Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum - “E. De Giorgi” – Università del Salento

Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum - “E. De Giorgi” – Università del Salento

Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum
Giuseppe A. Marzo
Address
Via fratelli Cervi IV traversa
I-72028 Torre S. Susanna (BR) Italy
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.fisica.unile.it/∼gmarzo
Personal Details
Gender: Male
Date of birth: August 20, 1975
Place of birth: Milano, Italy
Present Citizenship: Italian
Civil Status: Single
Military Service: Discharged
Education
08/2003-09/2003 Visiting student at NASA AMES Research Center, Moffett Field, California;
Advisor: Prof. T. L. Roush
07/2003
Josep Comas i Solá International Summer School in Astrobiology at the UIMP
University of Santander, Spain
06/2002
IDL Training Course, by Research System Inc., at the University of Lecce, Italy
05/2002
Euro Summer School in Planetary Geology at the International Research School
of Planetary Science of the University of Pescara, Italy
10/2001-03/2002 English Course E.S.P. (English for Special Purposes), Scientific Area - Advanced
Level at the University of Lecce, Italy
06/2001-06/2004 Ph.D. Course in Physics at the University of Lecce, Italy
Thesis: Data Interpretation of Martian Remote Sensing Experiments; Tutor:
Prof. S. Fonti, Co-Tutor: Prof. V. Orofino
01/2000-06/2000 Improvement Course in Computational Methods at the University of Lecce,
Italy
09/1994-12/1999 Master of Science in Physics at the University of Lecce, Italy
Thesis: ROSETTA Space Mission: Definition of the Optical Project of the
VIRTIS-M Telescope; Tutor: Prof. S. Fonti
06/1989-07/1994 Secondary Education at the Liceo scientifico ’F. Ribezzo’, Francavilla Fontana,
Italy
Prizes
06/2000
Italian Space Agency (ASI) Degree Thesis Prize 2000
Professional Experience
08/2005
Collaborator for proposal Compositional Interpretation of Spectral Data for the
Valles Marineris Region on Mars and Phobos Using Statistical Clustering Techniques, Mars Data Analysis Program, NASA. P.I. T. L. Roush, NASA ARC,
Moffett Field, CA, USA
05/2005
Co-Investigator of ESA BepiColombo mission, SIMBIO-SYS, P.I. E. Flamini,
Italian Space Agency, Rome, Italy, Co-P.I. L. Colangeli INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
Since 02/2005
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship Position, Models Development for Spectroscopical Data Analysis from Planetary Space Missions at the University of
Lecce, Italy
11/2004
Co-Investigator for the proposal of MIMA, ESA ExoMars/Pasteur payload. P.I.
G. Bellucci, CNR IFSI, Rome, Italy
06/2004-09/2004 Grant for Analysis of the Variability of Silicates in Selected Martian Areas at
the University of Lecce, Italy
09/2003
Invited lecture, Laboratory Techniques and Analysis Methods Devoted to Solar System Studies at NASA AMES Research Center, Moffett Field, California;
Prof. T. L. Roush
10/2001
Alternative optical design study for the proposal of NET, ESA BepiColombo
payload. P.I. A. Carusi, CNR IASF, Rome, Italy
09/2001
Co-Investigator for the proposal of MICHELA, ESA BepiColombo payload. P.I.
