplace and vehicles located in Rome office.
Rome
Ricercatori e Tecnologi NA

Giuseppe Cavuoto
Technologist
2D/3D geological modeling for geohazard assessment and seismic microzonation of cities with rich historic heritage. Basin analysis and physical stratigraphy of clastic depositional systems. Field experiences in Italy, Albania
Naples

Gemma Teresa Colesanti
Researcher
My scientific activity has developed along 3 lines of research: the economic and social history of the Middle Ages through the analysis of commercial sources and the Mediterranean market; the history of women, of monasticism. I collaborate in international Digital Humanities projects with integrated approaches to the management and valorization of cultural heritage the digital edition of archives.
Naples

Vincenzo Di Fiore
Researcher
Vincenzo Di Fiore is a geophysicist, specialized in high-resolution geophysical imaging. His research main regards: seismic wave propagation and tomography, seismology exploration, electric resistivity tomography (ERT), magnetic prospecting, GPR, seismic site response and tsunami modeling, numerical modeling applied at the geological hazard and geophysics applied to archeological area. Head of Geophysics Lab, Naples.
Naples

Costanza Miliani
ISPC Director
Senior research scientist, CNR-ISTM (National Council of Research Institute of Molecular Science and Technologies, Perugia, Italy); Head of the Heritage Materials Science group, CNR-ISTM;Adjunct Professor of Conservation Science at the Department of Art and Humanities, University of Perugia, Italy; Visiting research scientist, Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton University, NJ, USA; Research scientist, CNR-ISTM; Post-Doc, Photochemistry & Photophysic Group - Chemistry Dept. University of Perugia, Italy; freelance conservation science consultant.
Perugia

Nicola Pelosi
Researcher
Geophysical data acquisition and processing; Signal and Image analysis; Paleoclimatic reconstructions from proxy signals analysis; GIS spatial analysis; Spatial database develop and managment; GNSS topographic survey; Cartography; C-C++, Python, Fortran, R, Matlab Programming.

Michele Punzo
Technologist
Joint analysis of geophysical and geological data according to multi-objective methodologies, aimed at the stratigraphic characterization of the subsoil. Specialized in 2D-3D geophysical data processing and interpretation and in the use and the calibration of geophysical equipment to optimize survey design.
Naples

Eleonora Scopinaro
Research Fellow
Architect, expert in conservation and restoration of architectural and landscape heritage. Her research is focused on protection and enhancement of historical built heritage through experimentation in the fields of documentation and diagnostics for the historical-critical study of artefacts and the design of interventions aimed at safeguarding cultural heritage.
Rome

Daniela Tarallo
Technologist
Acquisition, processing and interpretation of geophysical data (seismic reflection and refraction, seismic borehole, MASW, SPAC, REMI, geoelectric and electromagnetic data) at high resolution in the marine, transitional and terrestrial environment for the definition of 2D and 3D geophysical models of subsoil.
Naples

Vera Isabell Schwarz-Ricci
Research Fellow
She is interested in Handwritten Text Recognition, Digital Scholarly Editions, Digital Archives, Cultural Heritage Platforms, Digital Diplomatics, Manuscript Description, Social and Economic History of the Middle Ages.
Naples

Crescenzo Violante
Senior Technologist
Geologist PhD. The research activities are focused on the application and development of geological-geophysical methodologies aimed at the study and management of the submerged cultural heritage. As party chief I have participated in several oceanographic cruises aimed at the characterization and multiscale and multi-thematic mapping of the seabed and the shallow sub-seabed by means of sonar systems and direct inspections.

