Dr. Massimo Marchesi

Massimo Marchesi is currently a Postdoctoral International Fellowship (PIF) at Politecnico di Milano. His research interests are pursuing the development and application of innovative tools, particularly stable isotopes for contaminant characterization and remediation in the subsurface including:
¹³C, ²H, and ³⁷Cl Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Analysis (CSIA) for source appointment and natural degradation processes evaluation of chlorinated solvents and hydrocarbon contaminants; stable isotopes ³⁴S, ¹⁸O, ¹⁵N, ²H, and ¹³C to infer water sources, geochemistry, source appointment, and natural attenuation of several compounds such as NO₃^–, SO₄², CO₂, and CH₄; And CSIA for remediation assessment including Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA), In-Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO), Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRB) bio-sparging, and land sulphate application among others.
Massimo Marchesi visits IT² regularly for innovative stable isotope analysis development and applications. Recently, ²H and ³⁷Cl-CSIA methods for less investigated compounds such aromatic solvents were developed while a new project with regards to CSIA and stable isotope application dealing with explosive related contaminants including nitro aromatics is currently under development.