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Institute

Administration

ANTONELLI GIUSEPPE - Segretario amministrativo
E-mail: giuseppe.antonelli AT cnr.it

CESTER VALENTINA
E-mail: valentina.cester AT cnr.it

CIALLI PAMELA
E-mail: pamela.cialli AT cnr.it

COSENZA ALESSANDRO
E-mail: alessandro.cosenza AT cnr.it

DI LEO GUGLIELMO
E-mail: guglielmo.dileo AT cnr.it

NOGAROTTO ALESSIO
E-mail: alessio.nogarotto AT cnr.it

SACCHETTO ALESSIO
E-mail: alessio.sacchetto AT cnr.it

ZANELLA JACOPO
E-mail: jacopo.zanella AT cnr.it

ZANOTTO EMANUELA
E-mail: emanuela.zanotto AT cnr.it

Where we are: the secondary office of the Institute of Polar Sciences of Bologna is located in the Research Area of Bologna. The ISP occupies a total area (offices and laboratories) of about 300 m², distributed between 2 buildings, that are partly shared with ISAC (Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science) and ISMAR (Institute of Marine Sciences) staff.

How to find us:
- by train: from Bologna Centrale train station you can take a taxi that will take you to your destination in 5 minutes, or you can take bus nr. 87 or nr. 37;
- by car: from the motorway take the Bologna Arcoveggio exit, from the ring road take exit no. 5, Lame District;
- by plane: from the Guglielmo Marconi airport you can take the Aerobus BLQ shuttle to the railway station, then a scheduled urban bus (as above), or you can take a taxi (cotabo.it, Phone:+39 051-372727 or taxibologna.it, Phone:+39 051-4590) which will take you to your destination in about 10 minutes.

Contact

ISP Secondary office of Bologna
Responsable
Dr Stefano Miserocchi
E-mail: responsabile_bo AT isp.cnr.it
c/o Area della Ricerca di Bologna
Via P. Gobetti, 101 - 40129 Bologna (BO)
Phone:+39 051 6398880
Fax: +39 051 6398939
MAP

Staff Secondary office of Bologna

Responsable - MISEROCCHI STEFANO - responsabile_bo AT isp.cnr.it
Phone:+39 051 6398880

Contact as: name.surname AT cnr.it

ADEMOLLO NICOLETTA    -    Researcher
ANTONELLI GIUSEPPE    -    Technician
CAVALIERE ALICE    -    Technologist
GIGLIO FEDERICO    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 051-6398904
GIORDANO PATRIZIA    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 051-6398902
LA MESA MARIO    -    Senior Researcher - Phone:+39 071-2078838
LANGONE LEONARDO    -    Head of Research - Phone:+39 051-6398870
LUPI ANGELO    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 051-6399588
MAZZOLA MAURO    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 051-6399592
MISEROCCHI STEFANO    -    Senior Researcher - Phone:+39 051-639880
MONTAGNA PAOLO    -    Research Director - Phone:+39 051-63988913
NOGAROTTO ALESSIO    -    Technician
PESCATORE TANITA    -    Bologna - Researcher
TESI TOMMASO    -    Senior researcher - Phone:+39 051-6398864
VERAZZO GIULIO    -    Technologist
VITALE VITO    -    Research Director - Phone:+39 051-6399595

Research activities

ISP - Sede di Bologna

The Bologna branch of the Institute of Polar Sciences deals with issues related to marine and atmospheric sciences, primarily related to the Global Change Strategic Area of the DSSTTA Department. The research activities have the general purpose of bringing together elements of knowledge on the polar system in its double role as a hot spot of climate change and as an essential engine of the planet's climate, capable of influencing atmospheric and oceanic dynamics even at medium and low latitudes.
The Bologna activities also provide contributions to the other strategic areas of the DSSTTA Department. The study areas include both the Arctic and Antarctica, and are aimed at studying the vertical column from the seabed to the stratosphere with a highly multidisciplinary approach.

Director

Institute of Polar Science (CNR-ISP)

GIULIANA PANIERI Director

Giuliana Panieri is the new Director of the Institute of Polar Sciences, and her main interests are the study of extreme marine environments and their connections with climate change in the Arctic and elsewhere. For the last 12 years, she has been a full professor of Geology at the Department of Geosciences of the Arctic University of Norway. She has worked at ISMAR CNR (Italy) and at international universities in the USA, Spain, Germany and France. She has served as President of the Biogeosciences Division and Secretary General of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), managing and coordinating numerous national and international projects. Giuliana has published numerous scientific works, has been a book editor, and has been invited several times as a keynote speaker at international conferences. She has led numerous expeditions in the Arctic Oceans. Lately, she has been keen on developing tools for Ocean Literacy and supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals, implementing specific tasks and deliverables within the framework of numerous national and international projects.
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9411-1729 Scopus - Author ID: 56135838100 Loop profile: 835890

E-mail: direttore.isp AT cnr.it
c/o Campus Scientifico - Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Via Torino, 155
30172 VENEZIA MESTRE (VE)

Previous directors:
• Mauro Sclavo - Interim Director (From 1st May 2024 until 31st January 2025)
• Carlo Barbante (From 1st May 2020 until 30th April 2024)
• Leonardo Langone - Interim Director (From 1st June 2019 until 30th April 2020)

Fellowships

There are no active fellowships

Headquarters (Venice)

Where we are: the Institute of Polar Sciences occupies the 2nd floor of the DELTA building in the new Scientific Campus of Ca’ Foscari University (address: via Torino, 155, Venezia-Mestre). The new Scientific Campus of Mestre is a modern building complex consisting of five new buildings, two existing buildings and a new university residence.

