Curriculum

Curriculum

Curriculum Vitae of Prof. Roberta Somma
 
Institutional email: rsomma@unime.it,
personal email: robertasomma67@gmail.com,
PEC: robertasommaprof@pec.it,
 
DECLARES
 
• To have achieved the degree in Geological Sciences, with the grade of 110/110 and honors, the 26/02/1992, at the University of Palermo (Italy), discussing an experimental thesis on the geology of "The Alì Unit: a geological puzzle ", supervisor Prof. Giuseppe Giunta.
 
• To have obtained the qualification to exercise the profession of Geologist, at the University of Palermo, with the grade of 131/150 (enrollment in the Professional Register of National and Regional Geologists, n. 1217).
 
• To have won a study grant abroad, in 1994, offered by the University of Palermo.
 
• To have obtained the Diplome d'Etudes Approfondis (DEA) in Géodynamique des marges océaniques et des chaînes de montagnes, on 12/10/1995 (AA 1994/1995), Joseph Fourier University of Grenoble, Nice (Sophia Antipolis) , Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Aix-Marseille III, of Savoie (Chambéry) and the Ecole Normale Supérieure of Lyon (legally recognized Postgraduate Degree) (France).
 
• To have won an Erasmus-Socrates scholarship, A.A. 1996/1997, offered by the universities Federico II of Naples (Italy) and Joseph Fourier of Grenoble (France).
 
• To have been appointed Expert of the subject in the scientific-disciplinary sector "D01C Structural Geology", on 20/01/1998, University of Palermo.
 
• To have obtained the title of PhD in "Sedimentary Geology" (X cycle, duration 4 years), on 23/04/1999, at the Federico II University of Naples. The title was obtained with an "excellent" rating, by discussing an experimental doctoral thesis entitled "Structural geology of the southern front (Taormina Line) of the south-eastern Peloritani Mountains (Sicily)".
 
• To have been the holder of a Research Collaboration Grant (annual duration), on 01/08/2001, offered by the University of Palermo. The research, entitled “Geological-structural analysis of the Palermo Mountains (Sheet N. 594 Partinico and 595 Palermo)”, was carried out under the tutelage of Prof. Raimondo Catalano.
 
• To have won a Post-Doctoral Scholarship (two-year duration), in "Geophysics for the Environment and the Territory", on 1/1/2003, offered by the University of Messina. The research, entitled "Neotectonics of the Calabrian-Peloritan Arch (Southern Sector) and seismic-tectonic implications", was carried out under the tutelage of Prof. Antonio Bottari.
 
• To have been the holder of a Research Collaboration Grant (three-year duration), the 6/6/2005, offered by the University of Messina. The research, entitled "Comparisons between the Alpine and pre-Alpine tectonic-metamorphic evolution of some bases of the Calabro-Peloritan arch and related Meso-Cenozoic roofs with similar soils of Circum-Mediterranean Orogens (Arco Betico-Rifano and Kabilidi)”, Was carried out under the tutoring of Prof. Antonia Messina.
 
• To have taken up service on 29/12/2006 as a permanent university researcher in “Stratigraphic and Sedimentological Geology” (SSD GEO / 02) at the University of Messina.
 
• To have obtained the National Scientific Qualification (NSQ 2013) for  in the competitive sector 04 / A2 (STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, STRATIGRAPHIC GEOLOGY, SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY), SSD GEO / 02 (Stratigraphic Geology and Sedimentology) since 4 November 2014 to November 4, 2020.
 
• To have won an Erasmus scholarship offered by the University of Messina and the Indire Society, held from 1 to 18 December 2016 at the Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the University of Granada (Spain).
 
• To have taken up service as  in the sector 04 / A2 (STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, STRATIGRAPHIC GEOLOGY, SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY), SSD GEO / 02 (Stratigraphic Geology and Sedimentology) on 2 December 2019.
 
AWARDS
• To have won, in 1992, the De Gregorio Vanni Degree Award, at the University of Palermo, for the best experimental thesis (A.A. 1990/1991) of the Degree Course in Geological Sciences.
 
 
TRAINING
• From 30 September to 5 October 1991, to have attended the supplementary course entitled: "Structural evolution in foreland thrust belts", held at the University of Catania by Prof. R.W.H. Butler of the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Leeds (U.K.).
 
