CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATIONS

Name: Dr. Fulvio Franchi, PhD

Date of birth: 03/07/85, Brescia, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Private address: Via dei Bibiena 19, 40126, Bologna, Italy
Office address: CNR-ISMA U.O.S. Bologna, Via Gobetti 101, 40129, Bologna
Office phone number: +39 051 6398936
Private phone number: +39 3381355392
E-mail: fulvio.franchi@bo.ismar.cnr.it

EDUCATION

From January 2010 until December 2012: PhD school in Earth Sciences at Università degli Studi
di Bologna, BiGeA Department. Project financially supported by the MIUR-PRIN program
“Comparative geomicrobiology of the mounds in the Moroccan Sahara: implications for Mars
astrobiology”. Supervisor: Prof. Roberto Barbieri.

November 2009: qualified to the profession of Geologist (STATE EXAMINATION 159/200).

From October 2007 until October 2009: Master degree in Applied Geoscience at Università degli
Studi di Bologna, final thesis: “Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy and facies analysis of the Tataouine
basin (Tunisia): discussion about the associated bone beds”; vote 110/110 with lode.

From October 2004 until July 2007: Bachelor’s degree in Geological Science at Università degli
Studi di Bologna, final thesis: “ Heavy metals distribution in the Adriatic sea sector influenced by
sediment input from Neretva River (Croatia)”; vote 110/110 with lode.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Since my MS I have been involved in CARBONATE SEDIMENTOLOGY and I performed

different geochemical analyses. My ongoing research includes origin and development of the
Devonian carbonate conical mounds (Morocco) informally called Kess Kess with particular
emphasis for the role of hydrothermal circulation. I performed geochemical analyses such as
Raman spectroscopy, SEM-EDX, ICP-MS and studied the stable isotope compositions of the
Devonian CARBONATES. At ISMAR-CNR I am involved in the geochemical and petrographic
study of hydrothermal and HYDROCARBON RELATED CARBONATES in the Apennine.
Currently I am preparing a paper about REE in Devonian conical mounds: “Rare Earth Elements
pattern in ancient mound limestones: beyond the classical view of the Kess Kess carbonate mounds
(Anti-Atlas, Morocco)”.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

July 2013: LOCAL ORGANIZER of the workshop and field seminar “Carbonate conduits linked
to hydrocarbon-enriched fluid escape”, Bologna, June 28th– July 1st 2013.
From November 2012 until now: research fellow at CNR-ISMARN U.O.S. Bologna:
“GEOCHEMICAL AND PETROGRAPHIC STUDY OF CARBONATE CONDUITS LINKED
TO HYDROCARBON-ENRICHED FLUID ESCAPE”.

From 2011 until now: collaboration in the field work, geotechnical analysis and data elaborations
for geo-engineering purposes (GEOLOGICAL REPORTS).

February 2012: laboratory class for undergraduate students of Natural Sciences (15 hours):
microscopy techniques applied to palaeontology.

From November 2011 until March 2012: Visiting period at Department of Geology at University
of Johannesburg in collaboration with Dr. B. Cavalazzi. MicroProbe, SEM/EDS and XRF analysis,
ICP-MS analysis for REE detection (GEOCHEMISTRY).

June 2011: Collaboration period with Dr. Angelo Pio Rossi at the Jacobs University of Bremen
with the purpose of study the hydrothermal cone shaped mound in the Crommelin crater and the
Firsoff crater region (GIS).

November 2010: Collaboration with Prof. Catherine Pierre at the LOCEAN laboratory Pierre et
Marie Curie University, Paris. Analytical study of the 13C and 18O isotopic composition
(ISOTOPES ANALYSES).