How to find us: GPS coordinates: Lat. 45, 477790 - Long. 12, 254480 - UTM 33N 285419-5039695 - MAP
- by train: Venezia-Mestre railway station, bus Nr. 31H, stop Torino-Università, or bus Nr. 43, stop Torino-Università. From Institute to railway station, bus Nr. 32H, or Nr. 43. Porto Marghera railway station, 10-15 min walk;
- by car: the Institute can be reached by car with the possibility of parking temporarily inside the campus. Coming from Padua, take exit Venezia, 8 min, 5.3 Km;
- by plane: the nearest airport is Venice Marco Polo Airport. From the airport, bus Nr. 15 (to railway station of Venezia-Mestre), then bus Nr. 31H, stop Torino-Università, or Nr. 43, stop Torino-Università.

Contact

ISP - Headquarters (Venice)
Director PANIERI GIULIANA
E-mail: direttore.isp AT cnr.it
c/o Scientific Campus - Ca' Foscari University Venice
Via Torino, 155
30172 Venezia Mestre (VE)
Phone:+39 041-2348659

Staff – headquarters

Director - PANIERI GIULIANA - direttore.isp AT cnr.it
Phone:+39 041-2348659

Contact as: name.surname AT cnr.it

ARGIRIADIS ELENA    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2348658
BARBARO ELENA    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2348504
BECHERINI FRANCESCA    -    Senior Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2346761
CAIRNS WARREN RAYMOND LEE    -    Senior Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2348992
CARNIEL SANDRO    -    Director of Research
CASULA MARCO    -    Technical assistant (in temporary assignment at another facility of the Institution)
CESTER VALENTINA    -    Technical assistant - Phone:+39 041-2348547
COLUCCI RENATO R.    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 040-3756876
CORAMI FABIANA    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2348658
COZZI GIULIO    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2348935
DALLO FEDERICO    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2348937
DE BIASIO FRANCESCO    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2348938
DE BLASI FABRIZIO    -    Researcher
GABRIELI JACOPO    -    Senior Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2348911
GREGORIS ELENA    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2348937
SARTORATO IVAN    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2348667
SCALABRIN ELISA    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2348938
SPOLAOR ANDREA    -    Senior Researcher
TURETTA CLARA    -    Senior Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2348947
VARDÈ MASSIMILIANO    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2348938
VECCHIATO MARCO    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2348504
VENIER CHIARA    -    Technologist
ZANGRANDO ROBERTA    -    Senior Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2348945
ZANOTTO EMANUELA    -    Technician - Phone: +39 041-2348902
ZUCCHETTA MATTEO    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 041-2348937

Research activity

ISP - Sede di Venezia-Mestre

The main research lines concern chemistry, geochemistry (elemental and isotopic analysis) and the physics of polar environments, with the aim of reconstructing and interpreting paleoclimatic events and understanding transport and accumulation processes of pollutants. This will allow an improved understanding of climatic changes as well as local and global contamination events, that are already occurring in the Arctic and Antarctic environments, as well as their possible future developments. Part of the activity of the Venice section is aimed at the development of high sensitivity analytical methods for the determination of inorganic and organic chemical tracers using mass spectrometric techniques, and for the quantification and identification of the polymers in microplastics.
The activities carried out by the researchers at the Venice are mainly within the strategic areas of Global Changes and Earth observations.

The research themes developed concern many chemical/geochemical as well as physical aspects using a multidisciplinary approach to safeguard these extreme vulnerable environments. The scientific activities take a holistic approach to polar environments by relating them to non-polar areas that may interact with them such as mountainous and other remote areas. In this context, attention is paid to the study of different environmental matrices: air, water (marine, lake, melt waters), snow, ice, sediments, soils, and permafrost, also through the combined use of data and models. The Venice unit also deals with remote sensing of polar marine environments with saPhonelite-based instruments and the application of saPhonelite observations for the monitoring and safeguarding of coastal environments that are heavily exposed to climate change. In addition, the main atmospheric physical parameters and processes are studied so we can deepen knowledge of the energy balance of the polar climate system.

History

The Institute of Polar Sciences (ISP) of the National Research Council was born on June 1st, 2019 with act n.81 on 31/05/2019 of President Inguscio. The idea of a Polar Institute has its roots in research activities, which have expanded over time, starting from the first years of Antarctic research in 1985. The construction of the Italian base in Antarctica (MZS station) before and the base in the Arctic (DI station) afterwards, has allowed the development of two generations of polar researchers who have made these remote environments their natural laboratory and their home away from home.