• From 12 to 17 October 1992, to have attended the course entitled "Accretionary processes at plate margins", held at the University of Catania by Prof. Zvi Ben-Avraham of the Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences of the University of Tel Aviv.
 
• In 1996, having attended the "Structural Geomorphology" course with practical exercises in the Monti area of ​​Palermo, held in Monreale (PA) by Prof. A. Cinque and organized by the University of Naples Federico II and by University of Palermo.
 
• From 5 to 11 May 2003, he participated in the Petrography school "Structures of igneous and metamorphic rocks" at the University of Messina (Prof. E. Callegari, R. Compagnoni, A. Messina).
 
• From 20 to 24 April 2004, to have attended the course entitled "Thrust systems", held at the University of Naples Federico II by Prof. R.W.H. Butler of the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Leeds (U.K.).
 
• From 16 to 19 October 2009, to have attended the course entitled: "Lateral and temporal evolution of the Alpine inversion of the North African Margin, from Tellian Atlas to the Ionian Basin and Eastern Mediterranean" and the short course entitled: " Structural interpretation of seismic profiles: input data for basin modeling”, held at the University of Roma Tre (Italy) by the François Roure of the Institut Français du Pétrole Direction Géologie-Géochemie de Paris.
 
• From 14 to 15 November 2011, having attended the Short course on Alpine Chains, held by Stephan Smidt of the University of Zurich, at the Federico II University of Naples.
 
• From 30 January to 1 February 2012, to have attended and organized the Short course entitled: "Sedimentary basins in the different geodynamic contexts" and the Seminar: "The geology of the betic mountain range", held by Agustin Martin-Algarra, at the University of Messina.
 
• From 23 to 24 October 2012, to have attended the course entitled: Laser Granulometry for Use of Mastersizer 2000, held by the technician Daniele Bucelli (Alfatest, Rome).
 
• From 3 to 5 September 2013, to have attended the course entitled: Mastersizer 2000 Line and Hydro 2000 MU, held by the technician Marco Congia of (Alfatest, Rome).
 
• From 21 to 23 November 2013, to have attended the course entitled: Use of the Bruker D2-phaser diffractometer and qualitative interpretation of the results with Diffrac Eva, held by Dr. Pietro Aricò (Bruker, Milan).
 
• From 22 to 23 July 2013, to have attended the course entitled: Use of the optical microscopes Zeiss Axio Imager M2m Pol, Stereo Discovery V20 and Axiolab a1 Pol, held by Dr. Paolo Boschi (Zeiss, Milan).
 
• From February 27 to March 1, 2013, to have attended the course entitled: Use of Topas software for the quantitative analysis of mineral phases (X-ray diffraction), held by Dr. Paolo Cairati (Bruker, Milan).
 
• From 16 to 18 December 2014, to have attended the course entitled: Use of the seismograph, tomograph and Resistivimeter, held by the technician Alessandro Ambrogio (Ambrogeo, instruments for Geophysics, Piacenza).
 
• From 28 to 30 January 2015, to have attended the course entitled: Use of the Struers Labotom-15, Dicoplan-TS, CitoVac and Labopol-35 equipment with LaboForce-Mi for the preparation of Thin and Thin Polished Sections in the Mineralogical and Petrographic sector , with particular attention to soil samples. Course held by Eng. Franco Natalini (Struers, Milan)
 
• From 1 March to 1 June 2018, to have attended the course entitled: Technical Consultant of the CTU Office (organized by Unione Professionisti). On 1/06/2018 he passed the final test.
 
• To obtain the certificate of the Master Level II Interfaculty in FORENSIC SCIENCE (Criminology-Investigation-Security-Intelligence) at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine - Faculty of Law of the University of Rome La Sapienza. Title obtained on 26/02/2022 with 110/110 cum laude and mention of merit and right of publication.
 
KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES
• To have an intermediate-advanced level of knowledge of the English language (spoken, understood, written) and of the specialist geological English.
• To have an intermediate level of knowledge of the French language (spoken and understood) and of the geological specialist French.
• To have an intermediate level of knowledge of the Spanish language (spoken and understood) and of the specialized geological Spanish.
 
EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC EXCURSIONS
• In September-October 2001, participated in the field trip in Morocco-Spain, organized by Prof. Vincenzo Perrone of the University of Urbino (Italian participants: Antonia Messina, Stefano Mazzoli and Stefano Vitale).
 
• In September-October 2002, participated in the field trip in Calabria-Northern Apennines, organized by Prof. Vincenzo Perrone of the University of Urbino (Italian participants: Tonino Decandia, Alessandro Iannace, Antonia Messina, Stefano Mazzoli and Stefano Vitale ).
 
• From 20 to 24 April 2004, participated in the field trip in Calabria and Basilicata, held by R.W.H. Butler of the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Leeds (U.K.).
 
• From 20 to 28 May 2004, participated in the field trip in the NW Highlands and Hebridean Islands (Scotland), under the guidance of R.W.H. Butler of the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Leeds (U.K.).
 
• In September 2007, participated in the field trip of the Comisión de Tectónica de la Sociedas Geólogica de España on the Betic Cordillera (Ronda, Spain), under the guidance of J.C. Balanyá, A. Crespo-Blanc, I. Expósito, M. Luján, M. Díaz-Azpiroz, and entitled: “Organización tectónica del Arco de Gibraltar: estilos tectónicos y partición de la deformatión en la cuña orogénica externa”.
 
• In September 2009, participated in the field trip of the Comisión de Tectónica de la Sociedas Geólogica de España on the Cantabrian Area (Spain), under the guidance of Juan Luis Alonso, Ángela Suárez y Alberto Marcos, M. Luján, M. Díaz-Azpiroz , and entitled: “La Melange del Porma. Implications in the structural evolution of the Zona Cantábrica”.
 
• From 5 to 10 September 2010, participated in the field trip of the 7th International Triassic Field Trip Workshop (Pan-European Correlation of the Triassic) on Dolomites, coordinated by Piero Gianolla.
 
• From 23 to 26 June 2011, organized the workshop and field trip of the Comisión de Tectónica de la Sociedad Geológica de España, entitled: "From Alpine syn-orogenic deformation to late-orogenic clockwise rotations in the Calabria-Peloritani Arc: a geological journay from Alì to Taormina-Mongiuffi-Roccafiorita (Sicily, Southern Italy) ".
 
• In June 2015, organized the first IUGS-IFG Forensic Geology Field Training (11 June 2015) at the SIR "Faculty of Science and Technology" of the University of Messina. The event was held by internationally renowned experts from the IUGS International Union of Geological Sciences - Initiative on Forensic Geology (IFG), a global body dedicated to Geosciences applied to court cases, funded by UNESCO. The field training took place in the splendid scenery of the little-known SIR pine forest. During a first simulation, a homicide victim and various buried objects were searched for, with the aid of the georadar and the metal detector; during the second simulation, on the other hand, an inspection was carried out on a crime scene and the finding of forensic land on the car of a suspect in the murder.
 
• In September 2015, organized the Field Training in Forensic Geology in Alì (Messina, 17 September 2015), as part of the Masters in Forensic Geology (SASTAS Department) and the Masters in Forensic Sciences (Chemical Sciences Department), with the patronage of the IUGS International Union of Geological Sciences - Initiative on Forensic Geology (IFG), of the National Council of Geologists and of the Messina Bar Association.
 
