Mauro MASIOL

Position
Associate Professor
Telephone
041 234 8636 / Lab. 041 234 8474
E-mail
mauro.masiol@unive.it
Academic discipline
Geochemistry and Volcanology [GEOS-01/C]
Website
https://www.unive.it/web/en/19197/people/mauro.masiol(personal record)
Office
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.dais
Where: Campus scientifico via Torino
Room: office 315 (Epsilon bulding, 3rd floor)
Office
Interconnected Nord-Est Innovation Ecosystem - Temporary Project Centre
Research Institute
Research Institute for Green and Blue Growth
Research Institute
Research Institute for Complexity
Safety Role
Preposto di Laboratorio
Responsabile dell’Attività di Didattica e Ricerca in Laboratorio (RDRL)

Office hours

By appointment, to be arranged via email by writing to mauro.masiol@unive.it. The professor’s office is located at the Scientific Campus in Via Torino (Mestre), Epsilon Building, third floor.

Teaching activity current year

Teaching activity previous years

Activities and research skills

Academic discipline
Geochimica e vulcanologia [GEOS-01/C]
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare (SSD) affine
CHIMICA DELL'AMBIENTE E DEI BENI CULTURALI [CHIM/12]
Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
Internazionale: Europa, America Settentrionale
Known languages
Inglese (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Francese (scritto: base parlato: base)
Participation in editorial boards of scientific journals/book series
Editorial Board: Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier)
Editorial Board: Data in Brief (Elsevier)
Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Geochemistry (specialty section of Frontiers in Chemistry and Frontiers in Earth Science)
Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Conservation and Restoration Ecology (specialty section of Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Frontiers in Environmental Science and Frontiers in Plant Science)
Guest Editor of a Special Issue in “Atmosphere” (MDPI publisher) “Effects of Policy, Mitigation Measures and Economic Recession on Air Quality Trends”
Participation as referees of national and international research projects
Reviewer of research proposals for the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA.
Member of the Advisory Board for the project RAPTOR (Research of Aviation PM Technologies, mOdelling and Regulation).
Main departmental research areas and fields
Area: Ambiente Linea: Aria
Area: Ambiente Linea: Chimica Analitica Ambientale
Area: Ambiente Linea: Chimica ambientale e rischio
Area: Ambiente Linea: Clima
Area: Ambiente Linea: Scienze della terra
Area: Chimica Fisica e Materiali Linea: Chimica Analitica Ambientale
Applicazioni della geochimica degli isotopi stabili a studi di idrologia ed eco-idrologia
Description:
Isotope Geochemistry, Water stable isotope hydrology
Keywords:
Hydrology (Water science), Agricultural hydrology, Natural resources management
Analisi spazio-temporali della qualità dell�aria
Description:
Environmental Geochemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Keywords:
Ozone and atmospheric composition, Aerosols (Climate change), Natural sciences
Sviluppo metodi chemometrici per il source apportionment di matrici ambientali
Description:
Environmental Geochemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Keywords:
Statistics, Environmental science, Health sciences
Proprietà chimiche e fisiche e source apportionment delle emissioni aeroportuali nel contesto delle direttive europee sulla qualità dell�aria
Description:
Environmental Geochemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Keywords:
Atmospheric chemistry (Climate change), Atmospheric pollution (Climate change), Aerosols (Climate change)
Analisi della composizione geochimica dei fertilizzanti nel mercato italiano
SSD:
GEO/08
Other members of the research group:
Flavia VISIN
Analisi della qualità dell'aria per supportare le politiche ambientali
SSD:
GEO/08
Other members of the research group:
Marianna D'AMICO
Stefania SQUIZZATO
Analisi di trend spazio-temporali dell'inquinamento dell'aria
SSD:
GEO/08
Other members of the research group:
Marianna D'AMICO
Applicazioni della geochimica isotopica a studi di eco-idrologia