The National Research Program in Antarctica (PNRA)

Since its first expeditions in 1968, 1973 and 1978, the CNR has strongly supported the diplomatic action of the MAECI (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation) which led to the accession of Italy to the Antarctic Treaty. The CNR initially contributed to identifying the construction site of the Italian station Mario Zucchelli and is currently coordinating the different lines of scientific activity of the National Research Program in Antarctica (PNRA). The implementation of research in Antarctica is carried out by the national scientific community, of which 51% are university research groups, 23% CNR research groups, 9% from INGV, 5% from ENEA, 4 % from OGS and INAF and the remaining 4 % is carried out by other institutions. The scientific priorities identified within the framework of the National Research Program in Antarctica, are mostly multidisciplinary, and can be traced around the following topics: dynamics of the atmosphere and climate processes, dynamics of the polar ice cap, solid earth dynamics, polar ocean dynamics, Sun-Earth relationships and space-weather, the universe above Antarctica, evolution, adaptation and biodiversity, humankind in extreme environments, environmental contamination, paleoclimate, environmental issues and risks, as well as technology: innovation and experimentation. In many of these research areas, the CNR’s activity, thanks to its research network, is at an excellent level, although it is still fragmented into numerous institutes belonging to various departments.

Arctic research of the CNR

The Italian presence in the Arctic became permanent in the mid-nineties, thanks to the opening of the CNR station in the Svalbard Islands. In recent years, the interests of the Italian scientific community have been extended to other remote areas such as Greenland, areas of the Arctic Ocean, the Tibetan plateau and the Himalayas. In addition to the CNR, OGS, ENEA, INGV, INAF, ASI and some universities carry out research activities in these areas. In addition, Italy has strong economic interests in the Arctic with numerous industries that are active in this area, including ENI, Finmeccanica, Telespazio, E-geos, and Fincantieri. Since 1997 the has CNR carried out research in Ny-Ålesund in cooperation with national and international universities and other scientific institutions. The topics include climate, manmade pollution, instability of the ozone layer, the physical properties of aerosols and clouds in their role in radiation balances, ecology, genetics, physiology, biochemistry and the molecular and cellular biology of polar organisms, the optical properties of glacial surfaces, geochemistry, environment and permafrost, oceanography aimed at studying the transfer of energy and matter in relation to glacial coverage and, finally, historical and geographical studies that evaluate the Italian contribution to polar exploration and research. Recently there has been an intensification in the study of legal issues of specific to the Arctic with advice given to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs within the framework of the Arctic round table.
New logo - CNR Dirigibile Italia Contrary to the National Antarctic Research Programme, research in the Arctic has not received structured funding until very recently. However, within the CNR, the Department of Earth Sciences and Technologies for the Environment (DSSTTA) has always supported part of the logistical and research activities at the station Dirigibile Italia in the Svalbard Islands. Very recently (2018) an Arctic Research Program (PRA) was established, like that for Antarctica, although it is not yet permanent.

Within this frame of reference there is an urgent need to strengthen the position of Italy in the polar regions. This must be done by developing proposal capacities, and aggregating the management of Community funds directed towards polar research. Polar activities are based on the concept of maximum effectiveness of the financing, and should provide, with a limited investment, a strong opportunity to include Italian research in European projects, while involving universities and other research institutions.

POLARNET

On December 6th, 2006, the CNR, with the decision of the Director of the then Department of Earth and Environment, constituted the Polarnet Support Organizational Unit to respond to the increasingly pressing need to have a structure that promoted, coordinated and managed the polar activities of its researchers.
Polarnet was thus a first step towards the birth of a Polar Institute, establishing a coordinated system of CNR Research Institutes strongly involved in the polar sciences and presenting themselves as a focal point and a forum for national and international scientific cooperation on polar issues.
The Polarnet Support Organizational Unit had the task of annually updating the Research Program in Polar Areas, that is, all the Antarctic and Arctic projects that the CNR coordinates or participates in with its own research units. The Research Program in Polar Areas is a programming element for the Assembly of Directors which approves the management and coordination activities of the Polarnet Network, any assistance to the Antarctica Consortium and the related budgets that make up the Annual Programme of Activities.

INSTITUTE OF POLAR SCIENCES – ISP

The idea

Italian researchers involved in research in polar areas and other remote areas of the planet are involved in highly interdisciplinary research in life sciences, Earth and climate sciences, marine sciences, atmospheric and space sciences, in addition to technological innovation. But national research in polar areas has often been very fragmented and scarcely visible in an international context, because, although carried out within highly qualified research groups, they have so far only been individually recognizable and not associated with a national structure.
The natural consequence of this situation was the strengthening of the idea, to the point of necessity, of a Polar Institute that could act as a recognized interlocutor for the international scientific community in the field of polar research. The lack of a research institute in the polar regions in Italy was an anomaly in the European and international context. The new Institute of Polar Sciences remedies this anomaly and intends to restore Italy to its rightful status among the nations that play a decisive role in research in the polar and high-altitude areas.

One of the tasks of the Institute of Polar Sciences is to enhance the indisputable scientific relevance and capabilities of the CNR in the field of polar research and to establish a research platform to catalyze, promote and implement national research programs in polar regions, within a framework of international cooperation and coordination, with particular reference to the strategies implemented by the European Community.
Polar research, as well as being an irreplaceable driver of international scientific collaboration, is a valuable tool to support the continuous commitment of the international community towards research geared to mitigation and adaptation to climate change, the major challenge of our century. In addition, polar research also plays an important strategic role for the country, allowing Italy to previously join the Antarctic Treaty, and more recently to sit as a permanent observer on the Arctic Council.