L. Colangeli, INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
01/2001-04/2001 Grant for Optical Bench Analysis and Computer Simulations for Space Experiments at the University of Lecce, Italy
01/2000-04/2000 Grant for PFS Optical Project by means of ZEMAX-EE Software at the University of Lecce, Italy
Other Working Experience
Since 03/2005
Official Network SONY Playstation 2 Beta Tester
10/2003-09/2004 Writer for the Italian e-zine Spaziogames.it
09/2002-09/2003 Editorial staff manager for the Canadian e-zine nonsologiochi.com
04/2000-08/2002 English to Italian translator and writer for the Canadian e-zine nonsologiochi.com
02/2000-12/2000 Civil Service: working in a non-profit therapeutic community for drugs dependence at Erchie, Italy
01/1997-10/1997 Personal Computer on-site assistance
Didactic Activity
Since 04/2005
Assistant for the ’Geometric Optics with Laboratory’ course for the degree in
’Optics and Optometry’, Prof. Sergio Fonti, University of Lecce, Italy
02/2005-10/2005 Co-Advisor for the degree thesis Analysis and Development of Calibration Techniques in Fourier Spectroscopy: Application to the Planetary Spectrometer PFS
by Domenico Sannelli, University of Lecce, Italy
03/2004-05/2004 Teacher for Astronomia, secondary school project at the Liceo Scientifico ’L.
Da Vinci’, Fasano, Italy
01/2003-10/2003 Co-Advisor for the degree thesis Optical Model for the Planetary Spectrometer
PFS for Venus Express by Pierangelo Marenaci, University of Lecce, Italy
Popular Science
03/2006
The External Solar System, ’Astronomy and Astrophysics’ seminars, Maglie,
Lecce
02/2006
The Internal Solar System, ’Astronomy and Astrophysics’ seminars, Maglie,
Lecce
02/2005
The Martian Secrets: from the Myth to the Space Exploration, ’A Journey into
the Universe’ seminar at the University of Lecce, Italy
12/2004-03/2005 Organizing committee member for ’1000 Physicists’, celebrations for the thousandth Physics degree at the University of Lecce
12/2004-05/2005 Organizing committee member for ’A Journey into the Universe’ seminars, at
the University of Lecce, Italy
10/2004
Remote Sensing Data Analisys for Martian Experiments at the Associazione
Culturale Nucleo 2000, Brindisi, Italy
03/2001
Next Generation Space Missions at the Liceo Scientifico Statale, Copertino,
Lecce, Italy
12/1999
Eclipsa 99 - An Eclipse in Romania at the University of Lecce, Italy
11/1999
Astronomic Video-Acquisition Techniques at the ’Associazione Culturale Link’,
Copertino, Lecce, Italy
Language Knowledge
Italian
Native
English
Written - Excellent
Spoken - Good
Computer Knowledge
Windows OS
Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Outlook, Frontpage, Publisher)
Graphics Software (Adobe Photoshop, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Macromedia Fireworks)
3D Modeling (3D Studio Max, Blender)
Video Editing (Adobe Premiere)
Web Development (Macromedia Dreamweaver)
Unix/Linux OS
Publishing (LATEX)
Graphics Software (Gimp)
Development
IDL
Visual Basic
Visual C++
HTML/CSS
Lecce, April 30, 2006
Published Papers and Proceedings
Marra, A. C., Politi, R., Blanco, A., Brunetto, R., Fonti, S., Marzo, G. A., Orofino, V.,
(2006) Optical Constants of Particulate Minerals from Reflectance Measurements: the Case of
Calcite, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 100, 1-3, 250 - 255, 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2005.11.042
Marzo, G. A., Roush, T. L., Blanco, A., Fonti, S., Orofino, V., (2006) Cluster Analysis of Planetary Remote Sensing Spectral Data, J. Geophys. Res. 111, E3, E03002, 10.1029/2005JE002532
Marzo, G. A., Blanco, A., De Carlo, F., D’Elia, M., Fonti, S., Marra, A. C., Orofino, V., Politi,
R., (2004) The Optical Constants of Gypsum Particles as Analog of Martian Sulfates, Adv.
