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Antonio Costa is a Senior Researcher at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Sezione di Bologna, Italy, where he has been employed since 2007. He served as Director of the Bologna section from 2019 to 2022 and has held roles such as Tenured Researcher (2013–2018) and Visiting Researcher at Universidad de Nariño (2017, 2018) and University of Tokyo (2015).
Education: He earned a PhD from the University of Bologna in 2004, with part of his doctoral research conducted at The Open University, UK, under an EU Research Training Network fellowship.
Research Interests: Primarily focused on volcanology, geophysics, and natural hazards, Costa's work spans geostatistics, fluid mechanics, and rock mechanics. His research aims to understand eruption dynamics and tephra hazards.
Scientific Awards:
- IAVCEI Wager Medal (2013)
- Listed among '100,000 top scientists' (2019–present)
- Research Visiting Fellowship, Ludwig-Maximilians University (2019)
- Visiting Researcher Fellowship, University of Tokyo (2015)
- EU Research Training Network Fellowship (2002–2003)
- University of Bologna PhD Fellowship (2001–2003)
Advisory Roles: Costa has acted as an Expert Advisor on Volcanic Hazards for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Asian Nuclear Safety Network (ANSN), and Italian Civil Protection Department (DPC). He also coordinated the International Eruption Column Model Inter-comparison Study (2013–2016) under the IAVCEI Commission on Tephra Hazard Modelling.
Labs & Teams: He contributed to the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) Task Force (2016–2018) and served as Associate Editor for journals like Nature Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Earth Science.
