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Elena Ghezzo
Italian phone number: +39 333 43 65 026
US phone number: +1 541-514-9818
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Research interests:

• Mammal anatomy, ecology, distribution and evolution
• Faunal changes during the Quaternary
• Oligocene fauna of Italy
• Fossil conservation and exposition

Short presentation:

I’m an active, curious, and dynamic palaeontologist.
I always want to improve my knowledge, mixing several research branches with my know-how, in order to achieve the goals.
I give the best of myself in critical contexts and intense field activities, with a strong attention to preventive planning and efficiency on logistics.
I’m specialized on conservative restoration of fossils and skeletal anatomy of progressive and extinct mammals. I’m an advanced computer user in 2D and 3D rendering, GIS analysis and mapping, collection management, and statistics.
This year, I’m working on a Villafranchian fauna and on an exposition in a local museum. At the same time, I’m writing the results of my PhD about mapping palaeontological data and Big Cats ontogenesis.

Papers

• Okeefe F.R., Dunn R.E., Weitzel E.M., Waters M.R., Martinez L.N., Binder W.J., Southon J.R., Cohen J.E., Meachen J.A., DeSantis L.R.G., Kirby M.E., Ghezzo E., Coltrain J.B., Fuller B.T., Farrell A.B., Takeuchi A.T., MacDonald G., Davis E.B., Lindsey E.L. (2023). Pre–Younger Dryas megafaunal extirpation at Rancho La Brea linked to fire-driven state shift. Science 381: eabo3594 science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo3594
• Ghezz E., Massironi, Davis, E. E. (2022). Multispectral satellite imaging improves detection of large individual fossils. Geological Magazine, 1-10. doi:10.1017/S001675682200108X
• Ghezzo E., Reggiani P. (2019). Conservation of Anthracotherium magnum fossils from Chiuppano, Italy. Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies 17(1): 1-8 doi: http://doi.org/10.5334/jcms.187
• Ghezzo E. (2018). Evolution and presence of genus Panthera in the Pleistocene of Europe. In:  Huard and Gareau eds. The Pleistocene: geography, geology, and fauna. NOVA publisher
• Rossi M.A., Agostini S., Palombo M.R., Angelini I., Caramiello S., Casarin F., Ghezzo E., Marano F., Molin G., Reggiani P., Sangati C., Santello L., Socrate G., Vinciguerra E. (2017). Mammuthus meridionalis from Madonna della Strada (Scoppito, L’Aquila): diagnostics and restoration. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 56(3): 359-373. https://dx.doi.org/10.4435/BSPI.2017.31
• Codato D., Malacarne D., Ghezzo E., Pappalardo S.E., Diantini A., Artico C., Gianoli F., DeMarchi M. (2017). Mapping from below: mappatura partecipata della rete ciclabile e delle sue criticità nella città di Padova. XXI Conferenza Nazionale ASITA, 21-23 novembre 2017, Salerno
• Bergamo A., Ghezzo E., Fornasiero M.G., Gatto R. (2017). L’ospite americano: ricostruzione storica dell’esemplare di Smilodon fatalis (Leidy, 1868) conservato presso il Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia dell’Università di Padova. Museologia Scientifica, Nuova Serie, 11: 77-86
• Ghezzo E., Giusberti L. (2016). New insights on Anthracotherium monsvialense De Zigno, 1888 (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) from the lower Oligocene of Monteviale (Vicenza, northeastern Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 122(3): 119-140
• Pandolfi L., Carnevale G., Costeur L., Del Favero L., Fornasiero M., Ghezzo E., Maiorino L., Mietto P., Piras P., Rook L., Sansalone G., Tassos Kotsakis T. (2017). Reassessing the Eocene-Oligocene Transition vertebrate assemblage of Monteviale (Vicenza, Italy). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(2): 83-127 https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2016.1147170
• Reggiani P., Ghezzo E., Possenti E. (2016). Dog remains from the Early Middle Age site of Via Malanotti, Vittorio Veneto (Treviso, Italy). Museologia Scientifica e Naturalistica 12(1): in press
• Ghezzo E., Rook L., 2015. The remarkable Panthera pardus (Felidae, Mammalia) record from Equi (Massa, Italy): taphonomy, morphology, and paleoecology. Quaternary Science Reviews 110: 131-151
• Ghezzo E., Boscaini A., Madurell-Malapeira J., Rook L. (2015). Lynx remains from the Pleistocene of Valdemino cave (Savona, Northwestern Italy), and the oldest occurrence of Lynx spelaeus (Carnivora, Felidae). Rendiconti Lincei 26(2): 87-95 . https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2016.1147170
• Reggiani P., Ghezzo E. (2015). Dal sequestro al completo recupero: il restauro della lince della “Grotta del Gattopardo”(Savona). Museologia Scientifica, nuova serie 9: 62-68
• Sami M., Ghezzo E., (2015). Mammiferi del Pleistocene superiore nelle grotte dei gessi di Brisighella e Rontana. In: Lucci P. e Piastra S.: I gessi di Brisighella e Rontana. Memorie dell’Istituto Italiano di Speleologia, serie II vol XXVIII: pp. 101-112
• Ghezzo E., Rook L. (2014) Cuon alpinus (Pallas, 1811) (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Equi (Late Pleistocene, Massa-Carrara, Italy): anatomical analysis and palaeoethological contextualisation. Rendiconti Lincei 25: 491-504
• Ghezzo E., Palchetti A., Rook L. (2014). Recovering data from historical collections: stratigraphic and spatial reconstruction of the outstanding carnivoran record from the Late Pleistocene Equi cave (Apuane Alps, Italy). Quaternary Science Reviews (Turner Memory) 96: 168-179
• Rossetti S., Ghezzo E. (2014). Segnalazione di una vertebra di orso nell’Abisso Col de la Rizza (Provincia di Pordenone). Quaderni del Museo di Storia Naturale di Ferrara 2: 11-16
• Ghezzo E., Bertè D.F., Sala B. (2014). The revaluation of Galerian Canidae, Felidae and Mustelidae of the Cerè Cave (Verona, Northeastern Italy). Quaternary International 339-340: 76-89.