Space Res. 33, 2246 - 2251
Politi, R., Marzo, G. A., Blanco, A., Fonti, S., Orofino, V., Searching for Spectral Signatures
of Fossils: Modelling and Applications, Proceeding of the Third European Workshop on ExoAstrobiology, Madrid, Spain, 18 - 20 November 2003, 267 - 268
Politi, R., Marzo, G. A., Blanco, A., Fonti, S., Orofino, V., Identification of Microfossils
Features as Martian Analogs via Spectroscopic Analysis, Proceedings of Planetary Science:
Fifth Italian Meeting, Gallipoli, Italy, 15 - 20 September 2003, 243 - 246
Marzo, G. A., De Carlo, F., Fonti, S., Marra, A. C., Miano, F., Roush, T. L., Data Mining
in the Remote Sensing Martian Data. Preliminary Results in the Search for Evaporites,
Proceedings of Planetary Science: Fifth Italian Meeting, Gallipoli, Italy, 15 - 20 September
2003, 99 - 102
D’Elia, M., Blanco, A., De Carlo, F., Fonti, S., Marra, A. C., Marzo, G. A., Orofino, V., Politi,
R., Study and Characterization of Minerals in Planetary Science Using Scanning Electron
Microscopy, Proceedings of Planetary Science: Fifth Italian Meeting, Gallipoli, Italy, 15 - 20
September 2003, 229 - 232
Fonti, S., Arnold, G., Blanco, A., Colangeli, L., D’Elia, M., De Carlo, F., Erard, S., Esposito,
F., Formisano, V., Marra, A. C., Marzo, G. A., Orofino, V., Palomba, E., Piccioni, G.,
Polimeno, N., Politi, R., (2003) Laboratory Measurements in Support of the Spectroscopy
Experiments on Board the Mars Express Mission, Research Signpost Recent Res. Devel.
Astronomy & Astrophys. 1, 137 - 153
Bellucci, G., Altieri, F., Blecka, M., Bonsignori, R., Coppo, P., Fonti, S., Marzo, G. A., Meli,
S., Moreno, J. J. L., Moshkin, B., Ori, G. G., Orofino, V., Politi, R., Preti, G., Romoli,
A., Roush, T., Saggin, B., Sgavetti, M., Stam, D., Zasova, L., (2003) Infrared Spectroscopy
of Mars for Exobiology Applications, Research Signpost Recent Res. Devel. Astronomy &
Astrophys. 1, 839 - 857
Politi, R., Marzo, G. A., Blanco, A., De Carlo, F., Fonti, S., Marra, A. C., Orofino, V.,
Spectroscopic Search for Fossils in Terrestrial Layered Rocks, Proceedings of First European
Workshop on Exo-Astrobiology, Graz, Austria, 16 - 19 September 2002, 391 - 394
Blanco, A., Fonti, S., Orofino, V., De Carlo, F., D’Elia, M., Marra, A. C., Marzo, G. A.,
Politi, R., Laboratory Studies of Carbonates in Support to Mars Exploration, Proceedings
of Planetary Science: Fourth Italian Meeting, Bormio, Italy, 20 - 26 January 2002, 53- 56
Fonti, S., Blanco, A., Blecka, M. I., De Carlo, F., Marzo, G. A., Orofino, V., (2002) Measurements of Spectral Emissivity Related to Planetary Missions, Adv. Space Res. 29, 789 795
Blanco, A., Orofino, V., Fonti, S., De Carlo, F., Marra, A. C., Marzo, G. A., Politi, R.,
Laboratory Studies of Carbonate Grains and Applications to Martian Spectra, Proceedings
of Solids and Molecules in Space, S. Miniato, Italy, 4 - 6 June 2001, 169 - 178
Fonti, S., Di Benedetto, C., Marzo, G. A., Computer Aided Design Optical Analysis of Visible
and Infrared Spectrometers, Proceedings of the 9th GIFCO Conference, Lecce, Italy, 24 - 26
May 2000, 137 - 141
Conferences
Dinoi, A., Politi, R., Marzo, G. A., Fonti, S., Marra, A. C., Spectroscopic Effects of Dimensional Contamination on Particulate Materials, Abstracts of the European Geosciences Union
