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E-mail: slepore59@gmail.com; Address: Via Nuova Santa Maria Ognibene 2, 80134 Naples, Italy; Qualifications: Ph.D. in Earth Sciences & Master degree in Physics; Last position: Research Assistant in Geophysics; Current position: Post-doc researcher in Geophysics Professional Training January 2013 / now: Postdoctoral research in Geophysics on "ambient noise and CO2 injection" at the TU Delft, Netherland. February 2011 / December 2012: Research assistant in Geophysics (Numerical simulations of the dynamics of explosive volcanic eruptions, Geochronology and Geostatiscs of relative deposits) at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Naples Federico II. October 2011: Participation to the doctoral course “Fluids in the Earth” organized by Professor Benedetto De Vivo, Earth Sciences Department, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy. November 2007 / January 2011: Ph.D. in Earth Sciences on Physical modelling of explosive volcanic eruptions. January 2011: Dissertation of the doctoral thesis for the Ph.D. in Earth Sciences. September 2010: Participation to the 85th National meeting of the Italian Geological Society with an oral communication. June 2010: Participation to the 6th International meeting “Cities on Volcanoes” with three communications. April / May 2010: Participation to the course “Physics of Volcanism II” organized by Doctor Claudio Scarpati, Earth Sciences Department, University of Naples Federico II. September / December 2009: Research period at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.), under the direction of Professor Gregory Valentine, on numerical simulation of pyroclastic density currents by usage of the computational fluid dynamics code GMFIX (Geophysical Multiphase Flow with Interphase eXchanges). September 2009: Participation to the VII Geoitalia (Federazione Italiana di Scienze Della Terra) meeting with two communications. April / May 2009: Participation to the course “Physics of Volcanism I” organized by Doctor Claudio Scarpati, Earth Sciences Department, University of Naples Federico II. January 2009 / now: Geochronological analyst of the Procida geological map at the 1/10000 scale within the CARG (Geological Cartography of Italy) project. September / December 2008: Research period at the Volcano Hazards Team (Menlo Park, California, U.S.A.) of U.S. Geological Survey, under the direction of Doctor Andrew Calvert, on elevated precision 40Ar/39Ar datings of Neapolitan volcanic deposits by means of the TRIGA reactor and the GLM mass spectrometer. March 2008: Participation to the doctoral course “Reactive Fluid Dynamics” organized by Professor Pier Luca Maffettone, Engineering faculty, University of Naples Federico II. March 2008: Winner of a fellowship from the University of Naples Federico II for Ph.D. students who intend to spend a period of time doing research activities abroad. November 2007: Participation to the 26th GNGTS (Gruppo Nazionale di Geofisica della Terra Solida) meeting with one communication. February / November 2007: Member of the Scientific Team in Geophysics applied to seismic risk, directed by Professor Antonio Rapolla of the Department of Earth Sciences of the University “Federico II” of Naples, Italy. April 2007: Component of the Staff of the EGM International Workshop “Innovation in Electromagnetic, Gravimetric and Magnetic methods: a new perspective for exploration”, held in Capri, Naples, Italy. 2006: Master Degree (four-year Laurea) in Physics obtained on the 05/17/2006 at the University “Federico II” of Naples, Italy. 