Massimo Chiaradia

University of Padova (Italy): Petrogenesis in the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP)

University of Kocaeli (Turkey): petrogenesis of ophiolitic rocks of the Pontides

Damghan University (Iran): petrogenesis of Tethyan ophiolites and arc magmas in Iran

University of Lausanne (Switzerland): various collaborations on Sr isotope stratigraphy and petrogenesis

University of Texas (USA): chlorine isotopes in arc magmas and ore fluids

Université de Bourgogne-Franche Comté - CNRS - Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication:
lead isotopes in archeometry

Editorial Duties

Associate Editor of Economic Geology (since 2011).
Associate Editor of Scientific Reports (since 2015).
Associate Editor of Frontiers in Earth Sciences - Economic Geology (since 2019).
Editor of SGA News, the newsletter of SGA (1999-2017).

Laboratories and instruments under my supervision

Clean laboratory for the separation of Sr, Nd, Pb, Cu, Zn, Fe from various materials (mostly rocks and minerals).

Neptune Plus MC-ICPMS, equipped with wet and dry (Aridus) aspirating systems and a Photon Machines G2 Analyte UV laser, ArF Excimer 193 nm.

Merchantek micromill for microsampling of minerals/fossils for isotope analyses.

Current PhD and MSc students

PhD Thesis of Ariadni Afroditi Georgatou "Behaviour of chalcophile metals during crustal evolution of subduction and post-subduction magmas", SNF funded project (2017-ongoing).
PhD Thesis of Maria Teresa Bellver-Baca "Magmatic and time-scale factors controlling the association of porphyry-type deposits with high Sr/Y magma", SNF funded project (2014-ongoing).
MSc Dalton Claro "Relationships between the mineralizing fluids of the molybdenum porphyry and the polymetallic veins in the San Ramón mining district, Durango, Mexico" (2019-ongoing).
MSc Valentina Buffon "Petrography, mineral chemistry and isotope geochemistry of volcanic rocks from the islands of Ponza, Palmarola and Zannone (Pontine Islands, Italy)" (2017-ongoing).

Former PhD and MSc students

Senior Lecturer

Rue des Maraîchers 13, Office B44

022 379 66 34

My Research

I investigate reservoir interactions and their timing in different spheres of the Earth’s system including atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and the Earth’s crust. In particular during the last years I have developed a strong interest in the associations among geodynamic setting, petrogenesis of magmas and the formation of porphyry-type deposits at convergent margins. I also work on technical developments in the field of lead isotope analyses of whole rocks and on ore minerals dating using Pb-Pb stepwise leaching and Re-Os techniques. Recently I have started to work on the application of unconventional stable isotopes (Cl, Cu, Zn, Fe) to the petrogenesis of arc magmas and to track environmental changes.

Current Research Directions

Relationships between arc magma chemistry, geodynamics and genesis of porphyry-type deposits.
Rates of magmatic processes and their influence on the genesis of prophyry-type deposits.
Petrogenesis of andesites and implications for crustal growth.
Cu and Zn isotope compositions of magmatic rocks and volcanic fumaroles.
Various projects in collaboration with researchers of the Section of Earth and Environmental Sciences of Geneva, University of Padova and UNIL on petrogenesis of magmatic rocks and Sr isotope stratigraphy.

Currently Funded Projects

As Main applicant

Cycling of chalcophile metals in subduction zones (Project N. 200021_169032/1)
A scientific method for establishing the origin of gold (Innosuisse Project)

As Co-applicant

Establishing stable IRON isotopes of laminated LAKE sediments as novel palaeoclimate proxy (IRONLAKE) (Project N. 200021_166308).
Climate history of the Indo-Pacific region and subsurface biosphere of Lake Towuti: The Swiss contribution to the ICDP Towuti Drilling Project (research part) (Project N. 200021_153053).

Past funded projects