The reasons

The structure and financing of Italian research at the poles, however, presented significant structural deficiencies that could only have been overcome with some changes in organization and governance, by taking inspiration from what is implemented in other countries, such as: Britain - British Antarctic Survey (BAS), France - Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor (IPEV), Denmark - Danish Polar Center (DPC), Germany - Alfred Wegener Institut (AWI), Norway - Norsk Polar Institutt (NPI), Russia - Arctic Antartic Research Institute (AARI), USA- NSF Polar Programme, Switzerland - Swiss Polar Institute (SPI).

The National Scientific Commission for Antarctica (CSNA) has repeatedly drawn the attention of political decision-makers towards a high-profile reform that established an Italian polar entity, that leads under a single strategic direction the research and logistics, of Antarctic and Arctic science. The long-term strategy should be implemented through a series of intermediate steps accompanied and followed by careful analysis and evaluation by MIUR. Within these intermediate steps lies the birth of the Institute of Polar Sciences of the CNR.

The general vision shared at a meeting held at the Accademia dei Lincei on June 10th, 2016 (attended by Massimo Inguscio, Gianluigi Benedetti, Vincenzo Di Felice, Enrico Brugnoli and Carlo Barbante) included a short/medium term project (2016-2025) with the establishment of an interdepartmental Institute created within the CNR, merging functions that were until then dispersed between different organisms. Further developments should subsequently be possible following a possible future revision of the legislation then in force. An important pillar of this was the establishment of funding for research in the Arctic and the so-called Third Pole with the creation of a National Polar Research Programme (PNRP).

The Birth

The creation of the Institute of Polar Sciences thus fills a gap in the national scientific system and corrects an anomaly at the international level. The Italian polar scientific community, in fact, has for years been carrying out research of a high international standard, although it has never had a body of scientific and cultural aggregation and promotion and technical administrative skills to provide a strategic vision of multi-annual research and to encourage and coordinate all activities.

The establishment of the Institute of Polar Sciences therefore makes it possible to implement the simplification of decision-making and operating procedures in order to encourage greater internationalization and the occupation of new cultural and scientific spaces, especially thanks to the possibility of having a long term programme that is compatible with that of the various countries that are interested in collaboration with Italy.

The Institute, established by measure n.81 on 31/05/2019 by President Inguscio, belongs to the Department of Earth System Sciences and Technologies for the Environment (DSSTTA) as of June 1st, 2019.

The mission of the Institute of Polar Sciences is to contribute to increasing the quality of scientific and technological research carried out by Italy in the polar regions.

At its establishment, June 1st, 2019 and until April 31st, 2020, ISP has had an acting director in the figure of Dr. Leonardo Langone. From May 1st, 2020 the first director of ISP was appointed following a public competition, and Prof. Carlo Barbante, took office.

Internal Advisory Board

Advisory Board

The Institute Advisory Board (Art. 13, Regolamento Organizzazione e Funzionamento CNR del 2019) consists of the Director, who presides over it, six elected representatives of the researchers and technologists of the Institute and one technical-administrative staff representative.

The ISP Advisory Board members are:

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	Giuliana Panieri M.Sclavo (until 2024/31/01) C.Barbante (until 2024/30/04)		Warren Raymond Lee Cairns (Representative of the Researchers and Technologists)		Pamela Cialli (Representative of the Technical-Administrative staff)		Fabiana Corami (Representative of the Researchers and Technologists)
	Francesco Filiciotto (Representative of the Researchers and Technologists)		Angelina Lo Giudice (Representative of the Researchers and Technologists)		Angelo Lupi (Representative of the Researchers and Technologists)		Francesca Spataro (Representative of the Researchers and Technologists)

Previous Advisory Board
December 21, 2019 - December 19, 2023
Director: Carlo Barbante
Representatives of the researchers and technologists: Maurizio Azzaro, Fabiana Corami, Federico Giglio, Elena Gregoris, Mauro Mazzola, Rosamaria Salvatori
Representative technical-administrative staff: Alessandro Cosenza

International organizations

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

The CNR is present in various international coordination and scientific planning organizations in the Arctic and Antarctica. These include the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), the European Polar Board (EPB), the Forum of Arctic Research Operators (FARO), the Ny-Ålesund Scientific Managers Committee (NySMAC) and the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON).

Furthermore, thanks to signed treaties or political agreements, the CNR actively supports the presence of our country, with its experts, in scientific organizations, committees and working groups. CNR researchers participate to the Working and Expert Groups of the Arctic Council (AC). With regards to Antarctica, the CNR takes an active part in the various permanent committees of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).

ISP is strongly committed to guaranteeing the participation of the CNR in the SIOS (Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System) initiative whose purpose is to integrate, optimize and coordinate resources and research in the Svalbard archipelago at an international level.