Naples

Vania Virgili
Dirigente tecnologa
Naples
Ricercatori e Tecnologi LE

Alberto Bucciero
Researcher
Alberto Bucciero is a software engineer specialized in the design of complex software architectures, application interoperability between heterogeneous systems, geographical information systems with particular reference to those dedicated to cultural heritage. In the past he has worked extensively on virtual reality applications used in e-learning. Electronic enthusiast.
Lecce

Maria Piera Caggia
Researcher
Classical and late-antique archaeology; archaeological excavation; implementation of GIS systems; material culture and ceramics from the Roman and Byzantine periods in Asia Minor; public architecture of the Byzantine age: churches, and thermal buildings; multidisciplinary research on stone materials and painted plasters from Byzantine period; South-Apulian settlements and material culture.
Lecce

Angela Calia
Senior Researcher
Mineralogical-petrographic and chemical-physical applications for archaeometry and diagnosis Petrophysical, mechanical characterization and artificial ageing of stone materials for the study of decay and conservation problems Integrated diagnostics and correlations between destructive and non-destructive tests Development and performance assessment of stone conservation treatments.
Lecce

Alessandra Chirivì
Research Fellow
She is an art historian specialized in medieval illuminated manuscripts. Her research activity is focused on topics of HS, in particular on management, use and reuse, conservation, interoperability, sharing of analytical scientific data generated from the analysis of cultural heritage objects. She is also working on issues related to the advanced digitization of illuminated manuscripts.
Lecce

Lara De Giorgi
Technologist
Lara De Giorgi è laureata in Scienze Ambientali ha il dottorato di ricerca in Ingegneria dei Sistemi Complessi. Si occupa di Geofisica applicata all’archeologia e ai beni monumentali. In particolare si occupa di: acquisizione ed elaborazione dati magnetici, georadar ed elettrici; sviluppo di modelli 3D e 4D del sottosuolo legati alle strutture archeologiche, geologiche ed idrogeologiche attraverso l’uso di software specifici.
Responsabile del Laboratorio di Geofisica, sede di Lecce
Lecce

Fiorella De Luca
Researcher
Topographical survey, documentation of archeological discoveries in Puglia, weiting of analitical data, development of alphanumerical data base and control of computer system cartography in the GIS LabTaf UniSalento. She Construction and elaboration of the data base for the territorial topographic search, produced according to the metodologies of the MIBACT.
Lecce

Maurizio Delli Santi
Technologist
Maurizio Delli Santi, architect, mainly deals with the study of the architectural heritage starting from historical sources and then moving on to its digital cataloging through the BIM (Building Information Modeling) and GIS (Geographic Information System) software.
Lecce


Fabio Fortinguerra
Researcher
Long experience in the field of Social Security Law and legal issues related to Preventive Archaeology, safeguarding, fruition and enhancement of Cultural Heritage. Particular expertise in the field of Private Law and Company and Business Law, with particular depth of issues related to the Private Autonomy, the Contracts and the Civil Liability.
Lecce

Maria Teresa Giannotta
Senior Researcher
Archeology of Southern Italy: Greek and Messapian necropolis, archaeological finds and pottery productions. Documentation: historical and archaeological data. Archaeometric study of artifacts (mosaics, marbles, paintings, stone mobile finds) for the identification of constituent materials and executive techniques. Archaeometry: chemical analyses of the organic residues.
Lecce

Sabrina Greco
Researcher
Relationships between population, environment and development in Mediterranean countries and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Lecce

Giovanni Leucci
Research Director
Giovanni Leucci is a researcher at the Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences - National Research Council (ISPC – CNR). He received MS degree in Physics from the University of Salento and PhD in Environmental Geophysics from the University of Messina. He has twenty years working on all aspects of exploration geophysics with more than 200 publications and many international awards.
Lecce

Pasquale Merola
Technologist
Pasquale Merola is specialized in techniques of survey, mapping, GIS and Remote Sensing. He graduated in Cultural Heritage by a thesis in Archaeological remote sensing. He holds a Masters International "Space Systems on Earth Observation (Application of Remote Sensing from Space)" and a PhD in Remote Sensing applied to archaeological research.
Lecce

Ilaria Miccoli
Research Fellow
Skills gained in the field of ancient topography and aerial and satellite remote sensing applied to archeology; activities of topographic survey, archaeological excavation, management and processing of digital archaeological maps, processing of aerial and satellite images with dedicated software, archaeological photo-interpretation and aerial photogrammetric restitution.
Lecce

