Prof. Paolo Gasparini 		 
Board of Directors

Prof. Paolo Gasparini
President

Dott. Igino della Volpe
Chief executive officer

Prof. Angelo Alvino

Prof. Umberto Arena

Dott. Paolo De Natale

Prof. Tullio Jappelli

Prof. Fiorenzo Liguori

Prof. Gaetano Manfredi

Prof. Rita Mastrullo

Prof. Bruno Palazzo

Dott. Tullio Pepe

Prof. Giancarlo Spezie
Specialisation Geophysics
Research interests Early warning, structure of volcans, seismic and volcanologic risk
Short curriculum vitae Born in Napoli on May 4, 1937.
Graduated in Geology in 1961 at Università di Napoli.
Free Docent in Earth Physics in 1967
Assistent Professor at Istituto di Fisica Terrestre,Università di Napoli, from 1963 till 1970
Professor of Applied Geophysics at Università di Napoli from 1967 till 1971
Full Professor of Geophysics at Università di Napoli since 1970.
Director of Osservatorio Vesuviano from 1970 till 1983.
Director of Italian Geodynamics Project from 1974 till 1976
Coordinator of the PhD Corse in Geophysics and Volcanology at Università di Napoli Federico II from 1990 till 1993
President of IAVCEI (International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior) from 1991 till 1995
Director of INGV Gruppo Nazionale di Vulcanologia from 1999 till 2005
Coordinator of the PhD corse on Seismic Risk at Università di Napoli Federico II since 2000
Scientific Coordinator of “ Campania Region Competence Center on Analysis and Monitorino of the Environmental Risk” from 2002 to 2006

Visiting Professor at:
- Department of Geology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, (1968-69)
- Lawrence Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley, California, (1970)
- Scuola Normale di Pisa (1973-75);
- NTNF at Mineralogisk Geologisk Museum, Oslo, Geological Survey at Trondheim and University of Bergen (1977)
- Instituto Astronomico e Geofisico, Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brasile (1977-80)

Main Committees:
Construction in seismic areas, Italian Ministry of Public Works (1970-72);
ATP Geodynamique, CNRS-INAG (France) (1975-76);
Scientific Committee fr the eruptive crisis of Guadeloupe volcano, French Government (1976)
Interunion Commission of Geodynamics (IUGG-IUGS) (1975-78)
Consulting Committee for Geological Sciences CUN (Ministry of Public Education) (1982-85);
National Oil Committee, Ministry of Industry (1988-1995)
Executive Committee of International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) (1991-95);
EU Committee for Research and Technology FP5 (1992-1995)
Commission “Great Risks” of Italian Civil Protection (1994 – 2003).
Commission d' expertise of Minister of « Equipment, Transports et Tourisme », France (1994-95)
EU Medin Steering Committee (2004- )
Regione Campania Commission for Land Use Planning Strategy (2004 – 2005)

He has been consultant of:
Organizacion Latino Americana Desarrollo Energetico (OLADE)
United Nations Department of Energy
U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington.
WORLD BANK.
AGIP, Milano
AQUATER, San Lorenzo in Campo
CEL, El Salvador
DEP, Atene
ELECTROCONSULT, Milano
ELSEVIER PUBL.CO., Amsterdam
ENEA, Roma
ENEL, Roma
ENTERPRISE OIL, Londra
GEOSYSTEM, Milano
IHRE, Panama
NUCLEAR ENTERPRISE, Londra
RIMIN, Follonica
SA.GIT UNILEVER, Caivano, Napoli
SNAM PROGETTI, Milano
STRETTO DI MESSINA, Roma
TEXACO, Houston
T.P.A.O., Ankara
UNOCAL, Santa Rosa, California

Main Research Projects since 1980 as coordinator:
Italian Reserch Unit of NASA MAGSAT Project (1980-83);
MURST National LEMI Project (Electromagnetic lithosèhere in Italy) (1993-97)
EU FP5 TomoVes Project (Seismic Tomography of Mt.Vesuvius) (1998-2000)
GNDT-INGV “TRAIANO” Project (Integrated Methodologies for the assessment of seismic risk at Benevento) (2000-2001)
EU FP6 PERFIRVES Project (2002-2003)
EU FP6 NaRAs Project (Natural Risk Assessment) (2004-2006)
Publications Author of more than 100 scientifica papers anda dozen of books.
Main Publications since 1995:
ZOLLO A:, GASPARINI P:, VIRIEUX J., le MEUR H., de NATALE G., BIELLA G., BOSCHI E., CAPUANO P., de FRANCO R., dell'AVERSANA P., de MATTEIS R., GUERRA I., IANNACCONE G., MIRABILE L., VILARDO G., 1996. Seismic evidence for a Low-velocity Zone in the Upper Crust beneath Mount Vesuvius. Science, 274: 592-594
GASPARINI P. and the TomoVes Working Group, 1998. Looking inside Mt. Vesuvius. EOS, 79: 229-232
AUGER E., GASPARINI P., VIRIEUX J., ZOLLO A., 2001. Seismic evidence of an extended magmatic sill under Mt. Vesuvius. Science, 294: 1510-1512
DE LORENZO S., GASPARINI P., MONGELLI F., ZOLLO A., 2001. Thermal state of the Campi Flegrei caldera inferred from seismic attenuation tomography. J.Geodynamics, 32: 467-486.
ZOLLO A., D’AURIA L., DE MATTEIS R., HERRERO A., VIRIEUX J., GASPARINI P., 2002. Bayesian estimation of 2-D velocity models from active seismic arrival time data: imaging of the shallow structure of Mt. Vesuvius (Southern Italy) Geophys. J.Int., 151: 566-582
CIVETTA L. , D'ANTONIO M. , DE LORENZO S., DI RENZO V., GASPARINI P., 2004. Thermal and geochemical constraints on the `deep' magmatic structure of Mt. Vesuvius. J.Volcanol.Getherm.Res.33:1-12.
MARZOCCHI W., SANDRI L., GASPARINI P., NEWHALL C., BOSCHI E., 2004. Quantifying probabilities of volcanic events: The example of volcanic hazard at Mount Vesuvius. J.Geophys.Res.,109:B11201.