Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Andrea Baucon
Citation names
- Baucon, Andrea
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- D318-8DB8-2843
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-8207-4860
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- (+39) 3497129752 (Professional)
Websites
- http://www.tracemaker.com/ (Professional)
- https://www.instagram.com/the_tracemaker/ (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geology
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Palaeontology
- Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Italian (Mother tongue) | |||||
Portuguese | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) |
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Spanish; Castilian | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2014/02/12
Concluded
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Scienze della Terra (Earth Sciences) (Dottorato di Ricerca)
Universita degli Studi di Milano Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Ardito Desio, Italy
"Network theory in ichnology: from behavioural topology to the depositional environment" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2010/10/21
Concluded
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Geological Sciences (Laurea Specialistica)
Universita degli Studi di Milano Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Ardito Desio, Italy
"Geostatistics applied to neoichnology: study of the Grado Lagoon (Gorizia, Italy)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2006
Concluded
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Geological Sciences (Laurea)
Università degli Studi di Trieste Dipartimento d Matematica e Geoscienze, Italy
"Non-dinosaurian trace fossils at the Lavini di Marco (Rovereto)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2020/09/01 - 2021/08/31 | Principal Investigator (Research) | Università degli Studi di Genova Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Italy, Italy |
2019 - 2020 | Principal Investigator (Research) | Università degli Studi di Genova Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Italy |
2018 - 2019 | Principal Investigator (Research) | Università degli Studi di Genova Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Italy |
2007 - 2019 | Coordinating Researcher (Research) | UNESCO Global Geopark Naturtejo da Meseta Meridional , Portugal |
2015 - 2016 | Coordinating Researcher (Research) | Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy |
2013 - 2013 | Science and Technology Management | D'Appollonia Engineering, Italy |
2011 - 2013 | Researcher (Research) | Universita degli Studi di Milano Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Ardito Desio, Italy |
2006 - 2007 | Coordinating Researcher (Research) | UNESCO Global Geopark Naturtejo da Meseta Meridional , Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2018 - 2019 | Visiting Professor (University Teacher) | Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy |
Projects
Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2014/01/01 - Current | Quando Pramollo Stava all’Equatore (When Pramollo was at the Equator)
PSR fvg IV-413
Principal investigator
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2021/02/01 - 2021/08/01 | EVOLVE project (Evolution of fossil behaviour in the Ordovician RhEic Ocean)
MUNIDN001-2021-AB-EVOLVE_001
Principal investigator
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2019/11/25 - 2020/02/24 | Ricostruzione del paleoambiente della Pietra di Finale (Paleoenvironmental Reconstituton of the Pietra di Finale)
100022-2012-PM-DIP_06
Principal investigator
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University of Genova |
2019/04/01 - 2019/09/30 | Evolutionary paleoenvironments of Liguria (Curiosity Driven Project)
100022-2018-AB-CURIOSITY_001
Post-doc Fellow
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University of Genova |
Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2021/02/01 - 2022/02/01 | BIOQUARTZ-3D (characterization of BIOgenic-like inclusions in QUARTZ crystals using 3D imaging and segmentation techniques)
AB-CT_010-2020-BEEVIS
Principal investigator
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Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics |
2021/06/30 - 2021/12/31 | PALEOBIO project (Innovative technologies for exploring PALEOZOIC BIOdiversity)
MUNIDN002-2021-AB-PALEOBIO
Principal investigator
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Municipality of Idanha-a-Nova |
2019/10/01 - 2020/10/01 | BEEVIS (3D VISualization of subfossil BEE cocoons)
AB-CT-010-2020-BEEVIS
Principal investigator
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2013/01/01 - 2016/01/01 | ICHNOPIACENZA (establishing the first ICHNOlogical collection of the Natural History Museum of Piacenza)
0001-2013-ICHNO
Principal investigator
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2005/01/01 - 2007/01/01 | FOSSILART IBERIA project (Seilacher’s FOSSIL ART in Portugal: investigating and disseminating the fossil record of IBERIA)
MUNIDN002-2021-AB-FOSSILART_001
Researcher
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Municipality of Idanha-a-Nova |
Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Book chapter |
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Journal article |
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Activities
Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2020 - Current | Sedimentological and stratigraphic analysis of the Case Cné succession