In this context, the Institute of Polar Sciences (ISP) supports the CNR’s representation on international bodies with the presence of:

Acronym	Organisation	Name	Role
AC-ACAP	Arctic Council - Arctic Contaminants Action Programme POPs and Mercury Working group	Warren Cairns	Component
AC-EGBCM	Arctic Council - Expert Group on Black Carbon and Methane	Stefania Gilardoni	Component
AC-AMAP	Arctic Council - Arctic Monitoring & Assessment Programme	Nicoletta Ademollo, Vito Vitale	Components
AC-AMAP	Arctic Council - Arctic Monitoring & Assessment Programme Mercury Working group and POPs Working group	Warren Cairns	Component
APECS	Association of Polar Early Career Scientists National Committees	Andrea Spolaor	Component
ARICE	Arctic Research Icebreaker Consortium	Leonardo Langone	CNR reprensentative
CAFF-PAME	Marine Invasive Alien Species in Arctic Waters	Maurizio Azzaro	National Delegate
EPB	European Polar Board	Vito Vitale	CNR reprensentative
FARO	Forum of Arctic Research Operators	Mauro Mazzola	National reprensentative
GEOTRACES	An International Study of the Marine Biogeochemical Cycles of Trace Elements and Isotopes	Paolo Montagna	National Delegate
IASC	International Arctic Science Committee	Carlo Barbante	National Delegate
IASC	International Arctic Science Committee Cryosphere Working Group	Andrea Spolaor	Component
IASC	International Arctic Science Committee Marine Working Group	Tommaso Tesi	Component
IPA	International Permafrost Association	Renato R. Colucci	National Delegate
NySMAC	Ny-Ålesund Science Managers Committee	Mauro Mazzola, Andrea Spolaor, ad interim	National representatives
SAON	Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks	Vito Vitale	Component
SAS	Synoptic Arctic Survey Scientific Steering Committee	Maurizio Azzaro	Component
SCAR-IMPACT	Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Input Pathways of Persistent Organic Pollutants to Antarctica	Nicoletta Ademollo	Component
SIOS-BoD	Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System Board of Director	Vito Vitale	Component
SIOS-RICC	Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System Research Infrastructure Coordination Committee	Mauro Mazzola, Stefania Gilardoni	Components
SIOS-SDMS	Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System SIOS Data Management System Working Group	Giulio Verazzo	Component
WOAIII	United Nations, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, World Ocean Assessment III	Maurizio Azzaro	Expert

Messina

Where we are
The building, in pure Art Nouveau style, is located on the Straits of Messina, in the shadow of the Montorsoli Lantern. Thanks to this position, it dominates the waters of the Straits and the Port. The building consists of a central body with three floors, which houses offices and studios, and two wings, with the laboratories. The ISP building in Messina is shared with the Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (CNR-IRBIM) and there is also a park of about 10,000 square meters, where there is the main auditorium in a building that was originally the Royal National Shooting range.

How to find us
- By train: if you come from the peninsula, get off at the Villa San Giovanni rail station, then board the BlueJet fast ship heading towards Messina Porto Storico. Otherwise if you come from a Sicilian town, get off at Messina Centrale rail station. Once you arrive in Messina, call our office to arrange transfer by car to the Institute.
- By plane: Catania Fontanarossa is the closest airport. From the airport, take the SAIS-Autolinee bus to Messina Central Station. Once you arrive in Messina, call our office to arrange the transfer by car to the Institute.
- By car: the institute can be reached by car and there is on-site temporary parking available. If you come from the peninsula, once you reach Villa San Giovanni you can board the Caronte ship (runs every 40 minutes) and then, once in Messina, continue by car to the Institute. If, on the other hand, you come from a Sicilian town, take the A18 Messina-Catania, exit at Messina Centro and continue towards the institute following the directions here.

Contact

ISP Secondary office of Messina
Responsable
Dr. Maurizio Azzaro
E-mail: responsabile_me AT cnr.it
Spianata S. Raineri 86 - 98122 Messina (ME)
Phone:+39 090 601 5415
Fax: +39 090 669 007
MAP

Staff Secondary office of Messina

Responsable - AZZARO MAURIZIO - responsabile_me AT cnr.it
Phone:+39 090 601 5415

Contact as: name.surname AT cnr.it

AZZARO FILIPPO    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 090-6015419
AZZARO MAURIZIO    -    Senior Researcher - Phone:+39 090-6015415
CARUSO GABRIELLA    -    Senior Researcher - Phone:+39 090-6015423
COSENZA ALESSANDRO    -    Technical assistant - Phone:+39 090-6015439
CRISAFI FRANCESCA    -    Researcher
DI LEO GUGLIELMO    -    Technician
DECEMBRINI FRANCO    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 090-6015413
FILICIOTTO FRANCESCO    -    Researcher - Phone:+39 090-6015420
IAKIMOV MIKHAIL    -    Research Director
LA CONO VIOLETTA    -    Researcher
LA SPADA GINA    -    Researcher
LO GIUDICE ANGELINA    -    Senior Researcher - Phone:+39 090-6015414
MAIMONE GIOVANNA    -    Technical assistant - Phone:+39 090-6015423
PALADINI DE MENDOZA FRANCESCO    -    Researcher
PANSERA MARCO    -    Researcher
PAPALE MARIA    -    Researcher
PORCINO NUNZIATINA    -    Researcher
RAPPAZZO ALESSANDRO CIRO    -    Technician
SCIACCA VIRGINIA    -    Researcher
SMEDILE FRANCESCO    -    Researcher

