CRIPPA GAIA

2010 Master Degree in Geology: Resources, Processes and Applications, at the University of Milan with 110/110 cum laude
2015 PhD in Earth Sciences at the University of Milan.
2015-2019 Research fellowship (type A) funded by the University of Milan
2020-2021 Research fellowship (type B) funded by the 2017 PRIN project to E. Erba, Department of Earth Sciences “A. Desio”, University of Milan.
From 1/05/2021 Fixed-term research assistant (RTD-A), SSD GEO/01 at the Department of Earth Sciences “A. Desio”, University of Milan.
From 2021 Member of the "Commissione per la promozione delle Geoscienze", Department of Earth Sciences, University of Milan.

Positions (National Committees, Editorial)
From 2021 Assistant Editor of Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana
2016-2018; 2021-Current Councilor of the Italian Paleontological Society
2018-2021 Secretary of the Italian Paleontological Society

Research interest
Systematics and paleoecology of Pliocene-Pleistocene marine molluscs (bivalves and gastropods) sampled along detailed stratigraphic sections in Italian and European successions (UK);
Sclerochronology and isotopic geochemistry of Pliocene-Pleistocene marine bivalve shells for paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental reconstructions;
Systematics and paleoecology of marine molluscs (bivalves and gastropods) from Oman Holocene archaeological contexts;
Analysis of the shell microstructure of recent and fossil molluscs (bivalves and gastropods) and its potential for paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental reconstructions with SEM, EBSD and electronic microprobe;
Systematics, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography of Permian brachiopods sampled along detailed stratigraphic sections in Iran sedimentary successions;
Microstructure and isotope analysis of fossil and recent brachiopod shells.

She has extensive international and national collaborations: British Geological Survey, Keyworth, UK; NERC Isotope Geoscience Laboratory, Keyworth, UK; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and GeoBioCenter, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany; Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada; Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK; Department of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology, Universidad de Granada, Spain; School of Built and Natural Environment, University of Derby; Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Università di Bologna; Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara; Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere, Università di Pisa.

She took part to national and international funded projects (PRIN, BGS-NIGL Programs, Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions ETN-ITN).

She took part to nine field work campaigns in Europe e Asia.

She published 29 papers and presented 52 abstracts to international and national congresses.

Indices in Scopus (22/03/2022)
H index 11
Papers 24
Citations 317

Teaching activity
AY 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021 Professor with individual collaboration contract (art. 23, 240/2010) for practical exercises in invertebrate paleontology (Paleontology course, Bachelor's Degree in Natural Sciences, University of Milan).
AY 2021/2022 Practical exercises in invertebrate paleontology (36 hours, Paleontology course, Bachelor Degree in Natural Sciences, University of Milan) and biomineralization (4 hours, Master Degree in BioGeosciences: Analysis of Ecosystems and Communication of Sciences, University of Milan).
Co-supervisor of 11 bachelor theses (Geological Sciences, Natural Sciences and Sciences and Technologies for the Study and Conservation of Cultural Heritage and Information Supports), 2 master theses (BioGeosciences: Analysis of Ecosystems and Communication of Sciences; Geology, University of Leicester, UK)