Francesca Meneghini

EDUCATION
2004: PhD, Earth Science, University of Pisa - joint project with the University of Califonia at Santa Cruz, U.S.A.
2000: Laurea cum laude (Master of Science equivalent), University of Pisa.

EMPLOYEMENT
2016-present: Senior Researcher (3 years tenure track), Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Pisa, Italy.
2015-2016: Research fellow, Institute of Geosciences and Georesources, Nationa Research Council, Pisa, Italy. Project funded by ENI oil and gas.
2014 (*): Visiting Researcher, Departamento de Geologia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, MG, Brasil.
2011-2013 (*): Research fellow, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Pisa, Italy. E.U. funded POR-FSE Project.
2010-2011: Post-doc fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Claude Leon Foundation funding award.
2009-2010: Research fellow, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Pisa, Italy.
2006-2008: Post-doc fellow, Earth Science Department, University of California at Santa Cruz, U.S.A. (50% time appointment with salary – joint position with University of Pisa).
2004-2006: Post-doc fellow, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Pisa, Italy.
Summer 2004: visiting scholar (J1 visa) at the University of California at Santa Cruz, Earth Science Department.

(*) family leave from April 2013 to January 2014, due to relocation in Brazil with a 2 years old baby; and maternity leave from September 2014 because of the birth of my secondi child.

RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
2015: Research Project fundend by ENI S.p.A. and awarded as Investigator (P.I. Dott. Fabrizio Gherardi, IGG-CNR Pisa).
2013: Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale, II Fascia (National Academic Qualification as Associate professor)
2011-2012 - Research Project funded by FSE-POR Project, European Social Fund of the E.U. and awarded as Investigator (P.I. Prof. Michele Marroni, Earth Science Dept, University of Pisa).
2010-2011 - Research Project funded by Claude Leon Foundation (South Africa), Principal Investigator.
2009-2010 – Research Project funded by Solvay s.p.a. and awarded as Investigator (P.I. Prof. Michele Marroni, Earth Science Dept, University of Pisa).

RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC SKILLS
Geologic and structural mapping of highly deformed and undeformed terranes; structural analysis, measurement and analysis of stratigraphic sections with basic skills in sedimentary and stratigraphic analyses of turbiditic systems.
Analysis and interpretation of medium-shallow levels structures in subduction and collisional systems from mega-scale to micro-scale.
Deformation in brittle and brittle-ductile shear zones with particular respect to clay-rich faults: formation of scaly fabrics, distribution of shear deformation through fault rock volumes and degree of strain localization.
Studies of fluid-rock interactions through detailed structural and geochemical analysis of syntectonic vein systems.
Structural and geochemical characterization of pseudotachylytes and frictional melts.
Analysis of mineralized fracture systems in serpentinites and characterization of asbestos minerals formation.
Regional geology of Northern Apennines and Alpine Corsica; Franciscan Complex (U.S.A.); Kodiak Accretionary Complex (AK, U.S.A.); Southern Zone of the Damara Belt, W Namibia; Saldania Belt, South Africa.

FIELD EXPERIENCE
1/10000 scale geologic field mapping, Regional Geologic Cartography Project, Regions of Tuscany, Liguria, Umbria Italy.
Exhumed thrust structures (Internal Ligurian Units, Northern Appenines, Italy; Marin Headlands terrane, Franciscan Complex, California; Kodiak Accretionary Complex, Kodiak Islands, Alaska); ophiolitic units of Tuscany and analysis of asbestos-related mineralization; amphibolite facies ophiolitic units and related metasedimentary cover in the Southern Zone, Damara belt, W Namibia; coastal exposures of Tygerberg Terrane N of Cape Town, Sud Africa.