Activities

The CNR-ISP in Messina takes an ecosystemic and multidisciplinary approach to microbiology and microbial ecology in polar environments, to improve the current understanding of the role of microbial communities in extreme environments, and aspects related to the development / use of automated technologies for sampling and measurement.
The main Research Themes are:
Climate change and anthropogenic perturbations. Identification of microbial indicators of environmental quality in response to natural or anthropogenic forcing. Microbial resistance to heavy metals and antibiotics. Responses of marine organisms to environmental stress conditions.
Microbial colonization of biotic / abiotic matrices. Associations and interactions between microorganisms and higher organisms, the plastisphere, origin of life, exobiology, evolution and adaptations in extreme environments.
Metabolic capacity and biotechnological potential of cold-adapted microorganisms. Bioprospecting of molecules with biotechnological applications (pharmaceuticals, cosmetic, etc.). Microbial bioremediation of pollutants, including highly persistent ones.
Technological development and use of automatic sampling and / or measuring instruments. Automatic sampling systems, for difficult access sites. Robotic devices and drones for remote data manipulation / acquisition. Acoustic data acquisition systems for the detection of abiotic / biotic sounds, measurement of environmental noise pollution levels and its effects on biological systems.

Milano

Where we are
The secondary office of Institute of Polar Sciences of Milan is located at the CNR Area della Ricerca 3 Milano-Bicocca, Via Cozzi 53 - 20126 Milano. Map

How to find us
- by train: Greco-Pirelli Station
- by car: From the Turin-Venice highway (A4), take the "Milano - viale Zara" exit, head towards the center of Milan, then go to viale Sarca, the first street parallel to the one you are traveling on the left side. Continuing along Viale Sarca in the same direction of travel you will meet the University of Milano-Bicocca on your left, after about a kilometer.
- by plane: Linate Airport, take the bus n. 73 (direction S. Babila M1) and get off at Precotto. Then take the tram n.7 and get off at Greco Pirelli. Malpensa Airport: take the Malpensa Express train. From Cadorna station take the M1 line (direction: Sesto 1° Maggio). Then take the tram n. 7 and get off at Greco Pirelli. Orio al Serio airport: take the bus toward Stazione Centrale, then take the bus n. 87.

Contact

ISP Secondary office of Milano
Responsible
Director PANIERI GIULIANA
E-mail: direttore.isp AT cnr.it
CNR Area della Ricerca 3 Bicocca Milano
Via Cozzi, 53 - 20126 Milano

Activities

The secondary office of the Institute of Polar Sciences of Milan is involved in these research activities of the Earth System Science and Environmental Technologies Department (DSSTTA) :
- Global Change
- Earth Observation
The Milan office of the Institute of Polar Sciences carries out research activities mainly in the fields of remote sensing and the study of atmospheric composition in remote environments.
As part of the Earth Observation, the group combines remote sensing and modelling in order to determine the impact of organic and inorganic particles on the optical and thermal properties of snow and ice.
Regarding the study of the atmospheric composition, the group focuses on the chemical and physical characterization of the atmospheric aerosol, with particular attention to the carbonaceous components (black carbon and organic aerosol) and their potential impact on the climate, including the aerosol-cloud interaction and the aerosol-cryosphere interaction.

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Mission

The mission of the ISP is to contribute to increasing the quality of Italian scientific and technological research in the polar regions, and to provide knowledge on global changes in support of Italian and European environmental policies by the development of new technologies and survey methodologies.

The Institute aims to be a reference point for:

- CNR polar research; as ISP has extensive links to universities as well as national and international public and private bodies. ISP offers multidisciplinary skills and technologies that are essential to studying and protecting the environment;

- scientific personnel, able to make qualified contributions to the National Antarctic Research Programme (PNRA), the Arctic Research Programme (PRA) and European Commission projects through the development of research and monitoring activities;

- interdisciplinary polar cooperation and research, including the development of meetings, publications, research opportunities and complementary activities, and interacting with society;

- the standardisation of measurements and preparation methods to improve the quality of results, and the development of coordinated measures aimed at common research plans and/or general common objectives;

- the training of the next generation of polar scientists.

Fulfilling our mission will allow us to improve our understanding of the climatic changes taking place in the Arctic and Antarctic environments and possible future developments at both polar and global levels. Our studies address research issues related to both the chemical/geochemical and physical aspects of the poles using a multidisciplinary approach to protect these vulnerable extreme environments. The repercussions of climate change on these dynamics are still largely unknown and will require integrated research using long term multidisciplinary methods to understand them fully.

Open Administration

Open administration

The section Open Administration is organized according to Legislative Decree no. 33 of 14 March 2013 Reorganization of the discipline concerning the obligations for advertisement, transparency and diffusion of information by the public administration (GU Serie Generale n. 80, 05/04/2013), as amended by D.lgs. 25 May 2016 n. 97 (GU Serie Generale n. 132, 08/06/2016).