May 2010 and Fabruary 2011: Geological survey of the Hamar Laghdad ridge (Eastern Anti-
Atlas of Morocco) within the PhD project financially supported by the MIUR-PRIN program
“Comparative geomicrobiology of the mounds in the Moroccan Sahara: implications for Mars
astrobiology”. (GEOLOGICAL SURVEY)

February 2009: Geological and paleontological survey of the Cretaceous Tataouine basin for the
master degree project. (GEOLOGICAL SURVEY)

From July 2004 until August 2004: Paleontology campaign in Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial
Perck, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, under the supervision of Prof. Philip J. Currie.
(GEOLOGICAL SURVEY)

INFORMATIC COMPETENCES

Very good knowledge of Windows and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power point, Access),
Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Outlook Express, Suite Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator and
Acrobat reader), Suite ArcGis (ArcView, ArcMap, ArcSene, ArcCatalog), QGis.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Unmarried, with many experiences in Europe and outside the European community. I developed
organizing skills during the University years in a student association collaborating with foreign
associations (France, Spain, Belgium and Germany) and Italian istitutions.

LIST OF PUBBLICATIONS

Journal paper
Franchi, F., Rossi, A.P., Pondrelli, M., Cavalazzi, B. 2013. Geometry, stratigraphy and evidences
for fluid expulsion within Crommelin crater deposits, Arabia Terra, Mars. Planetary Space Science.
SUBMITTED

Franchi, F., Cavalazzi, B., Pierre, C., Barbieri, R., 2013. New evidences of hydrothermal fluids
circulation at the Devonian Kess Kess mounds, Hamar Laghdad (eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco).
Geological Journal. SUBMITTED

Franchi, F., Schemm-Gregory, M. and Klug, C., 2011. A new species of Ivdelinia Andronov, 1961
from the Moroccan Givetian and its palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical implications.
Bullettin of Geosciences, vol. 87 (1), pp. 1–11.

Fanti, F., Contessi, M., Franchi, F., 2012. The “Continental Intercalaire” of southern Tunisia:
stratigraphy, paleontology, and paleoecology. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 73-74C, pp. 1-23.

Refereed Conference proceedings

Oral communications:

Franchi, F., Cavalazzi, B., Barbieri, R., Hofmann, A. Rare Earth Element patterns in ancient
mound limestone: beyond the classical view of the Kess Kess carbonate mounds (Anti-Atlas,
Morocco). COCARDE Workshop and Field Seminar, 23-27 September 2013, Sicily, Italy.

Franchi, F., Rossi, A.P., Pondrelli, M., Cavalazzi, B. Geometry, stratigraphy and evidences for
fluid expulsion within Crommelin crater deposits, Arabia Terra, Mars. GeoItalia 2013, 16-18
September 2013, Pisa, Italy. [36 – 2]

Taviani M., Angeletti L., Blumenberg M., Franchi F., Montagna P., Reitner J., Walliser E.O..
Hydrocarbonderived carbonate chimneys in the southern Adriatic. GeoItalia 2013, 16-18 September
2013, Pisa, Italy. [8-8]

Pondrelli, M., Rossi, A.P., Le Deit, L., Glamoclija, M., Cavalazzi, B., Fueten, F., van Gasselt, S.,
Hauber, E., Franchi, F. Equatorial Layered Deposits in Arabia Terra, Mars: stratigraphy and
process variability. STRATI, 1-7 July 2013, Lisboa, Portugal.

Sgavetti, M., Tampella, G., Serventi, G., Franchi,. F., and Baioni, D. Spectral characteristics of the
Hamar Laghdad area: an analogue for identification of Mars methanogenic features. 3rd Conference
on Terrestrial Mars Analogues, 25-27 October 2012, Marrakech, Morocco.

Pondrelli, M., Rossi, A.P., van Gasselt, S., Le Deit, L., Glamoclija, M., Cavalazzi, B., Fueten, F.,
Franchi, F., Haubert, E. and Zegers, T. Equatorial Layered Deposits in the Firsoff crater:
geological characterization and possible Earth analogues. 3rd Conference on Terrestrial Mars
Analogues, 25-27 October 2012, Marrakech, Morocco.