CONGRESSES, MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, SEMINARS, TECHNICAL TABLES
1. To have participated to the 1st Italian Earth Sciences Forum, FIST GEOITALIA, Bellaria (Bologna), 5-9 October 1997.
2. To have participated to the 79th National Congress of the Italian Geological Society (SGI), Palermo, 21-23 September 1998.
3. To have participated to the International Meeting "The Strait of Messina in the Territorial Plan of 2000: Evolutionary Processes, State of the Art and Perspectives", Messina, 1999, and Reggio di Calabria 2000.
4. To have participated to the III Italian Forum of Earth Sciences, FIST GEOITALIA, Chieti, 5-8 September 2001.
5. To have participated to the Congress of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists AAPG, Palermo, May 14-18, 2002.
6. To have participated to the 81st Summer Meeting of the Italian Geological Society - Collisional kinematics: between exhumation and sedimentation, Turin, 10-12 September 2002.
7. To have participated to the Congress of the Italian Mineralogy and Petrography Society (SIMP), Cosenza, 19-21 September 2002.
8. To have participated to the Meeting (CARG Project), the national headquarters of APAT (Agency for Environmental Protection and Technical Services). Presentation of the data of the Geological Sheet n. 601 "Messina-Reggio di Calabria". Rome, July 2003.
9. To have participated to the IV Italian Forum of Earth Sciences, FIST GEOITALIA, Bellaria (Bologna), 16-18 September 2003.
10. To have participated to the Meeting "Continental Tectonics - Discussion meeting in memory of the life and work of Mike Coward", Burlington House, London, May 2004.
11. To have participated to the 32nd International Geological Congress (IGC), Florence, 20-28 August 2004.
12. To have participated to the International Congress on “Continental Extension”, Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, Joint Earth Sciences Meeting. Société Gélogique de France - Geologische Vereinigung. Congress "Continental Extension". Strasbourg, 20-25 September 2004.
13. To have participated to the 1st International Conference - Applied Geophysics for Engineering, Messina, 13-15 October 2004.
14. To have participated to the II National Conference: Geology and Tourism - opportunities in the landscape economy, Bologna, 3-4 November 2004.
15. To have participated to the European Geosciences Union EGU, Vienna, May 2005.
16. To have participated to the Applied Geophysics for Engineering - 2nd International Conference, Messina, 13-15 October 2005.
17. To have participated to the Advances in Petrology: a Meeting in Honor of Ezio Callegari, Turin, 8-9 October 2005.
18. To have participated to the European Geosciences Union EGU, Vienna, 15-20 April 2007.
19. To have participated to the VI Italian Forum of Earth Sciences, FIST GEOITALIA, Chieti, 12-14 September 2007.
20. To have participated to the XIX Reunión de la Comisión de Tectónica de la Sociedas Geólogica de España (Ronda, Spain), organized by Profs. J.C. Balanyá, A. Crespo-Blanc, I. Expósito, M. Luján, M. Díaz-Azpiroz, 27-29 September 2007.
21. To have participated to the first Moroccan Association of Petroleum Geologists (MAPG) International Convection, Conference & Exhibition, Marrakech, 28-31 October 2007.
22. To have participated to the Meeting of the Italian Structural Geology Group (GIGS), Catania, 26-29 March 2008.
23. To have participated to the European Geosciences Union EGU, Vienna, 13-18 April 2008.
24. To have participated to the Tethys to Mediterranean: a journey of geological discovery Meeting in memory of Angelo Di Grande & Mario Grasso, Catania, 3-5 June 2008.
25. To have participated to the VII Congreso Geológico de España, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, July 14-18, 2008.
26. To have participated to the 33th International Geological Congress (IGC), Oslo, 6-14 August 2008.
27. To have participated to the 84th National Congress of the Italian Geological Society (SGI), Sassari, 15-17 September 2008.
28. To have participated to the European Geosciences Union EGU, Vienna, 19-24 April 2009.
29. To have participated to the VII Italian Forum of Earth Sciences, FIST GEOITALIA, Rimini, 9-11 September 2009.
30. To have participated to the 27th International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS), Meeting of Sedimentologists, Alghero, 20-23 September 2009.
31. To have participated to the XXI Reunión de la Comisión de Tectónica de la Sociedas Geólogica de España in the Zona Cantabrica (Spain), together with Juan Luis Alonso, Ángela Suárez y Alberto Marcos, M. Luján, M. Díaz-Azpiroz, September 2009.
32. To have participated to the 47th Sesión Científica de la Sociedad Geológica de España (SGE), Santander (Spain), November 2009.
33. To have participated to the II Conference of the Italian Geological Society S.G.I., Youth Section, Naples, 18-20 March 2010.
