Scientific Staff


Riccardo BARBANTI  
Riccardo Barbanti holds a degree in Marine Environmental Science from the University of Genoa (2002). He is at the OGS since April 2003 where he is currently a Research Fellow ("borsista")
Main field of interest: Ocean circulation. Lagrangian oceanography  
Elena MAURI  
Elena Mauri holds a B.S. in Biological Science (Laurea) from the University of Trieste (1992) and a M.S. in Marine Science from Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (San Jose State University, 2000). She is at OGS since October 2000 where she is currently a Scientist.
Main field of interest: Bio-optics and Satellite Oceanography.  
Giulio NOTARSTEFANO  
Giulio Notarstefano holds a B.S. (Laurea) in Geological Science (2000) and a Master in Cartography and Geographic Information System (2003) from the University of Trieste. He is at OGS since 2002 where he is currently a Research Fellow ("borsista").
Main field of interest: Satellite Oceanography  
Pierre-Marie POULAIN  
Pierre-Marie Poulain holds a B.S. in Physics and a M. S. in Oceanology from the University of Liege (1982 and 1984). He obtained a Ph.D. in Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California - San Diego) in 1989. Pierre-Marie Poulain is at OGS since October 2000 where he is currently a Senior Scientist and the coordinator of the SIRE Group.
Main field of interest: Ocean circulation. Lagrangian oceanography and remote sensing.  
Marino RUSSI  
Marino Russi holds an Italian "Laurea" in Physics from the University of Trieste. He is at the OGS since December 1976 where he is currently a senior scientist. Since 1992, he is responsible for the Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide Research Project "Broad-band Seismology in the Scotia Sea region (Antarctica)".
Main field of interest: Observational Seismology. Regional Seismological networks in extreme environments.  
Laura URSELLA  
Laura Ursella holds a B.S. in Physics (Laurea) from the University of Trieste (1994). She is at OGS since 1995 where she is currently a Scientist.
Main field of interest: Ocean circulation measured by Eulerian (ADCP) and Lagrangian (drifters and floats) techniques.