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Research Fellow, Faculty of Engineering
Giorgio Caramanna is a Geologist, passionate about the sea and diving, he unites this passion with scientific research activity.
In 2001 he achieved his master degree in Hydrogeology in the Earth Sciences Department of the University of Rome "Sapienza". The dissertation was focused on the hydrogeological and water chemistry study of some flooded sinkholes in Italy. Scientific diving techniques were widely applied for the field-data collection. In 2002 he joined the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) and worked, as scientific diver, on the study of the underwater gas vents offshore of the volcanic island of Panarea (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea). In 2004 he achieved the professional qualification of Advanced European Scientific Diver and IDSA- Commercial Diver. He is also member of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (USA) and of the Society for Underwater Technologies (U.K.). He has been a scientific diver for several Research Institutes in Italy (CNR, INGV, ENEA, ICRAM) and has also been involved in several international collaborations (Helsinki University, German Geological Survey, University of Texas at Austin). In 2009 he achieved his PhD in the Earth Sciences Department of the University of Rome "Sapienza". The main topics of his dissertation were a general review of Global Warming causes and climate modifications, carbon capture and storage methods. The experimental work of its dissertation was focused on lab models and field study of the effects of carbon dioxide on the marine realm in an area with natural emission of CO2 that was considered as an "analogue" for sub-seabed CO2 leakages. The fieldwork was performed by means of SCUBA diving techniques and ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle) surveys. From 2010 to 2012 he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Scientific Divers Association.
Monitoring techniques and lab experiments for the detection of CO2 leakages from Carbon Geological Storage sites both on inshore and offshore (sub-seabed) environments.
Carbon mineralisation techniques.
Scientific diving techniques.
Natural analogues for CO2 seepage
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