SSD:
GEO/08
Other members of the research group:
Marianna D'AMICO
Mirco PESCHIUTTA
Vittoria POSOCCO
Barbara STENNI
Caratterizzazione isotopica delle precipitazioni in Antartide
SSD:
GEOS-01/C
Other members of the research group:
Giuliano DREOSSI
Barbara STENNI
PNRR: Environmental contamination and risk in mountain environment: assessing the processes of diffusion of pollutants and the impacts of climate change in mountain regions
SSD:
CHEM-01/A
Other members of the research group:
Andrea GAMBARO
Rossano PIAZZA
Barbara STENNI
Source apportionment in matrici geologiche ed ambientali
SSD:
GEO/08
Other members of the research group:
Marianna D'AMICO
ACQUAVITIS “Innovative solutions for the efficient use of water in cross-border viticulture”
Funding body:
EU Commission via Regione FVG
Type:
Interreg IV Italia - Slovenia
Role in the project:
PT
Sito di progetto:
https://www.ita-slo.eu/it/acquavitis
Starting date:
Year: 2020 Length in months: 32
Other members of the research group:
Mirco PESCHIUTTA
Barbara STENNI
AIR-FLOC - Accurate surface measurements of different parameters at the InteRface between the atmosphere and ice/snow surface: radiation FLuxes, skin temperatures and precipatiOn at the plateau station Concordia
Funding body:
MUR
Type:
PNRA - RICERCA IN ANTARTIDE
Role in the project:
PT
Sito di progetto:
https://www.pnra.aq/it/project/658/accurate-surface-measurements-different-parameters-interface-between-atmosphere-and
Starting date:
Year: 2023 Length in months: 24
Other members of the research group:
Giuliano DREOSSI
Barbara STENNI
Abrupt climate change and Greenland ice cover in a high-resolution ice core record
Funding body:
MUR
Type:
Altri programmi ministeriali
Role in the project:
LD
Sito di progetto:
https://www.programmaricercaartico.it/project/204/abrupt-climate-change-and-greenland-ice-cover-high-resolution-ice-core-record
Starting date:
Year: 2022 Length in months: 36
CHEERS - Chemical and Physical Properties and Source Apportionment of Airport Emissions in the context of European Air Quality Directives
Funding body:
European Community - Intra-European Fellowships (IEF), Call: FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF
Type:
H2020 - Excellence Science - Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 2013 Length in months: 24
EAIIST2 - East Antarctic International Ice Sheet Traverse (EAIIST)-phase 2
Funding body:
MUR - PNRA (Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide)
Type:
PNRA - RICERCA IN ANTARTIDE
Role in the project:
PT
Starting date:
Year: 2025 Length in months: 24
Other members of the research group:
Giuliano DREOSSI
Barbara STENNI
IRRIGAVIT - Irrigazione razionale e gestione del suolo in viticoltura transfrontaliera
Funding body:
Unione Europea, Fondo Europeo pe lo sviluppo regionale (FESR) + cofinanziamento nazionale italiano e sloveno
Type:
Interreg VI Italia - Slovenia
Role in the project:
PT
Sito di progetto:
https://www.ita-slo.eu/it/irrigavit
Starting date:
Year: 2023 Length in months: 24
Other members of the research group:
Giuliano DREOSSI
Barbara STENNI
Progetto PNRR_iNEST: “Ecosistema dell’innovazione”, 2022-2025, . Mountain Innovation Ecoystem, Research Topic: 1B, Tipologia di ricerca: Ricerca Industriale
Funding body:
i- NEST PNRR- Next Generation EU - Ministero Università- Ricerca
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
Role in the project:
PT
Sito di progetto:
https://www.consorzioinest.it/en/ecosystems-for-mountains-innovations/
Starting date:
Year: 2022 Length in months: 36
Other members of the research group:
Andrea GAMBARO
Rossano PIAZZA
Barbara STENNI
RAIN-RICH - A Regional Automatic and Integrated Network for the analysis of the Rainwater Isotopic Composition and Hydrogeological dynamics
Funding body:
Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Type:
Progetti di Ateneo
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 2020 Length in months: 36
TALDEEP - "Paleoclimate reconstruction from the deep part of the TALDICE ice core" [Project PNRA18_00098]
Funding body:
MIUR
Type:
PNRA - RICERCA IN ANTARTIDE
Role in the project:
PT
Starting date:
Year: 2020 Length in months: 36
Other members of the research group:
Barbara STENNI

