48 Notable alumni of
University of Siena
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The University of Siena is 1063rd in the world, 366th in Europe, and 23rd in Italy by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 48 notable alumni from the University of Siena sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Gianna Nannini
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- guitaristcomposermusiciansinger-songwriterrecording artist
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Gianna Nannini is an Italian singer and songwriter. Her most notable songs include "America" (1979), "Fotoromanza" (1984), "I Maschi" (1987), "Meravigliosa creatura" and "Bello e impossibile" (1986), the latter a European hit, with success in Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland.
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Carlo Cottarelli
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- economist
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Carlo Cottarelli is an Italian economist and former director of the International Monetary Fund.
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Pius II
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- university teacherhistorianCatholic priestwritergeographer
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Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Bartolomeo Piccolomini (Latin: Aeneas Silvius Bartholomeus; 18 October 1405 – 14 August 1464), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 August 1458 to his death.
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Brunori Sas
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- record producersinger-songwriter
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Brunori Sas is an Italian singer born 28 September 1977 in Cosenza, Calabria. He reached number one on the FIMI albums chart in 2020 with his fifth album Cip!
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Julius III
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
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Pope Julius III, born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 February 1550 to his death, in March 1555.
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Alexander VII
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
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Pope Alexander VII, born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death, in May 1667.
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Marcellus II
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- Catholic priestpopelibrarian
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Pope Marcellus II, born Marcello Cervini degli Spannocchi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 10 April 1555 to his death, 22 days later.
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Bernardino of Siena
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- writerregular priesttheologianpreacherRoman Catholic cleric
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Bernardino of Siena, OFM,was an Italian Catholic priest and Franciscan missionary preacher in Italy. He was a systematizer of Scholastic economics.
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Carlo Rosselli
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- writerpoliticianresistance fighterphilosopherjournalist
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Carlo Alberto Rosselli was an Italian political leader, journalist, historian, philosopher and anti-fascist activist, first in Italy and then abroad. He developed a theory of reformist, non-Marxist socialism inspired by the British Labour movement that he described as "liberal socialism". Rosselli founded the anti-fascist militant movement Giustizia e Libertà. Rosselli personally took part in combat in the Spanish Civil War, where he served on the Republican side.
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Dino Giarrusso
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- screenwriterpoliticianactortelevision personality
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Dino Giarrusso is an Italian television personality and politician.
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Domenico Giani
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- police officer
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Domenico Giani is an Italian security expert who was the Inspector General of the Corpo della Gendarmeria, the police and security force of Vatican City.
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Giorgio Nardone
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- writerpsychologistpedagoguepsychotherapist
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Giorgio Nardone is the Director of the Post Graduate School of Brief Strategic Psychotherapy, located in Arezzo, Italy and of the School of Managerial Training in Communication and Strategic Problem Solving, located in Arezzo and also in Florence, Italy. He is the co-founder, along with Paul Watzlawick, of the Centro di Terapia Strategica where he conducts work as a psychotherapist, professor, and researcher. He has authored and co-authored close to 27 publications, including many of his books which have translated from Italian into English, Spanish, French, Russian, and Japanese.
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Giovanni Comisso
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- writerjournalist
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Giovanni Comisso was an important Italian writer of the twentieth century, appreciated by Eugenio Montale, Umberto Saba, Gianfranco Contini and many others.
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Francesco Bonifazi
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- politician
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Francesco Bonifazi is an Italian politician, senator elected with the Democratic Party in the 2018 general elections, before moving on to Matteo Renzi's Italia Viva in 2019.
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Randolfo Pacciardi
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- journalistpoliticianlawyer
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Randolfo Pacciardi was an Italian politician.
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Rino Rappuoli
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- cell biologistuniversity teachermicrobiologistimmunologist
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Rino Rappuoli is an Italian immunologist. He is the head of vaccine research and development (R&D) at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Vaccines. Previously, he has served as visiting scientist at Rockefeller University and Harvard Medical School and held roles at Sclavo, Vaccine Research and CSO, Chiron Corporation, and Novartis Vaccines.
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Pietro Rotari
- Enrolled in the University of Siena
- 2003-2007 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
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- painterprintmaker
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Pietro Antonio Rotari was a Venetian painter of the Baroque period. Born in Verona, he led a peripatetic career, and died in Saint Petersburg, where he had traveled to paint for the Russian court. His portraits, mostly of women, are renowned for being beautiful and realistic. Rotari's works were generally limited to royal portraits held by notables such as emperors and court ladies.
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Giorgio Antonucci
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- poetpsychoanalystphysicianessayist
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Giorgio Antonucci was an Italian physician, known for his questioning of the bases of psychiatry.
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Flavio Delbono
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- economistpolitician
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Flavio Delbono is an Italian politician and economist. He served as the mayor of Bologna from 25 June 2009 until 28 January 2010, when he was forced to resign as he was being investigated for crimes such as embezzlement, fraud and aggravated abuse of office following allegations made by his former lover.
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Frederick of Saxony
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- aristocrat
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Duke Frederick of Saxony, also known as Friedrich von Sachsen or Friedrich von Wettin, was the 36th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, serving from 1498–1510. He was the third (and youngest surviving) son of Albert III, Duke of Saxony, and Sidonie of Poděbrady, daughter of George of Podebrady.
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Agnolo Firenzuola
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- writerpoet
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Agnolo Firenzuola was an Italian poet and litterateur.
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Barbara Masini
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- politician
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Barbara Masini is an Italian politician who served as Senator from Tuscany in the mixed group as part of the More Europe–Action sub-group from 2018 to 2022.