34. To have participated to the European Geosciences Union EGU, Vienna, 2-7 May 2010.
35. To have participated to the XXIII Reunión de la Comisión de Tectónica de la Sociedas Geólogica de España in the Peloritani Mountains (Italy), organized by Roberta Somma and Ivan Martin-Rojas, 23-26 June 2011.
36. To have participated to the VIII Italian Forum of Earth Sciences, FIST GEOITALIA, Turin, 19-23 September 2011.
37. To have participated to the 86th National Congress of the Italian Geological Society (SGI), Arcavacata di Rende (Cosenza), 18-20 September 2012. Member of the Scientific Committee of the conference.
38. To have participated to the Meeting of the Italian Structural Geology Group (GIGS), Modena, 25-27 October 2012.
39. To have participated to the Meeting of the Italian Structural Geology Group (GIGS), Milan, 28-30 October 2013.
40. CHIMALI 2014, X Italian Congress of Food Chemistry, Florence, 6-10 July 2014.
41. Gondwana 15, Madrid (Spain), July 2014.
42. 23rd SILAE Congress, Marsala (Trapani), 7-12 September 2014.
43. To have participated to the SIMP-AIV-SoGeI-SGI Joint Congress. Florence 2-4 September 2015.
44. To have been appointed Chairman of the Professional Refresher Course in Forensic Geology. Conference of the Regional Order of Geologists of Sicily. Palazzo Brunaccini, Alì (Messina), 16-17-18 September 2015.
45. To have participated to the Meeting of the Italian Structural Geology Group (GIGS), Catania, 30 September 2015.
46. ​​To have participated to the Working Table on Forensic Geology, organized by Prof. Alastair Ruffell at Queen's University in Belfast (UK, 22-26 November 2015).
47. To have participated, as invited speaker to the Professional Course in Forensic Geology organized by the Regional Order of Sicilian Geologists and Lawyers. Aula Magna of the Court of Caltanissetta 27-28 November 2015.
48. To have been appointed Chairman of the Professional Course in Forensic Geology organized by the Regional Order of Geologists of Sicily, the University of Messina and Catania. West room of the Earth Sciences Section of the University of Catania, March 18, 2016. He presented a speech entitled: Introduction to Forensic Geology.
49. To have been appointed Chairman of the Professional Course in Forensic Geology organized by the Regional Order of Geologists of Sicily, the University of Messina and Palermo. Reverberi classroom of the Animal Biology and Biological Anthropology Section of the Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies of the University of Palermo, April 5, 2016.
50. To have been appointed Chairman of the Professional Refresher Course in Forensic Geology organized by the Regional Order of Geologists of Calabria, the University of Messina and Calabria. Aula Magna DiBEST of the Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences DiBEST of the University of Calabria, 7 April 2016.
51. European Geosciences Union EGU, Vienna, General Assembly 17–22 April 2016.
52. To have been appointed Chairman of the Refresher Course for Law Enforcement "The applications of Forensic Geology for the resolution of judicial cases and related investigative and collection techniques" organized by the University of Messina. Room 312 Engineering Department of the University of Messina, 22 July 2016.
53. To have participated to the 88th National Congress of the Italian Geological Society (SGI), Naples. 7-9 September 2016.
54. European Geosciences Union EGU, Vienna, General Assembly 23-28 April 2017.
55. To have been appointed Chairman of the Training Course for Magistrates / Judges and Police Forces on "Forensic Geology", organized by the Higher School of the Judiciary, May 12, 2017, Aula Magna Court of Appeal Public Prosecutor's Office of Messina.
56. To have participated to the joint Congress AIV, SGI, SIMP and SoGeI. Pisa, 3-6 September 2017.
57. European Geosciences Union EGU, Vienna, General Assembly 8-13 April 2018.
58. To have been appointed Chairman of the joint SGI - SIMP Congress "Geosciences for the environment, natural hazard and cultural heritage" (12-14 September, 2018), Catania.
59. To have participated to the VIII Animal Plant and Soil Traces expert working group (APST) annual meeting 2019 of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI), Frankfurt, Germany, 10 - 12 April 2019.
60. To have participated to the conference 2019, Prague, 18 - 19 November 2019, Criminalistic Institute of the Czechoslovak Police.
61. To have participated to the Animal Plant and Soil Traces expert working group (APST) annual meeting 2021 of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI), 22 April 2021 (webinar).
62. To have participated to the conference 2021, Prague, 3 - 4 November 2021, Criminalistic Institute of the Czechoslovak Police.
1. Will participate to the Animal Plant and Soil Traces expert working group (APST) annual meeting 2022 of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI), 24-27 April 2022 (Aberdeen, Scotland).
 