Publication highlights

MASIOL, M.; BATTISTEL, M.; D’ALBERTO, L.; D'AMICO, M.; MARIO, G.; MARCIANO, R.; DREOSSI, G.; POZZOBON, A.; STENNI, B. Hydrogeochemical assessment and vulnerability analysis of mountain springs in a karstic water system in northeastern Italy in JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, vol. 679, pp. 136159 (ISSN 0022-1694)
DOI - URL correlato 2026, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5123487

MASIOL M; FORMENTON G; VISIN F; BONETTO A; ROVEA M; FICOTTO S; DANESIN E; TOFFANIN T; MAGGIULLI A; BATTISTEL M; MAZZI G; FELTRACCO M; GAMBARO A; HOPKE PK Sources of wintertime PM2.5 at a major city in an Alpine Valley: The role of atmospheric dispersion and inversion dynamics in ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, vol. 330 (ISSN 1352-2310)
DOI - URL correlato 2024, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5057422

MASIOL M; ZANNONI D; STENNI B; DREOSSI G; ZINI L; CALLIGARIS C; KARLICEK D; MICHELINI M; FLORA O; CUCCHI F; TREU F Spatial distribution and interannual trends of δ18O, δ2H, and deuterium excess in precipitation across North-Eastern Italy in JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, vol. 598, pp. 125749 (ISSN 0022-1694)
DOI - URL correlato 2021, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3733053

MASIOL M.; SQUIZZATO S.; FORMENTON G.; KHAN M.B.; HOPKE P.K.; NENES A.; PANDIS S.N.; TOSITTI L.; BENETELLO F.; VISIN F.; PAVONI B. Hybrid multiple-site mass closure and source apportionment of PM2.5 and aerosol acidity at major cities in the Po Valley in SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, vol. 704, pp. 135287 (ISSN 0048-9697)
DOI - URL correlato 2020, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3723724

KODROS J. K.; PAPANASTASIOU D. K.; PAGLIONE M.; MASIOL M.; SQUIZZATO S.; FLOROU K.; SKYLLAKOU K.; KALTSONOUDIS C.; NENES A.; PANDIS S. N. Rapid dark aging of biomass burning as an overlooked source of oxidized organic aerosol in PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, vol. 117, pp. 33028-33033 (ISSN 1091-6490)
DOI - URL correlato 2020, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3734220

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Curriculum vitae

I am an environmental scientist and my research interests focus on the sources and processes exchanging matter and energy between different geochemical spheres: rocks and sediments (lithosphere), surface and underground waters (hydrosphere), ice and snow (cryosphere), gases and aerosols (atmosphere), soils (pedosphere), and the biotic component (biosphere).

My research encompasses Environmental and Isotopic Geochemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Aerosol Sciences, GIS, Sedimentology, community exposure and Public Health. A considerable portion of my work aimed to address many aspects of Environmental Geochemistry, including:

the geochemical and physical characterization of air pollution and aerosol system;
the development of chemometric techniques able to solve the mixture resolution problem of environmental data;
the characterization, identification and quantification of emission sources (source apportionment);
the analysis of the hydrological cycle through stable isotope Geochemistry;
the analysis of long-term series of data;
the human and community exposure to natural and anthropogenic materials.
Personal identifiers in scientific databases

ORCID: 0000-0003-0809-9212
WoS ResearcherID: D-4819-2014
Scopus ID: 16646347800
Google Scholar: HR-Arx8AAAAJ

Teaching Accreditations

2021-2030 - National scientific qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) in the Italian higher education system as associate professor (II fascia) for the disciplinary field 04/A1 - GEOCHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY, VOLCANOLOGY, GEORESOURCES AND APPLICATIONS (SSD: GEOCHEMISTRY, GEO/08), Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, Rome, Italy

2017-2026 - National scientific qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) in the Italian higher education system as associate professor (II fascia) for the disciplinary field 03/A1 - ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (SSD: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, CHIM/12), Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, Rome, Italy

2023-2034 - National scientific qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) in the Italian higher education system as full professor (I fascia) for the disciplinary field 03/A1 - ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (SSD: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, CHIM/12), Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, Rome, Italy

 

Education and training

2009 - PhD Environmental Sciences (Italian "Dottorato di Ricerca", XXI cycle), Università Ca'Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy - PhD grant fully supported by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research through a scholarship assigned by public competition.

