Profile

• Organization

  Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

  
  
• Website

  http://www.ct.ingv.it

  
  
• ORCID

  0000-0001-8189-5499

  
  
• Interests

  1. explosive eruptions
  2. lava flow
  3. observatory network
  4. Physical volcanology
  5. volcanic hazards
  6. volcanic risk
  7. volcanic risk mitigation

  
  
• Address

  address1:	INGV-Osservatorio Etneo
  address2:	Piazza Roma 2
  city:	Catania
  postal:	95125
  region:	Sicily
  country:	IT

  
  
• Biography

  Sonia Calvari

  
  
  

   

  
  
  

  Address

  
  
  

  Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia – Osservatorio Etneo, Sezione di Catania, Piazza Roma n. 2, 95125 Catania (Italy), tel. +39 095 7165862, fax: +39 095 7165826, e-mail: sonia.calvari@ingv.it

  
  
  

   

  
  
  

  Academic qualifications

  
  
  

  1999: Ph.D. at Lancaster University, Lancaster (United Kingdom);

  
  
  

  1985: B.Sc. (full marks cum laude) in Earth Sciences, Università degli Studi della Calabria, Cosenza (Italy).

  
  
  

   

  
  
  

  Current position

  
  
  

  2008-present: Dirigente di Ricerca (Research Director) at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Osservatorio Etneo - Sezione di Catania.

  
  
  

   

  
  
  

  Awards

  
  
  

  2007: Most Cited Author 2003-2007 Award by Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.

  
  
  

  2001: Diploma and Medal from the Italian Department of Civil Defence for the work carried out during the 1991-1993 Etna eruptive crisis.

  
  
  

  1989: Diploma from the Minister of the Italian Civil Protection Nicola Capria for having actively contributed to the first simulation of a volcanic emergency and evacuation of the island of Vulcano, Italy.

  
  
  

   

  
  
  

  Research interests

  
  
  

  Volcanology and geology of volcanic settings; thermal imagery from ground and satellite applied to monitoring of basaltic eruptions; mitigation of eruptive events; hazard evaluation during volcanic crisis at basaltic volcanoes; dynamics of eruptive processes; mechanisms of emplacement of lava flows and growth of lava tubes; lava fountainings, strombolian activity and other explosive processes at basaltic volcanoes; geology, stratigraphy and geological mapping in volcanic environment; instability of volcanoes; sedimentology of volcaniclastic deposits.

  
  
  

   

  
  
  

  Publications

  
  
  

  More than 100 published papers, 1 textbook for undergraduates, Editor of 2 Geophysical Monograph Series published by the American Geophysical Union in 2004 and 2008, 59 papers listed on Web of Knowledge Thomson Reuters (Hq-index 27) with more than 2000 citations. 3450 citations on Google Scholar, H-index 33, i-index 59. Scopus Author ID: 6603405369. Thomson Reuter Researcher ID: A-3465-2013. ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8189-5499. Loop profile: 128066.

  
  
  

   

  
  
  

  Books

  
  
  

   

  
  
  

  Bonaccorso A., Calvari S., Coltelli M., Del Negro C., Falsaperla S. (Editors) (2004) Mt. Etna: Volcano Laboratory. American Geophysical Union, Geophysical Monograph v. 143, 2004, 350 pp., ISBN: 0-87590-408-4, ISSN: 0065-8448.

  
  
  

  Calvari S., Inguaggiato S., Puglisi G., Ripepe M. and Rosi M. (Editors), (2008) “THE STROMBOLI VOLCANO: An integrated study of the 2002-2003 Eruption”, American Geophysical Union Monograph Series, v. 182, 400 pp., ISBN 978-0-87590-447-4, ISSN: 0065-8448.         

  
  
  

  Calvari S., Liuzzo M. (1999) “Dentro i vulcani – Guida alle escursioni del IX Simposio Internazionale di Vulcanospeleologia”, Centro Speleologico Etneo, Catania 1999, 46 pp. Pap 41    

  
  
  

  Calvari S., Liuzzo M. (1999) “Inside Volcanoes – IXth International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology”, Catania 1999, 46 pp.          

  
  
  

  Tanner L.H. and Calvari S. (2012) Volcanoes: Windows on the Earth. Albuquerque, 2012, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, A Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, pp. 174, ISBN 978-0-615-66350-0.