Andrea Celestino Montanaro
Researcher
Classical Archaeology, skill in preroman figured ambers, preroman italic people, preroman Apulia.
Lecce

Antonio Monte
Researcher
Archeologo industriale; da anni si occupa dello studio dei processi produttivi storici e delle macchine utilizzate. Della patrimonializzazione, recupero e rifunzionalizzazione di siti e paesaggi dei luoghi della produzione.
Lecce

Giovanni Quarta
Researcher
He carries out research in the field of archaeometry and diagnostics for the purpose of knowledge, conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage. In the archaeometric field, he deals with the study of the origin of ancient marbles, the identification of materials and the execution techniques of mosaics and wall paintings over a period of time between the fifth century B.C. and XVIII century.
Lecce

Giuseppe Scardozzi
Research Director - ISPC branch manager
Research director with long experience in the fields of ancient topography, archaeological mapping, aerial-topography for archaeology, landscape archaeology end remote sensing for archaeology, with particular expertise also in the study of ancient marble and alabaster quarries in Asia Minor.
Lecce

Emilia Vasanelli
Researcher
Research activity on the use of non-destructive and semi-destructive tests for the diagnosis and structural assessment of common and historical buildings.
Lecce
Tecnici e Amministrativi LE

Elisabetta Andreassi
Technician
Archaeologist and expert in information systems for scientific dissemination of Cultural Heritage.
Lecce


Ivan Ferrari
Technician
Laureato in Beni Culturali nel 2003, ha conseguito il titolo di Dottore di Ricerca in Topografia Antica nel 2013. Dal 2006 fa parte del Laboratorio di tecnologie informatiche (ITLab) dell'ISPC CNR di Lecce, partecipando a diversi progetti nazionali ed internazionali per lo studio, il rilievo e lo sviluppo di ipotesi ricostruttive di monumenti e siti archeologici, finalizzati alla conoscenza, valorizzazione e fruizione dei Beni Culturali attraverso l'utilizzo della Computer Grafica.
Lecce

Francesco Giuri
Technician
Laureato in Beni Culturali, dal 2006 collabora con il Laboratorio di tecnologie informatiche applicate ai Beni Culturali (ITLab) dell'ISPC del CNR a Lecce. Ha partecipato a numerosi progetti nazionali e internazionali per lo studio, l'indagine e lo sviluppo di ipotesi ricostruttive digitali di monumenti e siti archeologici. Referente d’istituto per il gruppo UAS. Competenze: rilievo strumentale, modellazione 3D, tecniche di visualizzazione 3D, pilota UAS.
Lecce

Maurizio Masieri
Technician
Employed by the CNR since 2001 with the qualification of CTER, he performs scientific support functions for the research activities of the Institute, in particular in the field of diagnostics and conservation of cultural heritage. He has a degree in Modern Literature and Cultural Heritage and is the scientific manager of the 'Archeometry, Diagnostics and Conservation' laboratory.


Federica Mitolo De Donno
Administrative
Head of the ISPC Management Secretariat. ISPC Protocol Manager. Member of the ISPC board. Management of ISPC conventions and agreements. Reporting of projects. Administrative activity. Administrative law and civil law. Resource management. Use of SIGLA. Contractual aspects and fiscal discipline in the management of research activities.
Lecce

Emilio Paticchio
Administrative
Deputy Head of the Management Secretariat; Protocol service; Consip instructor point.
Lecce

Franca Pierri
Administrative
Protocol service; Management of Personnel Attendance on "ePAS" and "Certificates" platforms; VAT closure management; Management of small expenses of the Economic Fund.
Lecce
Ricercatori e Tecnologi PZ

Nicodemo Abate
Research Fellow
Archaeologist, specialized in ICT for cultural heritage, and archaeometry. In the RES-DATA Lab, he works on the acquisition and processing of remote sensing data from drone and from active and passive satellites for applications in archaeology, in landscape archaeology, and in the study and evaluation of natural and cultural heritage risks.

