RESEARCH ACTIVITY: -Structural role of transition and trace elements in silicate glasses/melts; -Fe redox and water content in impact glasses; -Synthesis of silicate glasses and crystals at high T,P; -X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XANES, EXAFS); -Powder- and single crystal- X-ray Diffraction. ACTIVE PROJECTS -effect of Fe redox on S solubility in rhyolitic melts; -transition metals doped LiFePO4 olivines Natural Glasses meeting http://www.unicam.it/geologia/natglass2013/index.html