General Assembly 2006, Vienna, Austria, 2 - 7 April 2006
Fonti, S., De Carlo, F., Marzo, G. A., Altieri, F., Blanco, A., Dinoi, A., Marra, A. C., Orofino,
V., Politi, R., Verrienti, C., A Radiative Transfer Model Applied to the Analysis of Dust Suspended in the Martian Atmosphere, Abstracts of the Second workshop on Mars atmosphere
modelling and observations, Granada, Spain, 27 February - 3 March 2006
Marra, A. C., Politi, R., Blanco, A., Fonti, S., Orofino, V., Marzo, G. A., Brunetto, R., Optical
Constants of Particulate Minerals from Reflectance Measurements: The Case of Calcite,
Abstracts of the 8th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical
Particles: Theory, Measurements and Applications, Salobrena, Spain, 16 - 20 May 2005
Fonti, S., Marzo, G. A., Formisano, V., Giuranna, M., Marra, A.C., Maturilli, A., Orofino, V.,
Roush, T. L., Statistical Interpretation of PFS Spectral Data, Abstracts of the 1st Mars
Express Science Conference, Noordwijk, Nederlands, 21 - 25 February 2005
Orofino, V., Blanco, A., D’Elia, M., De Carlo, F., Fonti, S., Marra, A. C., Marzo, G. A., Politi,
R., Verrienti, C., Spectroscopic Studies of Materials Relevant for the Hydrological Evolution
of Mars, Abstracts of Planetary Science: Sixth Italian Meeting, Aosta, Italy, 24 - 28 January
2005
D’Elia, M., Blanco, A., Fonti, S., Marzo, G. A., Orofino, V., Politi, R., Infrared Spectroscopy
of Minerals of Biotic and Abiotic Origin: Relevance for Mars, Abstracts of the XC Congresso
Nazionale Societá Italiana di Fisica, Brescia, Italy, 20 - 25 September 2004
Marzo, G. A., Blanco, A., Fonti, S., Marra, A. C., Orofino, V., Roush, T. L., Statistical
Interpretation of PFS Spectral Data, Abstracts of the International Mars Conference, Ischia,
Italy, 19 - 23 September 2004
De Carlo, F., Blanco, A., Blecka, M. I., Fonti, S., Marzo, G. A., Orofino, V., Politi, R.,
An Approach to the Interpretation of LW PFS Data, Abstracts of the International Mars
Conference, Ischia, Italy, 19 - 23 September 2004
Marzo, G. A., Politi, R., Blanco, A., Fonti, S., Orofino, V., Statistical Analysis of Micro-Fossils:
Raman Spectra and Martian Astrobiology Applications, Abstracts of the 8th International
Conference of Bioastronomy, Reykjavik, Iceland, 12 - 16 July 2004
Politi, R., Marzo, G. A., Blanco, A., Fonti, S., Orofino, V., Polarized Microscopy: Useful
Tool for Searching Possible Martian Life, Abstracts of the 8th International Conference of
Bioastronomy, Reykjavik, Iceland, 12 - 16 July 2004
Marzo, G. A., De Carlo, F., Fonti, S., Roush, T. L., Orofino, V., Data Mining in the Remote
Sensing Martian Data. Preliminary Results in the Search for Evaporites., Abstracts of the
35th DPS, Monterey, California, USA, 2 - 6 September 2003
D’Elia, M., Blanco, A., De Carlo, F., Fonti, S., Marra, A. C., Marzo, G. A., Orofino, V., Politi,
R., Electron Microscopy In Support of Laboratory Measurements For the Mars Express Space
Mission, Abstracts of the 6th Multinational Congress on Microscopy - European Extension,
Pula, Croatia, 1 - 5 June 2003
Marzo, G. A., Blanco, A., Colangeli, L., Esposito, F., Fonti, S., Marra, A. C., Orofino, V.,
Palomba, E., The Optical Constants of Gypsum Particles As Analog of Martian Sulphates,