The manager of transparency and bribery prevention of Institute of Polar Sciences is Dr. Giulia Panieri, Director ISP-CNR (email direttore.isp AT cnr.it).
Provision of nomination (no.16 Date: 28/01/2025)

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BANDO N. 367.433 FA
Concorso pubblico per titoli ed esami per l'assunzione con contratto di lavoro a tempo pieno e indeterminato di 36 unità di personale profilo funzionario di amministrazione - Scadenza 7 agosto 2023
È indetto un concorso pubblico, per titoli ed esami, per l’assunzione con contratto di lavoro a tempo pieno e indeterminato di n. 36 unità di personale con profilo di Funzionario di Amministrazione V livello professionale, presso strutture del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche ubicate nei territori indicati nella tabella riportata al comma 2, per l’espletamento delle seguenti funzioni: supporto specialistico giuridico-amministrativo e contabile per la redazione di atti, provvedimenti amministrativi, bandi di selezione, bandi di gara e contratti, nonché per la gestione e rendicontazione dei progetti di ricerca nazionali, europei e internazionali; studio e consulenza in materia di personale e procedure ad evidenza pubblica.
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Scadenza: 7 agosto 2023 18:00:00
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Pubblica selezione per l'assunzione di 1 Tecnologo III livello TEMPO DETERMINATO Codice Bando BANDO N. 400.01 ISP PNRR
Selezione per titoli e colloquio ai sensi dell'art. 8 del Disciplinare concernente le assunzioni di personale con contratto di lavoro a tempo determinato, per l'assunzione, ai sensi dell'art. 83 del CCNL del Comparto Istruzione e Ricerca 2016-2018, sottoscritto in data 19 aprile 2018, di una unità di personale con profilo professionale di Tecnologo III livello, presso l'Istituto di Scienze Polari (CNR-ISP), Sede secondaria di Bologna (BO) per lo svolgimento di attività di ricerca scientifico-tecnologica riguardante lo Sviluppo procedure e funzionalità delle banche dati polari.
Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 7 del 27/01/2023
Scadenza: 27 Febbraio 2023
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Riapertura dei termini di scadenza - Prot. 75772 del 14/03/2023 - Pubb. GU n. 23 del 24/03/2023 SCADENZA 18 APRILE 2023
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Pubblica selezione per l'assunzione di 1 CTER liv. 6 (ART 83 CCNL ART 10 DISCIPL) TEMPO DETERMINATO Codice Bando ISP-400-005-2023-ME-PNRR-Prot 31568
Selezione pubblica, per titoli e colloquio, ai sensi dell'art.8 del Disciplinare concernente le assunzioni di personale con contratto di lavoro a tempo determinato per l'assunzione, con contratto di lavoro a tempo determinato, ai sensi dell'art. 83 del CCNL del Comparto Istruzione e Ricerca 2016-2018, sottoscritto in data 19 aprile 2018, di una unita' di personale con profilo professionale di collaboratore tecnico enti di ricerca (CTER), VI livello, presso l'Istituto di scienze polari, sede secondaria di Messina, nell'ambito del Progetto IR0000035 - EMBRC Unlocking the Potential for Health and Food from the seas (EMBRC-UP) (CUP C63C22000570001)
Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 9 del 03/02/2023
Scadenza: 6 Marzo 2023
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Pubblica selezione per l'assunzione di 1 Tecnologo liv. 3 (ART 83 CCNL ART 8 DISCIPL) TEMPO DETERMINATO Codice Bando ISP-390-066-2022-BO-Prot 26637
Selezione per titoli e colloquio ai sensi dell'art. 8 del Disciplinare concernente le assunzioni di personale con contratto di lavoro a tempo determinato, per l'assunzione, ai sensi dell'art. 83 del CCNL del Comparto Istruzione e Ricerca 2016-2018, sottoscritto in data 19 aprile 2018, di una unità di personale con profilo professionale di Tecnologo - III livello, presso l'Istituto di Scienze Polari – Sede secondaria di Bologna, per lo svolgimento della seguente attività di ricerca tecnologica: sviluppo delle funzionalità di un data center distribuito per le osservazioni raccolte nelle aree polari dai ricercatori italiani, nell'ambito del progetto DTA.AD001.290 PRA Programma di Ricerche in Artico (CUP B84I17000060001).
Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 8 del 31/01/2023
Scadenza: 2 Marzo 2023
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Pubblica selezione per l'assunzione di 1 Ricercatore liv. 3 (ART 83 CCNL ART 8 DISCIPL) TEMPO DETERMINATO - Codice Bando ISP-400-002-2022-BO-PNRR-Prot 23266
Selezione per titoli e colloquio ai sensi dell'art. 8 del Disciplinare concernente le assunzioni di personale con contratto di lavoro a tempo determinato, per l'assunzione, ai sensi dell'art. 83 del CCNL del Comparto Istruzione e Ricerca 2016-2018, sottoscritto in data 19 aprile 2018, di una unità di personale con profilo professionale di Ricercatore III livello, presso l'Istituto di Scienze Polari (CNR-ISP), Sede secondaria di Bologna (BO) per lo svolgimento di attività di ricerca scientifico-tecnologica riguardante la Messa a punto e validazione di metodologie speditive per l’analisi di parametri ecologici e chimici in ambito polare mirate al potenziamento del flusso di dati ambientali nei sistemi osservativi.
Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 7 del 27/01/2023
Scadenza: 27 Febbraio 2023
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Pubblica selezione per l'assunzione di 2 Tecnologo liv. 3 (ART 83 CCNL ART 8 DISCIPL) TEMPO DETERMINATO - Codice Bando ISP-400-003-2022-ME-PNRR-Prot 23267
Selezione per titoli e colloquio ai sensi dell'art. 8 del Disciplinare concernente le assunzioni di personale con contratto di lavoro a tempo determinato, per l'assunzione, ai sensi dell'art. 83 del CCNL del Comparto Istruzione e Ricerca 2016-2018, sottoscritto in data 19 aprile 2018, di due unità di personale con profilo professionale di Tecnologo III livello, presso l'Istituto di Scienze Polari (CNR-ISP), Sede secondaria di Messina (ME) per lo svolgimento di attività di ricerca scientifico-tecnologica riguardante l’implementazione di osservazioni fisiche, chimiche e biologiche in mare nell'ambito dello “Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System" (SIOS) in Artide mediante installazione di sensoristica e apparecchiature su boa oceanografica e ancoraggi strumentati.
Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 7 del 27/01/2023
Scadenza: 27 Febbraio 2023
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Pubblica selezione per l'assunzione di un Ricercatore liv. 3 (ART 83 CCNL ART 8 DISCIPL) TEMPO DETERMINATO - Codice Bando ISP-400-004-2022-RM-PNRR-Prot 23268
Selezione per titoli e colloquio ai sensi dell'art. 8 del Disciplinare concernente le assunzioni di personale con contratto di lavoro a tempo determinato, per l'assunzione, ai sensi dell'art. 83 del CCNL del Comparto Istruzione e Ricerca 2016-2018, sottoscritto in data 19 aprile 2018, di un Ricercatore III livello, presso l'Istituto di Scienze Polari (CNR-ISP), Sede secondaria di Sede Secondaria di Roma - Montelibretti per lo svolgimento di attività di ricerca scientifico-tecnologica riguardante la Sviluppo di protocolli di monitoraggio degli ecosistemi marini Italiani per mappare i microinquinanti organici prioritari ed emergenti nei mari Italiani e valutare i loro effetti sulla biodiversità.
Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 7 del 27/01/2023
Scadenza: 27 Febbraio 2023
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Pubblica selezione per l’assunzione a Tempo Indeterminato di centodieci unità di personale con profilo di Funzionario di Amministrazione V livello professionale, Codice Bando 367.222, prot. AMMCEN 0052244,
Data di apertura del bando: 01/09/2020
Scadenza: 1 Ottobre 2020
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Graduatoria - Prot. 48081 del 17/02/2023- Pubb. sito URP-CNR in data 17/02/2023
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Profilo: Collaboratore tecnico enti di ricerca VI livello
Struttura di riferimento: ISTITUTO DI SCIENZE POLARI (CNR-ISP)
Sede di Lavoro: BOLOGNA
Codice bando: 367.240 CTER ISP, Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 35 del 03/05/2022
Scadenza: 3 Giugno 2022 ore 18:00:00
N. posti: 1, Requisiti: ART. 2
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Padova