Franchi, F., Rossi, A.P., Pondrelli, M., Cavalazzi, B., Barbieri, R. Ancient fluid escape and related
features in the equatorial Arabia Terra (Mars). 12th European Workshop on Astrobiology (EANA),
15-17 October 2012, Stockholm, Sweden. [02.4]

Franchi, F., Rossi, A.P., Pondrelli, M., Cavalazzi, B., Barbieri, R. Ancient fluid escape and related
features in the equatorial Arabia Terra (Mars). European Planetary Science Congress, 23-28
September 2012, Madrid, Spain. [EPSC2012-132]

Franchi, F., Cavalazzi, B., Barbieri, R., Ori, G. G. Overview of the geology of the Devonian Kess-
Kess mounds of the Anti-Atlas, Morocco. COCARDE meeting, October 2011, Rabat, Morocco.

Franchi, F., Pierre, C., Schemm-Gregory, M., Cavalazzi, B. and Barbieri, R. Methane-related Ca-
carbonates and other evidences of seepage in the Kess Kess conical mounds (Eastern Anti-Atlas,
Morocco). 28th IAS meeting, July 2011, Zaragoza, Spain.

Poster communications:

Pondrelli M., Rossi A.P., Le Deit L., van Gasselt S., Fueten F., Glamoclija M., Cavalazzi B.,
Hauber E., Franchi F.. Equatorial Layered Deposits in the Firsoff crater area: process variability
and habitability potential. GeoItalia 2013, 16-18 September 2013, Pisa, Italy. [37-18]

Dinelli E., Liverani B., Oppo D., Franchi F., Capozzi R. Petrography, mineralogy and
geochemistry of the carbonate chimneys from Enza river. GeoItalia 2013, 16-18 September 2013,
Pisa, Italy. [8-15]

Cavalazzi B., Barbieri R., Cady S.L., McLachlan I.R., Beukes N.J., Gasparotto G., Di Carlo I.,
Pondrelli M., Rossi A.P., Franchi F. Astrobiological potential of glendonite growth after Ikaite: a
Carboniferous glaciomarine example. GeoItalia 2013, 16-18 September 2013, Pisa, Italy. [37-14]

Franchi, F., Cavalazzi, B., Rossi, A. P., Pondrelli, M., Barbieri, R. Kess Kess Hydrothermal
Mounds in Morocco: A Unique Analog for Exploring Possible Fossil or Extant Life on Mars. 43rd
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 2012, The Woodlands, Texas. [2245].

Franchi, F., Cavalazzi, B., Rossi, A. P., Pondrelli, M., Barbieri, R. Ancient Fluid Escape and
Conical Mound Fields in Firsoff Crater, Arabia Terra (Mars). 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science
Conferente, March 2012, The Woodlands, Texas. [1062]

Franchi, F., 2011. Diagenesis of the Devonian conical mounds of the eastern Anti-Atlas
(Morocco). 28th IAS meeting, July 2011, Zaragoza, Spain.

Franchi, F., Barbieri, R., Cavalazzi, B. Evidences of hydrothermal activity in the Kess Kess
carbonate mounds, Morocco. 23rd CAG meeting 2011, Johannesburg.

Franchi, F. (Ed. Fanti, F., Spalletta, C.) Stratigraphic revision of the Cretaceous 'Continental
Intercalaire', Tataouine region, Southern Tunisia: palaeogeographic implications. International
Conference on Vertebrate Paleobiogeography 2009, Bologna.

Giglio, F., Romano, S., Ravaioli, M., Franchi, F. Heavy metals distribution in the Adriatic sea
sector influenced by sediment input from Neretva River. Geoitalia 2007, Rimini.

Invited Seminar

Long-wavelength groundwater discharge in Arabia Terra (MARS). "Laboratoire de Météorologie

Dynamique", Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, October 2012.

The Devonian Kess-Kess mounds of the Anti-atlas, morocco: are they suitable analogues of martian
morphologies? Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Parma, May 2012.
The Devonian Kess-Kess mounds of the Anti-atlas, morocco: are they suitable analogues of martian
morphologies? University of Johannesburg, Department of Geology, February 2012.

Fulvio Franchi