 
GEOLOGICAL CAMPAIGNS
• To have participated (and organized) in collaboration with Agustin Martín-Algarra, Rosario Rodríguez-Canero, Pilar Navas-Parejo (University of Granada) and Vincenzo Perrone (University of Urbino), to three geological campaigns (for the geological-stratigraphic survey and sample collection) on the Calabro-Peloritano Arch, in the following periods:
September 2006,
July 2007,
July 2011,
February 2012.
• To have participated (and organized) in collaboration with Ivan Martin-Rojas, Antonio Estévez (University of Alicante) and Francisco Delgado (University of Granada), to numerous geological campaigns (for the geological-stratigraphic survey and the collection of samples) on the Sierra de Gador (Andalusia, Spain) in the following periods:
October 2006;
January / February 2007;
April 2007;
July 2007;
September 2007;
September 2008;
October / November 2008;
February 2009.
• To have participated (and organized) in collaboration with Sveva Corrado, Luca Aldega and Lea di Paolo (Roma3 University) and Rosanna Maniscalco (University of Catania) to two geological campaigns (for geological-stratigraphic survey and sample collection) in Sicily oriental in the following periods:
July 2008;
July 2009.
• To have participated (and organized), within the Italy-Spain Integrated Action (coordinator: Prof. Emanuele Tondi), in collaboration with Emanuele Tondi, Fabrizio Agosta (University of Camerino) and Ivan Martin-Rojas (University of Alicante ), Sanz de Galdeano and Jesus Galindo (University of Granada), to two geological campaigns (for the geological-stratigraphic survey and the collection of samples) in the Lecrin area (Andalusia, Spain) in the following periods:
October / November 2008;
February / March 2009.
• To have participated (and organized), as part of the course of Geology and Geological Survey (CdL Agrina and SAN) and Applied Geology and Quaternary Geology (LM Geophysical sciences) in geological campaigns from 2006 to today. ORGANIZATION OF SEMINAR, MASTER, SUMMER SCHOOL, SHORT COURSE, INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOPS
• To have carried out as part of the courses of "Laboratory of Geology I" and of "Geology I and Laboratory of Lithology", held by Salvatore Vernuccio for the Degree Course in Geological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN. of the University of Palermo, the following seminars:
30/03/1993: Introduction to the study of metamorphic rocks.
12/04/1994: Characterization of metamorphic rocks by regional and contact metamorphism.
30/05/1995: The metamorphic rocks.
22/03/1996: Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks.
8/05/2000: Metamorphic rocks - elements and their classification.
• To have carried out numerous seminars of structural geology, in the A.A. 1993/1994, 1994/1995, 1995/1996, as part of the "Geodynamics" course, held by Giuseppe Giunta for the Degree Course in Geological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN. of the University of Palermo.
• To have carried out as part of the "Geology" course, held by Umberto D’Angelo for the Degree Course in Natural Sciences, Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN. of the University of Palermo, the following seminars:
07/05/1997: The geology of the Peloritani Mountains.
11/04/2000: Some geological aspects of the Arco Calabro.
02/04/2001: Sedimentary and metamorphic processes of the Calabrian Arch.
• To have carried out, in the A.A. 2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2002/2003, as part of the "Geology" course, held by Benedetto Abbate for the Degree Course in Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN. of the University of Palermo, the seminar entitled "Geological evolution of the Sicilian sector of the Apennine chain". The one-credit seminar was supported by teaching material provided by the teacher and the topics covered in the seminar were the subject of the exam test.
• To have carried out numerous seminars of Regional Geology (20 hours), A.A. 2003-2004, as part of the "Elements of Regional Geology" course held by Laura Bonfiglio, for the Degree Course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN. of the University of Messina.
• To have carried out as part of the "Seismic Risk" course, held by Antonio Bottari for the Degree Course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN. of the University of Messina, the following seminars:
21/05/2003: The Regional Geology of the Calabrian-Peloritan Arch.
04/28/2004: Geodynamics of the central-western Mediterranean.
06/16/2004: The Regional Geology of the Peloritani Mountains in the context of the geodynamic evolution of the central-western Mediterranean.
25/05/2004: Relations between sedimentation and tectonics in the Plio-Pleistocene basins.