Conservative and Palaeontological works:

• Restoration of the Monteviale collection composed by Oligocene mammals
• Pre-restoration mapping using CAD Software of Mammuthus meridionalis (L’Aquila)
• Restoration of two palaeovenetian skeletal horses for the archaeological exhibition: “Venetkens”
• Conference at the Natural History Museum of Trieste. Title: “Carnivori, una storia lunga un milione di anni”
• Civil Service (volunteering) in the Natural History Museum of Ferrara
• Restoration of Miocene Odontocetes in the Geological and paleontological Museum of Padova University
• Associated Italian supervisor for the dinosaur exposition arranged by the team of the Natural History Museum of New York
• Conference at the National Archaeological Museum of Adria (Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Veneto). Title: “Sepolture animali in contesti sepolcrali del veneto (Con l’esempio della Biga di Adria)”
• Restoration of a hourse conservated in the Archaeological Museum of Oderzo (Treviso)
• Restoration of Zangheri Collection (avifaunal embalmed) in the Natural History Museum of Verona
• Disassembly and assembly of an entire skeleton of Loxodonta africana and a dinosaur model (T. rex family) in the Natural History Museum of Torino
• Restoration of a Megatherium sp. skull and some other bones of the same animal in the Natural History Museum of Torino for the darwin exhibition: “Darwin 1809-2009”
• Restoration of the Bolca vegetation in the Geological and Palaentological Museum of Padua University and Modena University
• Modelling of two whale specimens in the Salsomaggiore Museum

Other activities:

Reviewer for interantional paleontological journals, such as:

• Quaternary Science Reviews
• Quaternary International
• PlosOne
• International journal of Biodiversity and Conservation
• Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International

Associations:

• Società Paleontologica Italiana (Italian Paleontological Society) since 2012
• European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologist since 2017

Software and licences:

• Inkscape
• Blender
• QuantumGIS
• ENVI
• AutoCAD
• PostgreSQL
• QGIS
• ArcGIS
• Taxidermist license
• UAV license for Italy and USA

Participation at conferences, workshop, and courses:

• Italia e Germania, scambi accademici, scientifici, culturali. Sfide e prospettive europee, Conference of the association Alumni DAAD Italy (ADIT – Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst)
• Enrico Ferreguti: workshop on geoprocessing in python with QGIS, July 13, 2017
• XV Congress of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologist (EAVP). Munich, August 1-3, 2017
• H2020 Marina project (MML) workshop at Venice April 4^th, 2017
• Paleodays, Giornate di Paleontologia (Italian Paleontological Society Congress), since 2012
• Workshop of PaiP (Palaeontologist in Progress) as main promoter and organizer of the events, 2013-2016
• XII Congress of European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologist (EAVP). Turin, June 24-28 2014
• 1st workshop INQUA CECLAP: The LGM in the Alps. Udine, December, 5-7, 2012
• Workshop XI ed.: GRASS free ed Open Source GIS e Geodatabase. Trento, June, 18-22, 2012
• Workshop on the definition of the Priabonian GSSP. Alano di Piave, June 8, 2012
• PhD Day III ed. PhD meeting of the University of Firenze, May 16, 2012
• XIII Symposium on GRASS e GFOSS. Trieste, Febbruary 15-17, 2012
• XXI Congress of the Italian National Association of Science Museum (ANMS) – Padova, November 9-11, 2011
• Taxidermist as art in the Natural Museum. Roma, December 1-3, 2011
• Congress of the International union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) – Bern, July 21-27, 2011
• Congress of the Italian National Association of Science Museum ANMS (Associazione nazionale musei scientifici). Ferrara 2011

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