2007 - Advanced Statistics, Geostatistics, Paleostatistics and Ecological Analysis, International School of Applied Statistics on Natural and Environmental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Urbino, Italy.

2005 - Master's Degree - M.Sc. Environmental Sciences (Italian Laurea Specialistica, classe 82/S), Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy.

2003 - Academic Degree - B.Sc. Environmental Sciences (Italian Laurea Triennale, classe 27), Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy.

 

Main academic appointments and work experiences

2022-ongoing - Associate professor, Dept. Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy. Scientific disciplinary sector: GEO/08 - Geochemistry.

2019-2022 - Tenure-track assistant professor (Italian RTD-B), Dept. Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy. Scientific disciplinary sector: GEO/08 - Geochemistry.

2018-2019 - Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for the Study of Air Pollution and Climate Change (C-STACC), Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Patras, Greece. Supervisors: S.N. Pandis, A. Nenes.

2018-2019 - Adjunct Visiting Instructor, Div. Epidemiology, Dept. Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States.

2017-2018 - Visiting Instructor, Div. Epidemiology, Dept. Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States. Activities. Supervisors: P.K. Hopke, D.Q. Rich.

2015-2017 - Research Associate, Center for Air Resources Engineering and Science, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, United States. Supervisors: P.K. Hopke, A.R. Ferro.

2013-2015 - Marie Curie Research Fellow (Independent Researcher), Div. Environmental Health and Risk Management, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK. Activities: Principal investigator (lead applicant) for the project CHEERS “Chemical and Physical Properties and Source Apportionment of Airport Emissions in the context of European Air Quality Directives” funded by the European Community. Supervisor: R.M. Harrison

2009-2013 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Italian assegno di ricerca), Dept. Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy. Supervisor: B. Pavoni.

2009 - Research Assistant/Collaborator, Dept. Physics “Galileo Galilei”, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy. Supervisor: P. Mittner.

 

Other non-academic research appointments and contracts

2020-2022 - Associate to the Institute of Polar Sciences (ISP), Italian National Research Council (CNR).

2007-2009 - Associate of Technology, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Legnaro, Padua, Italy.

2008 - Professional collaboration, Laboratorio di Igiene e Tossicologia Industriale, Azienda ULSS 12 Veneziana, Mestre, Italy. 

2007 - Research grant, Dept. Environmental Sciences, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy. 

2005-2006 - Scientific Collaborator (short-term contract), Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Italy. Supervisor: S. Guerzoni.

2002 - Professional collaboration (short-term contract), National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS), Italy.

 

Funded research programs and grants

2013-2015 - Marie Curie IEF project CHEERS “Chemical and Physical Properties and Source Apportionment of Airport Emissions in the context of European Air Quality Directives”. Project evaluated with the score 94.70/100 and funded by the European Community under the FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF (project no. 328542) with €231,283.20 over 2 years.

2005-2008 - PhD scholarship funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR). Restricted topic “Innovative technologies for the environmental protection [Tecnologie Innovative per la Protezione dell’Ambiente]”. The grant fully funded a Ph.D (3 years)

 

Editorial Roles and Reviewer activity

Editorial Board Member: Science of the Total Environment, Data in Brief (Elsevier)

Reviewer Editor: Frontiers in Earth Science; Frontiers in Environmental Science (Frontiers in)

Guest Editor for the Special Issue “Effects of Policy, Mitigation Measures and Economic Recession on Air Quality Trends” in “Atmosphere”.

Referee for 32 journals