Dr. Paolo Ciampi graduated with a degree in Geology Applied to Engineering, Territory, and Risks in 2015 from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. He obtained a PhD in Sciences of the Earth at the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical, and Natural Sciences in 2020. He worked as a research fellow at the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Rome, “La Sapienza”, from March 2020 to December 2021. Dr. Ciampi has been a fixed-term researcher (RTDA) since December 2021, in service at the Department of Earth Sciences of the same university—scientific-disciplinary sector of Applied Geology. Paolo Ciampi is a tenure track researcher (RTT) in Applied Geophysics in the Department of Earth Sciences at Sapienza University since 2023. His research topics include 3D hydrogeophysical modeling, pollution and environmental remediation, remediation geology, remediation strategies for contaminated sites, geodatabases and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and groundwater reclamation with innovative and eco-sustainable technologies. Since 2021, Dr. Ciampi has also been a member of the organizing committee, the academic subgroup, and the group of young professionals of NICOLE—the network for industrially coordinated sustainable land management in Europe. Since 2022, he has been a member of the Research Center for Forecasting, Prevention, and Control of Geological Risks, CERI-University of Rome, “La Sapienza”.
Marco Petrangeli Papini is a full professor of "Processes and Industrial Chemical Plants" at the University of Rome, La Sapienza, where he has been teaching and conducting research since 1995. He graduated with honors in Industrial Chemistry in 1990 and a PhD in Chemical Sciences in 1994. Currently, he teaches the courses “Chemical Industrial Processes and Plants” and “Dynamics of Contaminants and Remediation of Polluted Sites” in the frame of the Industrial Chemistry degree. Since 2010, he has been the Director of the II-Level Masters in “Characterization and Technology for the Remediation of Polluted Sites”. He has been an expert member of the technical committee at the Ministry of Environment, in charge of the evaluation of the remediation projects at the Italian National Priority Sites. Since December 2023, he has been the Scientific Counselor to the Italian Navy regarding the environmental impacts of military activities and remediation. He is the scientific coordinator of several national and international scientific and operational projects in the field of remediation of contaminated sites. In this area, he has authored more than 100 scientific publications in international journals and books, presented over 80 communications at international conferences, applied for five industrial patents, edited books, and guest-edited several international peer-reviewed journals.