Potenza

Maria Danese
Researcher
Geographic Information Science for: management, conservation, knowledge, enhancement, data analysis in the cultural heritage sector; development of models for the analysis of archaeological settlements; support analysis for natural and anthropic risk maps of the assets; analysis for interpretation in the field of applied geophysics (remote sensing, gpr, infrared thermography).
Potenza

Stefano Del Lungo
Researcher
Transformation of lands and settlements from Antiquity to Early Middle Age, focusing on viability, cultural biodiversity (viticulture in archaeology and molecular biology), hidden landscapes (palaeoseismicity cultural scenarios) and Byzantine monastichism in southern Italy. Non ambulat iure communi, via illi est lectio sua, ostendit quod dicit, probat quod didicit (Cass., Var., III, 52).
Potenza

Dario Gioia
Researcher
My research activity is focused on topics of tectonic geomorphology, geomorphological hazard, geoarchaeology, landslide mapping/monitoring and quantitative geomorphology. My research methodological approaches include geomorphological/geological survey, photo-aerial interpretation, DEM-supported morphometric studies of landscape, river network evolution and monitoring of landslide processes.
Potenza

Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi
Researcher
Research interests include the study of the relationship between natural hazards (e.g., earthquakes, landslides, floods) and cultural heritage for the development of risk mitigation strategies. Other research interests concern non-invasive diagnostic analyses on cultural heritage and microclimatic analyses of confined environments. He has published about 150 scientific papers on these issues.
Potenza

Maurizio Lazzari
Researcher
Experience and skills gained in the following sectors: applied Geomorphology and Geology, Geological risks and Cultural Heritage, Pedology and paleoenvironments, GIS and geostatistical applications, Geoarchaeology, Geosites, Geodiversity and UNESCO Heritage, Cultural Landscape, historical-hydraulic heritage (watermills) and relations with river dynamics, georeferenced thematic bibliographies.
Potenza

Nicola Masini
Research Director - ISPC branch manager
Remote sensing and data science methodologies for archaeological research, landscape archeology and risk analysis of cultural heritage. Integration and fusion of heterogeneous multi-sensor data for the estoration of the architectural and artistic heritage. Integrated approaches to the study of the dynamics of human frequentation and environmental changes in the Andean civilizations.
Potenza

Antonio Minervino Amodio
Research Fellow
Application of high resolution DSMs derived from drone photogrammetry for the morphological characterization of basins. Study of erosive processes in fragile landscapes (soil erosion, coastal erosion, etc.), post-event surveys of gravitational phenomena and linear erosive forms. Multi-temporal analysis using historical aerial photos, satellite photos and drone images.

Potenza

Antonella Pellettieri
Research Director
Potenza

Dimitris Roubis
Researcher
Dimitris Roubis is a researcher ISPC-CNR and professor of Methodology and of Landscape Archaeology (UNIBAS). He is responsible for the Archeology Laboratory of CNR, at the Laboratory of the (SSBA-UNIBAS, Matera). He directs archaeological excavations (Metaponto, Anglona), a survey (Herakleia) in Basilicata and an archaeological mission in Greece (Pandosia on the Acheron).
Potenza

Canio Alfieri Sabia
Researcher
Tematiche riferite alla lettura, caratterizzazione e ricostruzione dei caratteri costitutivi del paesaggio rurale, delle sue dinamiche evolutive e del patrimonio materiale e immateriale legato dell'uso agricolo dei territori nel tempo, con particolare riferimento alla land capability e alle trasformazioni funzionali (transizioni nella copertura del suolo; relazioni con la viabilità storica; evoluzione delle tecniche colturali e degli impatti sul territorio, ecc.) e delle ripercussioni sul grado di biodiversità ambientale, territoriale e paesaggistica.
Potenza

Maria Sileo
Technologist
Support and development of new technologies for the knowledge, preservation and promotion of cultural heritage; laboratory activities for the characterization and study of the problems of alteration and conservation of stone materials; Monitoring of multiparametric material degradation; Responsibility and coordination of diagnostic and geophysical activities applied to archaeology.
Potenza

