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With a Physics Vordiplom of the University of Tübingen, CB accomplished the Physics degree with summa cum laude in Physics with a thesis entitled “Geophysical effects in the gravitational waves antenna: the GEOGRAV Experiment” and the PhD in Geophysics with a thesis entitled “Time-spatial variations of some physical parameters in the seismic Friuli area (Italy)”, both at the University of Trieste. CB presently is Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Earth Sciences of the University of Trieste. CB speaks and writes fluently in Italian, German and English.
Presently the fields of interest are focused on geophysical applications which can actively contribute to put the EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL into practice. An important topic in the GREEN transformation is that of producing critical minerals required for the development of renewable energy, and in particular for the mobility. Presently critical raw materials in Europe are mostly imported from abroad, and it is crucial to guarantee the autonomy in the production of such materials. In this context important elements are Lithium, Cobalt, Nickel for the construction of batteries, and the Rare Earth Elements required in many technologies like electrical mobility, for robotics, and for electrical turbines. The Trieste research group has started a cooperation with other research institutions to define the methods to improve the 3D lithospheric structure in Europe and abroad as Brazil, which shall be coherent with seismologic, geologic, and gravity and magnetic field observations, with the scope to set the basis to define those areas which are prone to contain mineral deposits, from the point of view of geology and geophysics. The goal is to use the known mineral deposits to correlate them with the gravity and magnetic fields, the lithosphere structure, and remote sensing techniques as InSAR and Multispectral Imaging to define the analysis method, and export it to areas in which the mineral presence is less known. The model and the methodology sets the basis to develop the mineral exploration in Europe, or mineral-rich areas like Greenland. The link between potential fields and mineral resources has been shown in several publications. In Italy, presently mineral production is little active, but it cannot be excluded that in synergy with the development of robotized extractive machines and given the big future request of the European market for critical raw minerals, massive extraction could start again.