Where we are:The secondary office of Institute of Polar Sciences of Padova is located at the CNR Research Area of Padova, Corso Stati Uniti,4 - 35127 Padova. Map

How to find us:
- by train: from the Padova train station take bus n. 7;
- by car: from the A4 highway, exit at Padova Est and take the direction Piove di Sacco/Chioggia for a couple of kilometers. Take the exit n. 13 which brings to Corso Stati Uniti. After an U turn the CNR entrance is about 100 m after the underpass. From A13 highw, exit at Padova Zona Industriale and turn left in Corso Stati Uniti. The CNR entrance is at about 2 km on the left side (go up to the U turn);
- by plane: from the Venice or Treviso airport, take the train from Venezia-Mestre (or Treviso) to Padova and follow the indications given above for train.

Contact

ISP Secondary office of Padova
Secondary site without administrative duties
Director PANIERI GIULIANA
E-mail: direttore.isp AT cnr.it
CNR Area di Ricerca di Padova
Corso Stati Uniti, 4 - 35127 Padova

Activities

The secondary office of the Institute of Polar Sciences of Padova is mainly devoted to numeric modelling and remote sensing. These research activities belong to the Project Areas of the Earth System Science and Environmental Technologies Department - DSSTTA
- Global Change
- Earth Observation
- Natural Risks, Man made Impacts and Technologies for the Environment
In the modelling field, the main topics are the modelling of alpine glaciers for climatological purposes and of sea and ocean waves, to study their variations due to mid- term climate changes and the impact of changes in wave regimes on the vulnerability of coastlines. In the framework of Remote Sensing, the satellite active sensors (SAR, scatterometer) are used for the determination and study of wind fields over the ocean and the motion of the Artic sea ice. The latter activity is carried out within the framework of the MOSAiC project with SAR images from the CosmoSky-MED satellites provided by the Italian Space Agency ASI.
In the experimental field, the main topics are the role of hydrological extreme events in triggering instability phenomena such as landslides and the study environmental chemical pollution using mass spectrometry.

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