Abstracts of the 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Houston, Texas, USA, 10 - 19 October
2002
Jurewicz, A., Orofino, V., Marra, A. C., Blanco, A., Blecka, M. I., Marzo, G. A., Optical
Constants of Limestone Grains in the Rayleigh-Ellipsoid Approximation: Application to
Martian Studies, Abstracts of the 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Houston, Texas, USA,
10 - 19 October 2002
De Carlo, F., Blecka, M. I., D’Elia, M., Fonti, S., Marzo, G. A., Politi, R., Laboratory and Numerical Simulations of Martian Hematite Spectra, Abstracts of the 34th COSPAR Scientific
Assembly, Houston, Texas, USA, 10 - 19 October 2002
D’Elia, M., Blanco, A., De Carlo, F., Fonti, S., Marra, A. C., Marzo, G. A., Orofino, V.,
Politi, R., La Microscopia Elettronica come supporto alle misure di laboratorio effettuate
per la missione spaziale Mars Express, Abstracts of LXXXVIII Congresso Nazionale Societá
Italiana di Fisica, Alghero, Italy, 26 September - 1 October 2002
Marra, A. C., Blanco, A., Fonti, S., Marzo, G. A., Orofino, V., The Complex Refractive Index
of Gypsum Particles As Analog of Martian Sulphates, Abstracts of LXXXVIII Congresso
Nazionale Societá Italiana di Fisica, Alghero, Italy, 26 September - 1 October 2002
Politi, R., Blanco, A., De Carlo, F., Fonti, S., Marra, A. C., Marzo, G. A., Orofino, V.,
Spectroscopic Measure of Olivine Weathered by Aqueous Alteration, Abstracts of LXXXVIII
Congresso Nazionale Societá Italiana di Fisica, Alghero, Italy, 26 September - 1 October 2002
Fonti, S., Blanco, A., De Carlo, F., Longhi, I., Marra, A. C., Marzo, G. A., Meli, S., Orofino, V.,
Politi, R., Sgavetti, M., A Combined Laboratory and Field Approach for the Spectroscopic
Investigation of Martian Surface, Abstracts of the Exploring Mars Surface and Its Earth
Analogues, Sicily and Mount Etna, Italy, 23 - 25 September 2002
Marra, A. C., Blanco, A., De Carlo, F., Fonti, S., Marzo, G. A., Orofino, V., Politi, R.,
Spectroscopic Measurements of Martian Analog Materials of Paleoclimatic Interest, Abstracts
of the Exploring Mars Surface and Its Earth Analogues, Sicily and Mount Etna, Italy, 23 25 September 2002
Fonti, S., Arnold, G., Blanco, A., Bonello, G., Colangeli, L., D’Elia, M., De Carlo, F., Erard,
S., Esposito, F., Formisano, V., Marra, A. C., Marzo, G. A., Orofino, V., Palomba, E.,
Piccioni, G., Politi, R., Wagner, C., A Coordinated Laboratory Program in Support of the
Spectroscopic Experiments on Board Martian Missions Mars, Abstracts of Infrared Spectroscopy: From Theory and Laboratory to Field Observations, Houston, Texas, USA, 4 - 6
June 2002
Politi, R., Blanco, A., De Carlo, F., Fonti, S., Marra, A. C., Marzo, G. A., Orofino, V.,
Hemispherical Reflectance of Olivine Samples Weathered by Aqueous Alteration, Abstracts
of the 27th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Nice, France, 21 - 26 April
2002
Fonti, S., Blanco, A., Cabrol, N., De Carlo, F., Grin, E., Leone, G., Marzo, G. A., Orofino, V.,
Politi, R., The Spectroscopic Investigation of the Martian Surface: a Combined Laboratory
and Field Approach, Conference Papers of International Workshop: Exploring Mars Surface
and Its Terrestrial Analogues, Tozeur, Tunisia, 25 - 27 September 2001