1999: School-leaving certificate got at the “Liceo Classico Antonio Genovesi” of Naples, Italy. Thesis of Doctorate For the Ph.D. in Geophysics, the thesis “Numerical Simulations and Geochronology of explosive volcanic eruptions: multidisciplinary approaches for the study of Campanian volcanism” was carried out at the Department of Earth Sciences, under the direction of Doctor Claudio Scarpati, at the University of Naples Federico II. http://www.fedoa.unina.it/8272/1/Lepore_Simone_23.pdf http://www.ldi.unina.it/simonelepore/Tesi_Dottorato.pdf Thesis of Laurea For the Laurea in Physics, the thesis “A methodology to determinate the detection level of a seismic network” was carried out at the Laboratory of Seismology RISSC, under the direction of Professor Aldo Zollo, at the University “Federico II” of Naples, Italy. http://www.ldi.unina.it/simonelepore/Tesi_Laurea.pdf Computational Knowledge Excellent abilities in FORTRAN, GMFIX, MATLAB, and LabVIEW Good acquaintance of operating systems WINDOWS and LINUX Expertise in the use of SAC (Seismic Analysis Code) Other Skills Knowledge of English at the level B2 (attested with Cambridge certificate) on the basis of the CERF (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) List of Publications • Lepore S.: “Volcanic risk in Campi Flegrei: past, present, future”, Scienza in Rete, October 2012. http://www.scienzainrete.it/en/content/article/volcanic-risk-campi-flegrei-past-present-future http://www.ldi.unina.it/simonelepore/Volcanic_risk_in_campi_flegrei_past_present_future • Lepore S., and Scarpati C.: “New developments in the analysis of column-collapse pyroclastic density currents through numerical simulations of multiphase flows”, Solid Earth, 3, 161-173, 2012. http://www.solid-earth.net/3/161/2012/se-3-161-2012.html http://www.ldi.unina.it/simonelepore/Solid_Earth.pdf • Lepore S., and Scarpati C.: “New developments in the analysis of volcanic pyroclastic density currents through numerical simulations of multiphase flows”, Solid Earth Discuss., 4, 173-202, 2012. http://www.solid-earth-discuss.net/4/173/2012/sed-4-173-2012.html http://www.ldi.unina.it/simonelepore/Solid_Earth_Discussion.pdf • Scarpati C., Perrotta A., Lepore S., and Calvert A.: “Eruptive history of Neapolitan volcanoes: constraints from 40Ar/39Ar datings”, Geol. Mag., doi: 10.1017/S0016756812000854, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0016756812000854 http://www.ldi.unina.it/simonelepore/Geological_Magazine.pdf • Lepore S.: “Mathematics can explain the end of Pompeii”, Scienza in rete, May 2012. http://www.scienzainrete.it/en/content/article/mathematics-can-explain-end-pompeii http://www.ldi.unina.it/simonelepore/Mathematics_can_explain_the_end_of_pompeii.pdf • Lepore S., and Scarpati C.: “Transient behaviour simulation of large, explosive, and ignimbrite forming eruptions by a multiphase thermo-fluid dynamic model”, Proceeding of the 85th Italian Geological Society National meeting, 6-8 September 2010, Pisa. http://www.ldi.unina.it/simonelepore/Pisa.pdf • Calvert A., Lepore S., Perrotta A., and Scarpati C.: “Study of volcanic risk through 40Ar/39Ar elevated precision datings of Neapolitan area volcanic deposits”, Proceeding of the 6th International meeting “Cities on Volcanoes”, 31 May - 4 June 2010, Tenerife. http://www.ldi.unina.it/simonelepore/Tenerife.pdf (page 137) • Lepore S., and Scarpati C.: “Multi-particle numerical simulations of collapsing volcanic columns”, Proceeding of the 6th International Conference “Cities on Volcanoes”, 31 May – 4 June 2010, Tenerife. http://www.ldi.unina.it/simonelepore/Tenerife.pdf (page 149) • Scarpati C., Carleo V., Catalani M., Cole P., Di Donna G., Lepore S., Perrotta A., and Pilley V.: “Volcanic risk perception in the towns around Mt. Vesuvius”, Proceeding of the 6th International Conference “Cities on Volcanoes”, 31 May – 4 June 2010, Tenerife. http://www.ldi.unina.it/simonelepore/Tenerife.pdf (page 158) • Fedele L., Insinga D., Calvert A., Morra V., Perrotta A., Scarpati C., and Lepore S. “40Ar/39Ar dating of tuff vents in the Campi Flegrei caldera: towards a new chronostratigraphic reconstruction of the volcanic activity during the Holocene”, Proceeding of the 7th Geoitalia meeting, 9-11 September 2009, Rimini. http://www.ldi.unina.it/simonelepore/Rimini.pdf (page 2) • Lepore S., Calvert A., Morra V., Perrotta A., and Scarpati C.: “Elevated precision 40Ar/39Ar datings of Neapolitan and Phlegraean volcanic deposits using high sensitivity MAP216 mass spectrometer”, Proceeding of the 7th Geoitalia meeting, 9-11 September 2009, Rimini. http://www.ldi.unina.it/simonelepore/Rimini.pdf (page 1) • Lepore S., Di Fiore V., and Rapolla A.: “Features of seismic microtremor signals within a building”, Proceeding of the 26th GNGTS meeting, 13-15 November 2007, Roma. http://www.ldi.unina.it/simonelepore/Roma.pdf