Supervisor
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Earth Sciences |
Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2007 - Current | Organizer of the exhibit 'TERRAGAZE at the UNESCO National Meeting, Portugal' Position held: Co-organizer, Software developer, Computer Animator, Graphic Designer. Commissioned by: UNESCO Geopark Naturtejo under invitation of UNESCO Portugal. Where: Lisbon (Portugal). (2007) | |
2016 - 2016 | Coordinator and co-organizer of Ichnia 2016, the 4th International Congress on Ichnology (Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal). Ichnia
is acknowledged as the most important congress in the field of ichnology (2016 - 2016)
Congress (Co-organisor)
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UNESCO Global Geopark Naturtejo da Meseta Meridional , Portugal |
2015 - 2015 | Organizer of the palaeontological exhibit "Quando Pramollo stava all’Equatore" (When Pramollo was at the equator)
Position held: Co-organizer, Software developer, Computer Animator, Graphic Designer
Commissioned by: UE
Where: Pontebba (Italy) (2015)
Exhibition
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2013 - 2013 | Organizer of the exhibit "Geologia&Arte" (Geology&Art)
Position held: Co-organizer, Graphic Designer
Commissioned by: University of Trieste
Where: Trieste (Italy)
Remarks: I organized “Geologia&Arte” (Geology&Art) in collaboration with the staff of the University of Trieste. (2013 - 2013)
Exhibition
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Università degli Studi di Trieste Dipartimento d Matematica e Geoscienze, Italy |
2010 - 2010 | Designer of palaeoenvironmental reconstitutions for Dinoexpo, world’s largest travelling exhibition on dinosaurs. Commissioned by: UNESCO Geopark Naturtejo Where: Castelo Branco (Portugal) (2010 - 2010) | UNESCO Global Geopark Naturtejo da Meseta Meridional , Portugal |
2007 - 2008 | Organizer of the palaeontology exhibit 'Trilobites to Man' held at the Lesvos Natural History Museum. Position held: Co-organizer,
Software developer, Computer Animator, Graphic Designer. Activity Commissioned by: UNESCO Geopark Naturtejo / UNESCO Petrified
Forest Geopark / Lesvos Natural History Museum Where: Sigri (Lesvos Island, Greece) (2007)
Exhibition
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2007 - 2008 | Multmedia designer for 'Sam Gon’s Trilobites' at the Penha Garcia interpretative center, UNESCO Geopark Meseta Meridional, Portugal. Position held: Computer Animator. Commissioned by: UNESCO Geopark Naturtejo. Where: Penha Garcia (Portugal). (2007 - 2007) | |
2006 - 2006 | Co-organizer of the scientific exhibit 'Mongolia – 3500 km after Gengis Khan' Commissioned by: University of Trieste Where: Trieste (Italy) (2006 - 2006) |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2016 - 2016 | Chairman and member of the Scientific Committee at Ichnia 2016, the 4th International Ichnological Congress (Idanha- a-Nova, Portugal) | UNESCO Global Geopark Geopark Naturtejo da Meseta Meridional |
2013 - 2013 | 15th Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (Madrid, Spain) | International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (Madrid, Spain) |
2013 - 2013 | 8th European Geoparks Conference (Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal) | UNESCO Global Geopark Naturtejo da Meseta Meridional |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2019 - 2020 | Freelance palaeontologist; hired by the University of Genova (Italy) for the paleoenvironmental reconstitution of the Pietra di Finale (Miocene, NW Italy) | Università degli Studi di Genova Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Italy |
2007 - 2019 | Consultant for Interactive and Multimedia Exhibition Tools for UNESCO European and Global Geopark Naturtejo Meseta Meridional (Portugal) | UNESCO Global Geopark Naturtejo da Meseta Meridional , Portugal |
2011 - 2014 | PhD Fellow at the University of Milan (Italy); research project on computational ichnology (supervisor: Fabrizio Felletti) | |
2013 - 2013 | Ichnofabric consulting for D’Appollonia Engineering I worked as a consultant for D’Appollonia Engineering, estimating geohazard on the basis of marine ichnofabrics | |
2013 - 2013 | Consultant for Ichnofabric Analysis for D’Appollonia Engineering (Italy) | |
2006 - 2007 | Member of the Geology and Paleontology Office of the UNESCO European and Global Geopark Naturtejo Meseta Meridional (Portugal) – scientific research team | |
2006 - 2007 | Responsible for Interactive and Multimedia Exhibition Tools for UNESCO European and Global Geopark Naturtejo Meseta Meridional (Portugal) | UNESCO Global Geopark Naturtejo da Meseta Meridional , Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2016 - Current | Network theory in ichnology. Workshop of Ichnia 2016, 4th International Congress on Ichnology, Idanha-a-Nova (Portugal). 4 hours. Post-graduate/senior scientist level | (Postgraduate Certificate) | UNESCO Global Geopark Naturtejo da Meseta Meridional , Portugal |
2013 - Current | Ichnology: a journey into biological behaviour. 2 hour-workshop for Bachelor students. | Universita degli Studi di Milano Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Ardito Desio, Italy | |
2021/10/01 - 2022/03/01 | Palaeoecology: methods and applications | (Bachelor) | Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy |
2018 - 2020 | Palaeontology (28 hours). Bachelor-level course. Remarks: Lectures taught at the University of Genova in 2018 (18 hours), 2019 (4 hours), 2020 (4 hours), 2021 (2 hours). Topics: sponges, corals, brachiopods, molluscs, arthropods, echinoderms, ichnology. | Palaeontology (Laurea) | Università degli Studi di Genova Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Italy |
2018/03/05 - 2019/03/05 | Palaeontology (with elements of micropalaeontology). 60 hours, 7 CFU (university credits). Bachelor-level course. Course and exams taught at the University of Trieste, Italy, between the 05/03/2018 and the 05/03/2019. | Palaeontology (Laurea) | Università degli Studi di Trieste Dipartimento d Matematica e Geoscienze, Italy |
2019 - 2019 | Palaeontology Didactics. 4 hours+exams. Master level | Palaeontology Didactics. Module of the course of Earth Science Didactics | Università degli Studi di Genova Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Italy |
2016 - 2017 | Introduction to Ichnology. Workshop for Bachelor students | Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy | |
2014 - 2014 | From worm burrows to dinosaur footprints: An ichnological journey into biological behaviour. 4-hour workshop at the post-graduate/senior scientist level | Palaeontology (Postgraduate Certificate) | Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy |
2012 - 2012 | Traces-Behaviours: Introduction to Ichnology. Workshop for PhD students | Università degli Studi di Pavia Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell'Ambiente, Italy | |
2011 - 2012 | Ichnology: the neglected art of understanding traces. Workshop for Bachelor students. | Universita degli Studi di Milano Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Ardito Desio, Italy | |
2011 - 2011 | From 0 to -10,000 metres: an ichnologic travel through traces, environments and processes. Workshop for Bachelor students. | Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy |
Evaluation committee
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
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2018 - 2022 | Member of the evaluation commission of the academic course Palaeontology. University of Genova, 2018-2019; (commission: Andrea
Baucon, Antonino Briguglio)
Evaluator
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2018 - 2022 | Member of the evaluation commission of the academic course Micropaleontology. University of Genova, 2018-2019; (commission:
Andrea Baucon, Antonino Briguglio)
Evaluator
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Università degli Studi di Genova Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Italy | |
2018 - 2018 | Member of the evaluation commission of the academic course 'Palaeontology with elements of palaeontology'. University of Trieste,
2018; (commission: Andrea Baucon, Romana Melis).
Evaluator
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Università degli Studi di Trieste Dipartimento d Matematica e Geoscienze, Italy |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2017 | Press release for the article 'Marcadores de vida no espaço' (Markers of life in space). Remarks: National Geographic (Portuguese edition) discussed my astrobiological studies | National Geographic |
2017 | Interview for La Repubblica newspaper. Remarks: The website of one of Italy’s major newspapers deals with my astrobiological studies (original title: “a caccia di tracce fossili su altri pianeti per trovare la vita extraterrestre”) | La Repubblica |
2017 | Interview for the New Scientist Remarks: The New Scientist discussed my study about traces and astrobiology in an article titled "Alien hunters should track ET like an animal" | New Scientist |
2012 | Nature dealt with my discovers on Leonardo da Vinci in an article named 'Leonardo fossil sketch may depict early nests' | Nature |
2010 | Interview for the New Scientist (article title: Leonardo’s Time Travel). Remarks: The New Scientist dedicated a four-page article to my discovers on Leonardo da Vinci |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2008 - 2008 | Travel in the world of trilobites | Beira television (Portugal) realized a short documentary with Andrea Baucon (me), Carlos Neto de Carvalho and Adolf Seilacher. |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2017 - 2017 | BSPI (I have been editor of volume 56) ( 0375-7633) | Società Paleontologica Italiana |
2016 - 2016 | Ichnia 2016: abstract book. (9 78-989-97888-1 -7) | Naturtejo |
Distinctions
Award
2015 | Selected for participating to the Space Factor contest 2015, held by the European Astrobiology Network |
Title
2018 | National Scientific Qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale)
Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca, Italy
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Other distinction
2015 | Travel grant for the European Astrobiology Network Association meeting, 2015, Noordwijk (Netherlands)
European Astrobiology Network Association , Netherlands
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2015 | Selected for participating to the Space Factor contest 2015, held by the European Astrobiology Network
European Astrobiology Network Association , Netherlands
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2011 | Travel Grant for the 28th Meeting of Sedimentology, Zaragoza (Spain)
International Association of Sedimentologists, Belgium
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2010 | The academic journal Palaios dedicated the 25th anniversary issue to my new discovers on the history of palaeontology, discussed
in my article inside.
Palaios (academic journal), United States
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