Biography

Dr. Agata Di Stefano

Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Science, Earth Science

University of Catania, ITALY

Associate Professor


Email: distefan@unict.it


Qualifications


2014-present Associate Professor, University of Catania, Italy

2002-2014 Researcher, University of Catania, Italy, in Stratigraphic Geology

1999-2002 Research fellowship, University of Catania, Italy

1994-1997 CNR grants in the framework of CARG Project

1989-1993 Ph.D., University of Catania and University of Padova, Italy, in Geological evolution of Mediterranean-typeorogens

1989 M. Sc., in Geological Science


Publications (selected)

1. Zanola, Elena & Rodrigues, Teresa & Bonomo, Sergio & Ferretti, Patrizia & Fornaciari, Eliana & Di Stefano, Agata & Incarbona, Alessandro & Preto, Nereo & Raffi, Isabella & Capraro, Luca. (2024). Orbital and suborbital temperature variability in the central Mediterranean across the Pliocene/Pleistocene transition. PLOS ONE. 19. 10.1371/journal.pone.0310684.

2. Borzì, Laura & Scala, Pietro & Distefano, Salvatore & Laksono, Fx Anjar & Manno, Giorgio & Innangi, Sara & Gamberi, Fabiano & Kovács, János & Ciraolo, Giuseppe & Di Stefano, Agata. (2024). Tsunami propagation and flooding maps: An application for the Island of Lampedusa, Sicily Channel, Italy. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 49. 10.1002/esp.5996.

3. Bonomo, Sergio & Zanola, Elena & Incarbona, Alessandro & Di Stefano, Agata & Distefano, Salvatore & Barbagallo, Viviana & Ferretti, Patrizia & Fornaciari, Eliana & Macrì, Patrizia & Raffi, Isabella & Sabatino, Nadia & Speranza, Fabio & Sprovieri, Mario & Stefano, Enrico & Sprovieri, Rodolfo & Rio, Domenico & Capraro, Luca. (2024). Calcareous Nannofossil variability controlled by Milankovitch and sub-Milankovitch periodicity in the Monte San Nicola section (Gelasian GSSP / MIS 100–104). Marine Micropaleontology. 192. 102397. 10.1016/j.marmicro.2024.102397.                      

4. Baptist, Martin & Marijnissen, Richard & Różyński, Grzegorz & Musumeci, Rosaria & Marino, Massimiliano & Borzì, Laura & Di Stefano, Agata & Jolivet, Morgane & Stocco, Alice & Horneman, Fabienne & Rova, Silvia & Torresan, Silvia & Furlan, Elisa & Dabala, Caterina & Coccon, Francesca & Critto, Andrea & Pranovi, Fabio & Bertomeu, Ferran & Ibáñez, Carles & Cognat, Mathis. (2024). D4.1 Scorecard methodology (tool) for coastal system restoration effects on ESS and BDV. 10.3897/arphapreprints.e128550.

5. Zanola, Elena & Bonomo, Sergio & Incarbona, Alessandro & Di Stefano, Agata & Distefano, Salvatore & Ferretti, Patrizia & Fornaciari, Eliana & Galeotti, Simone & Macrì, Patrizia & Raffi, Isabella & Sabatino, Nadia & Speranza, Fabio & Sprovieri, Mario & Stefano, Enrico & Sprovieri, Rodolfo & Rio, Domenico & Capraro, Luca. (2024). High-resolution climate variability across the Piacenzian/Gelasian boundary in the Monte San Nicola section (Sicily, Italy). Quaternary Science Reviews. 324. 108469. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108469.                        

6. Di Stefano, Agata & Baldassini, Niccolò & Raffi, Isabella & Fornaciari, Eliana & Incarbona, Alessandro & Negri, Alessandra & Bonomo, Sergio & Villa, Giuliana & Stefano, Enrico & Rio, Domenico. (2023). Neogene-Quaternary Mediterranean calcareous nannofossil biozonation and biochronology: A review. Stratigraphy. 20. 259-302. 10.29041/strat.20.4.02.

7. Galvagno, Rosaria & D' Anna, Alessia & Di Stefano, Agata & Perna, Francesca & Mendosa, Graziana & Politi, Giuseppe & Stella, G. & Gueli, Anna. (2023). Optically stimulated luminescence cross-dating from quartz of different grain size. Acta IMEKO. 12. 1-7. 10.21014/actaimeko.v12i4.1523.

8. Turco, E. & Hilgen, Frits & Raffi, Isabella & Di Stefano, Agata & Foresi, Luca Maria & Holbourn, Ann & Iaccarino, Silvia & Lirer, Fabrizio. (2023). The Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of the Langhian Stage and of the Middle Miocene Subseries. Episodes. 47. 10.18814/epiiugs/2023/023024.