• To have held on January 28, 2009, at the University of Camerino for the students of the PhD in "Tectonics and Structural Geology" the seminar entitled: Direct evidence of the Triassic continental rifting of Pangea recorded in the carbonates of the Alpujarride Complex (Baetic Cordillera, SE Spain).
• To have carried out seminars for the promotion of the Agrina degree course at the Minutoli High School (A.Y. 2010-2011).
• To have organized from 23 to 26 June 2011, the 23rd meeting and field trip of the Comisión de Tectónica de la Sociedad Geológica de España. The excursion was entitled: "From Alpine syn-orogenic deformation to late-orogenic clockwise rotations in the Calabria-Peloritani Arc: a geological journay from Alì to Taormina-Mongiuffi-Roccafiorita (Sicily, Southern Italy)".
• To have carried out numerous seminars on Structural Geology and Stratigraphy, A.A. 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, as part of the "Geology" course held by Laura Bonfiglio, for the Degree Course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN. of the University of Messina.
• To have organized the Short course held by Agustin Martin-Algarra of the University of Granada (Spain) at the Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN. (Visiting ): “Sedimentary basins in different geodynamic contexts”; “The geology of the betic mountain range”, January 30-31 and February 1, 2012.
• To have organized, as part of the "Geology" course, the seminar for the Degree Course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN. of the University of Messina (A.Y. 2011-2012): "Exploration of the subsoil" (Dr. Fabio Giannino, PhD in Geophysics for Environment and Territory and Freelance), 13 February 2012 and 27 February 2012.
• To have organized, as part of the "Geology" course, the seminar for the Degree Course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, former Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN. of the University of Messina (A.Y. 2012-2013): "Deformation processes in porous carbonates: field and laboratory observations" (Dr. Antonino Cilona, ​​PhD in Structural Geology), February 19, 2013.
• To have carried out activities and seminars for the orientation of the Agrina degree course (Palacultura, Messina, A.Y. 2012-2013).
• To have organized the 1st level University Master in Forensic Geology of the University of Messina (A.Y. 2014/2015).
• To have organized the first IUGS-IFG "International Workshop and Field Training of Forensic Geology" in Italy (10 and 11 June 2015) University of Messina. The event was held by internationally renowned experts from the IUGS International Union of Geological Sciences - Initiative on Forensic Geology (IFG). The president and founder of IUGS-IFG, Laurance Donnelly (Manchester), an expert forensic geologist who collaborates with the Police Forces around the world to search for missing persons and buried objects was the guest of honor. Other eminent IUGS-IFG forensic experts were present, such as Prof. Lorna Dawson of the James Hutton Institute - expert in the study of soil DNA - Prof. Alastair Ruffel of Queens University of Belfast - expert in researching human remains using georadar - the Prof. Jennifer McKinley of Queens University of Belfast - GIS expert - and as representative for Europe, the Italian Dr. Rosa Maria Di Maggio - expert in forensic geology with decades of experience gained in the Police Forces.
• To have organized three Days dedicated to Forensic Geology in Alì (Messina) from 16 to 18 September 2015, as part of the Masters in Forensic Geology (SASTAS Department) and the Masters in Forensic Sciences (Chemical Sciences Department), from the University of Messina, by the Municipality of Alì in agreement with the Regional Order of Geologists of Sicily, with the patronage of the IUGS International Union of Geological Sciences - Initiative on Forensic Geology (IFG), the National Council of Geologists and the Messina Bar Association . Interventions alternated whose themes ranged from "Human remains research techniques", explained by forensic geologists, to the powers of the "Technical Consultant, between judicial norms and practices" illustrated by magistrates, or from investigations carried out by the Scientific Investigations Department of the Arma dei Carabinieri - RIS of Messina, exhibited by representatives of the Arma at the "Case of the Flood of Giampilieri in 2009" described by a CTP.
• To have organized the Day dedicated to Forensic Geology in Catania on March 18, 2016, in Palermo on April 5, 2016, in Cosenza on April 7, 2016 with the patronage of the IUGS International Union of Geological Sciences - Initiative on Forensic Geology (IFG).
