Giuliani Silvia

MA in Environmental Sciences (1999), PhD in Environmental Sciences (2004). Research scientist at the National Research Council since 2008. Her research interests are: (a) fluxes and processes in aquatic environment with radioactive tracers; b) contamination history and pollution in marine coastal areas; c) environmental modelling and d) paleoenvironmental changes as evidenced by geochemical proxies.

• Sampling of soils, sediments (with SW-104 corer) water and suspended particles (Large Volume Filtrations);
• Analysis of selected natural radiotracers (234Th, 238U, 210Po and 210Pb) on water, sediments and suspended particles from coastal and open ocean areas;
• Analysis of selected anthropogenic radiotracers (137Cs, 238Pu and 239+240Pu) on samples of organic and inorganic origin, from marine and terrestrial areas;
• Analysis of stable isotopic composition (δ18O, δ13C and δ15N) of fossil diatom frustules and organic matter;
• Mineralogical and grain size analyses of marine and coastal sediments.

She wrote several scientific papers in JCR journals (at present: 11 published/in press, 7 submitted, 4 as first author) and in international/national press (14 non-JCR international journals, 4 national publications, 17 abstract and posters).

An updated list of recent papers is available, when permitted, in open access

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• Sommerfreund J.K., Gandhi N., Diamond M.L., Mugnai C., Frignani M., Capodaglio G., Gerino M., Bellucci L.G., Giuliani S. (2010) Contaminant fate and transport in the Venice Lagoon: results from a multi-segment multimedia model. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.05.008.
• Bellucci L.G., Giuliani S., Mugnai C., Frignani M., Paolucci D., Albertazzi S., Ruiz Fernandez A.C. (2010). Anthropogenic Metal Delivery in Sediments of Porto Marghera and Venice Lagoon. Soil & Sediment Contamination, 19, 42-57.
• Giuliani S., Sprovieri M., Frignani M., Cu N.H., Mugnai C., Bellucci L.G., Albertazzi S., Romano S., Feo M.L., Marsella E. (2008). Presence and origin of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in nine coastal lagoons of central Vietnam. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 56 (8), 1504-1512.
• Giuliani S., Radakovitch O., Frignani M., Bellucci L.G. (2007). Short time scale variations of 234Th/238U disequilibrium related to mesoscale varibility on the continental slope of the Gulf of Lions (France). Marine Chemistry, 106, 403-418.
• Desideri D., Giuliani S., Meli M.A., Testa C., Triulzi C., Vaghi M. (2004). Presence of 137Cs, Pu isotopes and 241Am in Ligurian and Thyrrenian Seas sediments. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 260, 9-12.
• Triulzi C., Giuliani S., Jia G., Vaghi M. (2004) Evolution of persistent anthropogenic radioactivity in antarctic ecosystems. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 84, 505-512.
• Radakovitch O., Frignani M., Giuliani S., Montanari R. (2003). Temporal variations of 234Th removal at a coastal station of the Northern Adriatic Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 58, 813-824.