Daniele Maestrelli

EDUCATION

• 5/2024-present: Technologist (permanent), Institute of Geoscience and Earth Resources, Florence (CNR-IGG)

• 9/2024-present: Contract Professor, University of Florence, Department of Earth Sciences, Italy

• 20/2/23 - 29/4/24: Assistant professor (RTDa), Department of Earth Science, University of Florence, Italy 

• 1/2/22 - 18/2/23: “Borsista”, Institute of Geoscience and Earth Resources, Florence (CNR-IGG)

• 22/1/18 - 21/1/22: Post-doc, Institute of Geoscience and Earth Resources, Florence (CNR-IGG)

• 25/05/18: PhD in Earth Sciences, University of Pisa, Department of Earth Sciences, PhD School in Earth Sciences of Tuscany Region (Ottimo cum Laude)

• 30/10/16 - 4/2/17: Visiting PhD student, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (UK)

• 1/5/15 - 31/7/15: Visiting PhD student, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (UK)

• 28/2/13 - 2/7/13: Research intern, TNO Utrecht (NL)

• 18/07/2014: MSc in Geological Sciences and Technologies, University of Florence, Department of Earth Sciences, Italy (110/110 cum Laude)

• 20/10/11: BSc in Geological Sciences, University of Florence, Department of Earth Sciences, Italy (110/110 cum Laude).

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY

• Investigation of tectonics and volcano-tectonic processes by means of analogue modelling techniques with particular focus on rifting and rift versus tectonic inheritance dynamics, as well as caldera collapse processes in various tectonic contexts, on Earth and other planets.

• Investigation of the interaction between fluids (e.g., volcanic, geothermal, sedimentary) and structures, i.e., fluid migration pathways in several contexts (e.g., caldera settings, sedimentary volcanism and fluid escape pipes), and the structural evolution of orogenic belts, using analogue modelling, fieldwork, and seismic interpretation.

• Lead author of 13 papers and co-author of 13 papers in international journals. Full records at the Scopus page: scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57196729736 H-index Scopus: 12; H-index WoS: 12, H-index Google Scholar: 13, i-10 index Google Scholar: 15 (as of 07/04/25).  

AWARDS AND INVITATIONS

• Invited speaker at international conferences and seminar series (e.g., China University of Geoscience-The International Symposium in Continental Rift Systems and Magmatic-Hydrothermal Activities, Wuhan, China; ETH Structural Geology & Tectonics Seminars -SGT-, ETH, Zurich; IES-NordVulk Seminar Series, University of Reykjavík, Iceland; EPOS MSL Webinar Series; Conference of the Italian Geological Society).

• Winner of “2018 David Giuntini award”. Tuscany Geological Foundation for the best PhD thesis

• Winner of “1° international Petroleum Geology PhD Contest” (2015). University of Basilicata, Shell Italia, Italian Geological Society

• Travel grants as invited speaker or participant to international conferences, workshops and seminar series provided by several international institutions (e.g., China University of Geoscience, ETH Zurich, Iowa State University, USA)

• 2014-2017: winner of a “Pegaso” International PhD Fellowship

• 2015-2016: Winner of Erasmus+ Consortium Traineeship grant, for 3 month-research period at the University of Aberdeen, (UK)

• 2014-2015: Winner of Erasmus+ Consortium Traineeship grant, for 3 month-research period at the University of Aberdeen, (UK)

• 2012/2013: Winner of LLP/Erasmus Placement grant, for 4 month-internship at the TNO-Utrecht (NL)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

• 2024-present: Co-Responsible for the Joint Research Unit (JRU) of the European Plate Observing System (EPOS), Italia.

• 2024-present: Co-Responsible for IGG for the EPOS Multi-Scale Laboratories (MSL) Thematic Core Service (TCS) 

• 2024-present: Member of EPOS Multi Scale laboratories (MSL) Consortium Board

• 2024-present: Tectonic Modelling Laboratory Co-contact person for MSL, EPOS

• 2024-present: Laboratory of Geochemical Microanalysis Co-contact person for MSL, EPOS

• Reviewer (since 2019) for >20 indexes (ISI) international journals (among which, Geology, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Tectonics, Journal of the Geological Society, Geomorphology, Tectonophysics, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Journal of Structural Geology). 

• 2025-present: Academic Editor for the “International Journal of Geophysics” (Wiley) 

• 2024-present: Editorial Board Member  for “Discover Geoscience” (Springer Nature)

• 2021-present: Review Editor for “Frontiers in Earth Science-Volcanology” 

• Convener and chairman for several sessions in international conferences (e.g., European General Assembly-EGU 2023,2024, Joint Conference of the Italian Geological Society-SGI 2022,2023,2024; GEOMOD2025)

• Appointed Courses (University of Florence, DST-UNIFI)

• 2023-2025: Subsurface Geology [B016186] - Master course in Geological Science and Technologies 

• 2022-2025: Analogue modelling of volcano-tectonic processes: from nature to lab - PhD course in Earth and planetary Sciences.

• Co-supervisor of 2 MSc and 3 BSc theses at the University of Florence, Department of Earth Sciences 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Maestrelli D, Corti G, Bonini M, Keir D, Facincani P, Vannucchi P, Del Ventisette C, Montanari D, Sani F. Fault reactivation and growth at rift-related calderas. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118700.

• Maestrelli D, Sani F, Keir D, Pagli C, La Rosa A, Muluneh A, Brune S, Corti G. Reconciling plate motion and faulting at a rift-rift-rift triple junction. Geology, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1130/G51909.1.

• Maestrelli D, Montanari D, Corti G, Del Ventisette C, Moratti G, Bonini M. Exploring the interactions between rift propagation and inherited crustal fabrics through experimental modelling. Tectonics, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020TC006211.

• Maestrelli D, Bonini M, Delle Donne D, Manga M, Piccardi L, Sani F. Dynamic triggering of mud volcano eruptions during the 2016-2017 central Italy seismic sequence. JGR-Solid Earth, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014777.

• Maestrelli D, Iacopini D, Jihad A, Bond C, Bonini M. Seismic and structural characterization of fluid escape pipes using 3D and partial stack seismic from the Loyal Field (Scotland, UK): A multiphase and repeated intrusive mechanism. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.08.016.