Sezione di Scienze della Terra
Via Laterina 8 - 53100 Siena
Tel. 0577 233950 (int. 3950)
Email: giuseppe.protano@unisi.it
Assistant Professor in geochemistry and environmental geochemistry. Scientist in charge and/or coordinator of research unit in research projects funded by public Institutions or private companies. Lecturer of courses in first and second cycle degree programmes as well as in university master's degrees. Member of teaching board of the PhD in Environmental, Geological and Polar Sciences and Technologies. Scientific coordinator of the Research Unit of Environmental Geochemistry and Laboratory of Geochemistry. Author of about 180 scientific publications.
1. Contamination by potentially toxic elements in geomaterials (soil, stream sediment, surface water and groundwater) in urban areas and mining, industrial and agricultural sites.
2. Assessment of natural background levels of potentially toxic elements in geomaterials (soil and stream sediment).
3. Behaviour of trace elements in the soil and soil-plant system.
4. Assessment of air and soil quality by using bioindicators.
5. Use of nanoparticles in environmental applications.