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Paolo Mascagni
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- university teacheranatomist
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Paolo Mascagni was an Italian physician and anatomist. He is most well known for publishing the first complete description of the lymphatic system.
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Yusuf Garaad Omar
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- journalist
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Yusuf Garaad Omar is a Somali journalist, diplomat and politician. He previously served as Somalia ambassador to the United Nations and was a senior advisor to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. He was the Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs from March 2017 until he was fired by then Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire in January 2018.
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Flavio Chigi
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- librarianCatholic priest
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Flavio Chigi was an Italian Catholic Cardinal and Duke of Ariccia. He was Cardinal-Nephew to Pope Alexander VII and became a powerful political force inside the Roman Catholic Church during the latter half of the 17th century.
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Bruno Valentini
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- politician
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Bruno Valentini is an Italian politician.
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Tommaso Garzoni
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- writer
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Tommaso Garzoni,, was an Italian Renaissance writer.
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Andrzej Leszczyński
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- historianpreacherCatholic priesttheologianCatholic bishop
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Andrzej Leszczyński, of Wieniawa coat of arms, was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth noble and priest.
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Niccolò Fortiguerra
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- Catholic priest
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Niccolò Fortiguerra was an Italian papal legate, military commander, and Cardinal.
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Alice Barbe
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- social entrepreneur
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Alice Barbe is a French social entrepreneur, currently President of the Academy for Future Leaders in France. She is known in particular for her social and feminist commitments, in favor of refugees and against cyber-harassment. Her work has been recognised by the Obama Foundation, where she participated in the very first cohort of Obama Scholars at Columbia University in 2018–2019; Ashoka Foundation and Aga Khan Foundation.
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Francesco Falconi
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- writer
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Francesco Falconi is an Italian fantasy writer.
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Girolamo Gigli
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- librettistdramaturgepoet
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Girolamo Gigli was an Italian writer, playwright, and scholar.
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Christopher von Dohna
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- politiciantranslatorwriter
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Burgrave Christopher von Dohna was a German politician and scholar during the time of the Thirty Years' War. He came from the Prussian family of the Burgraves of Dohna.
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Nils Turesson Bielke
- Enrolled in the University of Siena
- Studied in 1591
- Occupations
- diplomatjudgecivil servant
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Nils Turesson Bielke was a Swedish statesman, member of the privy council, son of Ture Pedersson Bielke.
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Mauritius Ferber
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- diplomatCatholic priestCatholic bishop
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Mauritius Ferber was a member of the patrician Ferber family. As Roman Catholic Prince-Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), he prevented most towns in his diocese from converting to Protestantism while the surrounding hitherto Catholic State of the Teutonic Order was transformed into the Duchy of Prussia and became the first state to adopt Lutheranism.
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Cecilia D'Elia
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- politician
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Cecilia D'Elia Riviello is an Italian politician who has sat in the Chamber of Deputies since winning the 2022 Rome Trionfale by-election, which was triggered when Roberto Gualtieri resigned after being elected Mayor of Rome.
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Enrico Luigi Micheli
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- politicianphotographerwriter
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Enrico Luigi Micheli was an Italian politician and writer.
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Alessandro Antichi
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- politician
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Alessandro Antichi is an Italian politician and lawyer.
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Matthias of Trakai
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
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Matthias of Trakai or of Vilnius was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic clergyman, the first Bishop of Samogitia from its establishment in 1417 until 1422 and the fifth Bishop of Vilnius from 4 May 1422 until 9 May 1453 and an ex officio member of the Council of Lords.
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Leonhard von Eck
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- politicianjuristcivil servant
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Leonhard von Eck was a Bavarian nobleman who served as chancellor of Bavaria for thirty years. He was Chancellor to William IV, Duke of Bavaria, and a powerful opponent of the Reformation.
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Nicolaus Henel von Hennenfeld
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- writerhistorian
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Nicholas Henel was a Silesian historian, receiver, biographer and a chronicler. He's considered to be the most outstanding representative of Renaissance's historiography of Silesia.
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Jan Chojeński
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- statespersonCatholic priestCatholic bishop
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John Chojeński was a sixteenth-century Polish bureaucrat and church leader. and beatified person.
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Andrea Bellini
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- 1971-.. (age 53)
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Andrea Bellini is an Italian and Swiss curator and contemporary art critic based in Geneva, Switzerland. Since 2012, he is director of the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, and artistic director of the Biennial of Moving Images (Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement).
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Desara Muriqi
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- rally driver
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Desara Muriqi is an Albanian rally driver born in Shkodër. She moved to Sansepolcro, Italy in 2002, and in 2011 she took a degree in Foreign languages and literatures at the University of Siena.
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Maurizio Cenni
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- politician
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Maurizio Cenni is an Italian politician.
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Fabio Mignanelli
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- university teacherpriest
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Fabio Mignanelli was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
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Georg Anton von Rodenstein
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- 1579-1652 (aged 73)
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
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Georg Anton von Rodenstein was the Prince-Bishop of Worms from 1629 to 1652.
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Laura Crispini
- Enrolled in the University of Siena
- Studied in 1996-1998
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- geologist
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Laura Crispini is an Italian geologist and an Antarctic researcher. Her areas of expertise are for the Tectonics, Geodynamics and Geological Mapping including the Geology of Antarctica. She has been nominated among 150 International representative of female Antarctic researchers for the SCAR "Celebration of Women in Antarctic Research" wikibomb event. At present she is Professor at the University of Genoa at the Department for Earth Sciences, Envinronment and life (DISTAV).
