Research Area
Active Research fields
The Paleoclimatology and Environment Research Group (PERG) is engaged in research in the areas of micropaleontology, geochemistry and petrology and environmental chemistry, with particular reference to the study of sedimentary successions or sedimentary cores along the geological record but also in existing environments particularly affected by human impact.
Research projects of the last 5 years
FFR 2012-2013 University of Palermo - The role of mediation in the bacterial precipitation of autigene phases hypersaline and euxinic environments - Scientific coordinator: Giovanna Scopelliti.
PRIN 2010-2011 - The benthic foraminifera as an innovative proxy for environmental monitoring and pollution assessment in marine ecosystems: laboratory studies on the effects of pollution caused by trace elements and crude oil - Scientific Coordinator: Rodolfo Coccioni - Palermo unit scientific director: Antonio Caruso.
Collaborations
Istituto per l’Ambiente Marino Costiero (IAMC) - CNR sede di Napoli
Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat (LOCEAN) – Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (France)
Institute for Environment and Society - Brown University, Providence (USA)
Active research
Leitz microscopes with digital camera
Atomic Absorption Spectrometer Perkin Elmer AAnalyst 800 with autosampler equipped with graphite furnace and FIAS 100 system.
UV-vis Perkin Elmer Lambda 20 spectrophotometer.
Mass Spectrometer Thermo-Delta V Advantage equipped with Thermo Scientific GasBench II preparation device.
Agilent 6890 gas chromatograph with autosampler and FID detector.
Generator H2 Claind HyGen 400.
Digester Mars 5 CEM.