Valentino Vitale
Research Fellow
Medieval archaeologist. In the RES-DAT Lab she is involved in the acquisition and processing of remote sensing data by drone and near-field photogrammetry for archaeology, documentation and conservation of the architectural heritage and for applications in archaeology, landscape archaeology and the study and assessment of risk factors of the archaeological heritage.
Potenza
Tecnici e Amministrativi PZ

Marilisa Biscione
Technician
Historical-archaeological research; Integrated study of the landscape (historical gardens and settlements) through GIS. Support to: use of Spatial Analysis for archeology; archaeological heritage identification/interpretation (remote sensing, geophysics); use of sensors for cultural heritage; planning for the management of National and European research projects.
Potenza


Anna Maria Briuolo
Administrative
Potenza

Agata Maggio
Technician
Master in Cultural Heritage Management for museum. Post graduate specialization in Librarianship. Skills in: Cataloging and classification; Information literacy; Digital library; Bibliography and Documentation; Bibliology; Restoration and Conservation of book-archival heritage; Study of manuscripts; Anthropological studies and research; European planning.
Potenza

Maria Rosaria Potenza
Technician
Retrieval and processing with computer techniques of ancient and modern cartographic data as well as information coming from Archival Funds (State, Regional, Municipal and Private Archives). Particularly focused on retrieval, cataloging, archiving, managing and post-processing macro-sismic data related to calamitous events and strong historical earthquakes, processed on GIS platforms.
Potenza

Giacomo Silvano
Technician
Online purchasing manager, technical support for research activity.
Potenza
Ricercatori e Tecnologi CT

Angela Bellia
Research Fellow
Angela Bellia is a Marie Curie Researcher at the ISPC-CNR. Her work concerns archaeomusicology, covering musical and choral performances in cults, and involves the fields of archaeoacoustics and digital heritage. She has developed a method that combines not only a strictly historicist approach but also an anthropological-religious approach.
Catania


Francesca Buscemi
Researcher
Le mie linee di ricerca sono: Rilievo delle strutture archeologiche e dei contesti topografici, anche attraverso le nuove tecniche di acquisizione digitale 2D e 3D; Studio dell’architettura antica; Studio delle tecniche costruttive e dei materiali edilizi; Rappresentazione dell’architettura antica in età moderna e contemporanea. Storia dell'archeologia. Attualmente lavoro ad un progetto finanziato dal CNR (Laboratori Archeologici Internazionali Congiunti, biennio 2020-2021) sullo sviluppo di metodi di analisi quantitative applicato all’architettura Tardo Minoica e Geometrica a Creta, attraverso l’uso della fotogrammetria 3D; in collaborazione con il dip. di Matematica e Informatica e il dip. di Scienze Umanistiche dell’Università di Catania, e con l’Université Catholique de Louvain.
Catania

Giuseppe Cacciaguerra
Researcher
Archaeologist. My research lines are: i) Late Roman and Medieval Archaeology of the Mediterranean basin focused on material culture, trade systems, urban history, landscape and socio-economic organization; ii) Urban Archaeology and Landscape Archaeology; iii) Development of digital survey and diagnostic methodology for management, conservation and valorization of Cultural Heritage.
Catania

Claudia Caliri
Researcher
Claudia Caliri received her PhD in Physics from the University of Catania in 2017. The focus of her scientific activity is the X-ray spectroscopy aimed to the development and employment of portable instrumentation and advanced analytical methods for the non-destructive characterization of cultural objects and archaeological materials. XRAYLab staff.
Catania

Fabio Caruso
Researcher
I’m a classical archaeologist and art historian, working mostly in the field of iconography and iconology of the ancient greek and roman world. My expertises lies on ancient greek vase-painting. I’m also interested in the organization of archaeological exhibitions and dissemination of research results.
Catania

Antonio Maria Francesco Cavallaro
Senior Researcher
Dr. Cavallaro mainly deals with static and dynamic geotechnical tests, both on situ and in the laboratory, of seismic risk, in particular for areas of monumental interest, of local seismic response studies, seismic amplification and liquefaction of soils.
Catania

