MARTINI Rossana

Professor

Tel: +41 22 379 66 12

Research disciplines:

Sedimentology, Biostratigraphy, Micropaleontology

Research interest:

• Palaeoenvironmental and palaeogeographic evolution of the Tethyan margins and the Panthalassa Ocean
• Carbonates from these marine systems as archives of the global biological and ecological crisis at both Permian/Triassic and Triassic/Jurassic boundaries
• Comparison at high stratigraphic resolution between Tethyan and Panthalassan provinces to disentangle the factors controlling different organisms distribution patterns and evolution
• Taxonomy and systematic of foraminifers as a tool for assessing past depositional and ecological conditions

Ongoing research projects:

• The Upper Triassic volcanic island-arc carbonates platform of the Wallowa terrane (Oregon): sedimentology, biostratigraphy and micropaleontology (REFCADE)
• The Upper Triassic atoll-type carbonates of the Sambosan Accretionary Complex (Japan): sedimentology and high resolution biostratigraphy (REFCADE)
• Environmental, climatic and biotic changes across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary: causes and effects highlighted via the coral reef associations (TJCORA)
• Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic integrated stratigraphy from Antalya (South Turkey) and palaeogeography of the Western Tethys

Supervision of analytical facilities

• Scanning Electron Microscopy - JSM-7001F, JEOL
• X-Ray Microanalysis - EDS-JED2300
• Cathodoluminescence - CL8200 Mk5, CITL & ERI

Administrative duties

• Undergraduate Student Adviser
• Adviser for ERASMUS and other student mobility programs
• Member of the Teaching Planning Commission
• Secretary General of the ICS2014