9. Laksono, Fx Anjar & Borzì, Laura & Distefano, Salvatore & Czirok, Lili & Halmai, Ákos & Di Stefano, Agata & Kovács, János. (2023). Shoreline Change Dynamics Along the Augusta Coast, Eastern Sicily, South Italy. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 48. 10.1002/esp.5644.                              

10. Maniscalco, Rosanna & Forzese, Martina & Barbagallo, Viviana & Borzì, Laura & D'Andrea, Natale & Distefano, Salvatore & Giustolisi, Chiara & Nádudvari, Ádám & Pellegrino, Alessandra & Foresi, Luca Maria & Di Stefano, Agata. (2023). Toward an Astrochronology-Based Age-Model for a Messinian Pre-Evaporitic Succession: The Example of Torrente Vaccarizzo Section in Sicily (Italy). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11. 915. 10.3390/jmse11050915.

11. Marini, Mattia & Luca, Maria & Foresi, & Barbagallo, Viviana & Bisconti, Michelangelo & Di Stefano, Agata & Muttoni, Giovanni & Martini, Ivan. (2023). Age and Depositional Environment of Whale-Bearing Sedimentary Succession from the Lower Pliocene of Tuscany (Italy): Insights from Palaeomagnetism, Calcareous Microfossils and Facies Analyses. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11(2). 10.3390/jmse11020455.

12. Laksono, Fx Anjar & Borzì, Laura & Distefano, Salvatore & Di Stefano, Agata & Kovács, János. (2023). Marine Geology Conference in Rome, Italy.

13. Di Stefano, Agata & D'Andrea, Natale & Distefano, Salvatore & Urso, Salvatore & Borzì, Laura & Baldassini, Niccolò & Barbagallo, Viviana. (2023). Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy and Biochronology at ODP Site 1123 (Offshore New Zealand): A Reference Section for the Last 20 Myr in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11. 408. 10.3390/jmse11020408.

14. Stella, G. & D' Anna, Alessia & Di Stefano, Agata & Galvagno, Rosaria & Perna, Francesca & Matamoros, Andrea & Mendosa, Graziana & Politi, Giuseppe & Gueli, Anna. (2023). Luminescence dating method for out-of-context samples. 378-383. 10.21014/tc4-ARC-2022.072.

15. Laksono, Fx Anjar & Borzì, Laura & Distefano, Salvatore & Di Stefano, Agata & Kovács, János. (2022). Shoreline Prediction Modelling as a Base Tool for Coastal Management: The Catania Plain Case Study (Italy). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 10. 1988. 10.3390/jmse10121988.

16. Distefano, Salvatore & Baldassini, Niccolò & Barbagallo, Viviana & Borzì, Laura & D'Andrea, Natale & Urso, Salvatore & Di Stefano, Agata. (2022). 3D Flooding Maps as Response to Tsunami Events: Applications in the Central Sicilian Channel (Southern Italy). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 10. 1953. 10.3390/jmse10121953.

17. Musumeci, Rosaria & Marino, Massimiliano & Cavallaro, Luca & Foti, Enrico & Grasso, Rosario & Spena, Maria & Sciandrello, Saverio & Tavilla, Gianmarco & Di Stefano, Agata & Borzì, Laura. (2022). Nature restoration as climate change mitigation strategy at the coastal wetlands of the South-East of Sicily (Italy). 10.13140/RG.2.2.22512.74247.

18. Nádudvari, Ádám & Forzese, Martina & Maniscalco, Rosanna & Di Stefano, Agata & Misz-Kennan, Magdalena & Marynowski, Leszek & Krzykawski, Tomasz & Simoneit, Bernd. (2022). The transition toward the Messinian evaporites identified by biomarker records in the organic-rich shales of the Tripoli Formation (Sicily, Italy). International Journal of Coal Geology. 260. 104053. 10.1016/j.coal.2022.104053.                          

19. Maniscalco, Rosanna & Fazio, Eugenio & Punturo, R. & Cirrincione, Rosolino & Di Stefano, Agata & Distefano, Salvatore & Forzese, Martina & Lanzafame, Gabriele & Leonardi, Giusy & Montalbano, Sergio & Pellegrino, Alessandra & Raele, Antonino & Palmeri, Giuseppe. (2022). The Porosity in Heterogeneous Carbonate Reservoir Rocks: Tectonic versus Diagenetic Imprint—A Multi-Scale Study from the Hyblean Plateau (SE Sicily, Italy). Geosciences. 12. 149. 10.3390/geosciences12040149.

20. Capraro, Luca & Bonomo, Sergio & Di Stefano, Agata & Ferretti, P. & Fornaciari, Eliana & Galeotti, Simone & Incarbona, Alessandro & Macrì, Patrizia & Raffi, Isabella & Sabatino, Nadia & Speranza, Fabio & Sprovieri, M. & Stefano, E. & Sprovieri, R. & Rio, Domenico. (2022). The Monte San Nicola section (Sicily) revisited: A potential unit-stratotype of the Gelasian Stage. Quaternary Science Reviews. 278. 107367. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107367.


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