Massimo Cultraro
Research Director
Archaeologist, focusing on Prehistory and Protohistory of Aegean and Central Mediterranea, with reference to material culture typology and analysis, socio-economic models, funerary rituals and archaeology of Religion. Archaeometrical investigations of pottery and archaeometallurgy. Activity in the field of Virtual Heritage, Virtual Museums, Cultural Heritage and Scientific Communication.
Catania

Licia Cutroni
Technologist
Catania

Piero David
Researcher
My two main research areas are: 1) Regional policies and use of Structural Funds; 2) Economy not observed, submerged and criminal. I work with Lavoce.info and Sbilanciamoci.info and I carry out consultancy activities with local authorities as an expert in local development, analysis of quantitative and qualitative economic impact, structural funds and territorial planning.
Catania

Simona Galvano
Technologist
Gestione procedure di selezione personale esterno: bandi assegni di ricerca, borse di studio, incarichi di collaborazione. Gestione contabile amministrativa del personale non dipendente.
Catania

Rossella Gigli
Researcher
Classical Archaeology. Crete (pottery, jewels, ornament objects) and Sicily (local pottery, miniature pottery).
Catania

Silvia Iachello
Research Fellow
Communication and promotion of scientific research on Cultural Heritage: definition of communication strategies to improve public engagement; web communication techniques; audience development strategies.
Catania

Daniele Malfitana
Research Director
Classical archaeologist, former Director of the Institute for Archaeological and Monumental Heritage teaches "Methodologies, material culture and production in the classical world" at the University of Catania. President of the Technical and Scientific Committee for Archeology of MiBACT and member of the Superior Council of Cultural Heritage. He has qualification as full professor in archeology.
Catania

Antonino Mazzaglia
Research Fellow
Classical archaeologist. Expert on the application of information technologies to the analysis and management of the archaeological record. His research fields range from material productions of the classical world, to the study of multi-layered urban organisms, combining historical-archaeological research and development of information systems based on the integration of databases, GIS and HBIM.
Catania

Lighea Pappalardo
Researcher
Geologist. PhD in "Petrology of Magmatic Associations". Researcher since 2001. Research fields: development and application of non-invasive and portable techniques (XRF, XRD, MA-XRF, PIXE-alpha). Petrographic characterization of ceramics, stone materials, pigments and mortars. Qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis of pigments, alloys, obsidians and precious stones. XRAYLab staff.
Catania

Antonella Pautasso
Senior Researcher
Cretan Archaeology of Iron Age/Archaic period and Archaic/Classical Greek Sicily. Vice Director of the Italian Archaeological Mission at Priniàs. Currently P.I. of the project of publication of the Siderospilia necropolis. She has been P.I. of international projects with the CNRS-MISHA, DFG, and Demokritos. She has the National Abilitation as Full Professor of Classical Archaeology.

Catania

Salvatore Rizza
Researcher
Architect, Degree in "Recovery of the historical-architectural heritage", Researcher since 2001, he deals with survey and technical analysis of ancient monuments. Member of the Archaeological Mission of Prinias (Crete) and responsible of the Laboratory of archaeological survey and cartography ISPC-CT and P.I of the URBS Project: Knowledge, monitoring and enhancement of Mediterranean architecture.

Catania

Francesco Paolo Romano
Senior Researcher - ISPC branch manager
Development and application of mobile instrumentation and analytical methodologies based on the use of X-rays (XRF, MA-XRF imaging, XRF confocal, XRD, PIXE) for the non-invasive characterization of archaeological materials and art objects. Compositional and stratigraphic studies of polychromy, copper-based alloys, native gold, obsidians in Archaeology and on paintings in Art history. XRAYLab coordinator.
Catania

Alessio Toscano Raffa
Researcher
Archaeologist with skills on technologies applied to cultural heritage. He deals with landscape archeology, topography, urban planning and material culture of ancient cities. He coordinates excavations and surveys on the sites of Finziade (AG), Taormina (ME), Halaesa (ME), Patti (ME), Skotoussa and Eretria (Greece), Hierapolis of Phrygia (Turkey).
Catania