• To have organized the Conference dedicated to Forensic Geology in Favara (Agrigento) on 12 May 2016, with the patronage of the IUGS International Union of Geological Sciences - Initiative on Forensic Geology (IFG) on the occasion of the Feast of Legality.
• To have organized the first edition of the Summer School of Forensic Geology in Messina from 11 to 15 July 2016. Prof. Alastair Ruffell - expert forensic geologist - Queen's University of Belfast spoke among the various teachers.
• To have organized the first edition of the refresher course for law enforcement agencies on Forensic Geology in Messina 22 July 2016. Prof. Alastair Ruffell - expert forensic geologist - Queen's University of Belfast spoke among the various s.
• To have organized the training course in Forensic Geology for the Superiroe School of the Judiciary, at the Aula Magna of the Court of Appeal of the Messina Public Prosecutor's Office, 12 May 2017. Among the various teachers, Dr. Leonardo Nuccetelli, geologist spoke forensic Scientific Police of Rome.
• To have organized the II edition of the Summer School of Forensic Geology in Messina from 19 to 23 June 2017. Among the various teachers, Dr. Nicola Gratteri, Chief Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Catanzaro, spoke.
• To have held the seminar entitled "Forensic Geology" at La Sapienza University on November 17, 2017.
• To have held the seminar entitled "Forensic Geology" at the University of Messina on February 26, 2018.
• To have organized the III edition of the "Tiziano Granata" Summer School of Forensic Geology & Environmental Crimes of the University of Messina from 18 to 22 June 2018. Among the various s, Dr. Luca Ramacci - Supreme Court of Cassation spoke.
• To have organized the conference "Crimes against the Environment. Evolution of the Law, Perspectives of Protection "(27 June 2018, Aula Magna of the Court of Appeal of Messina). The conference was organized together with Dr. Rosanna Casabona - Dr. Antonella Fradà - Dr. Alessia Giorgianni (Deputy Prosecutors of the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Messina Court and by Prof. Roberta Somma.
Among the various teachers intervened:
- Dr. Mario Suriano - Judge of the Court of Naples
- Dr. Luca Ramacci - Councilor of the Court of Cassation
- Dr. Maurizio de Lucia - Attorney of the Republic of Messina.
• To have organized as part of the joint SGI and SIMP Congress "Geosciences for the environment, natural hazard and cultural heritage" (Catania 12 - 14 September 2018) the session entitled "The role of abiotic and biotic soil components, environmental materials and factors , and physical evidence in criminal investigations, environmental crimes, and legal system ". Proposers: Roberta Somma (Univ. Messina), Eva Sacchi (Carabinieri, RIS Rome; Animal, Plant and Soil Traces Working Group of European Network Forensic Sciences Institutes - ENFSI), Fabio Tortorici (Study Center Foundation, National Council of Geologists), Luca Trombino (Univ. Milan). Keynote speaker: Roberta Somma.
• To have proposed in the joint Congress SGI and SIMP, together with the Italian Geochemical Society entitled "The time of the planet Earth and the time of man: The geosciences between past and future" (Parma from 16 to 19 September 2019) session entitled "Forensic Geology and Environmental Crimes in the Italian Legal System". Conveners: Eva Sacchi (ENFSI), Roberta Somma (UNIME), Fabio Tortorici (Study Center of the National Council of Geologists), Luca Trombino (UNIMI).
• To have organized the IV edition of the "Tiziano Granata" Summer School of Forensic Geology & Environmental Crimes of the University of Messina to be held from 17 to 21 June 2019. Among the various teachers, General Maurizio intervened as guest of honor Ferla - Commander of the Carabinieri for Environmental Protection.
• To be the organizer of the 5th edition of the "Tiziano Granata" Summer School for Criminal Studies and Forensic Geology of the University of Messina (20.24 June 2022).
• To have participated in the Planet Earth Day organized by the Agrina Degree Course, presenting the poster “Lo Strait of Messina” to the Geotour (organized by the coordinator Prof. Cinzia Marra) (Messina, 19/10/2018).
• To have participated in the Geotour (organized by the coordinator Prof. Cinzia Marra) and presented the poster "The Strait of Messina" (Messina, 29/03/2019).
 
TEACHING ACTIVITIES IN ITALY AND ABROAD
 
• To have been lecturer for the teaching of "Structural analysis on metamorphic rocks and its characteristics in the crystalline crystal of the Peloritani Mountains" for the Degree Course in Natural Sciences, Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN. of the University of Messina, A.A. 2000/2001, 2001/2002.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching of "Environmental Geology" in 2007 for the IFTS course at the Istituto Tecnico Commerciale (ITC) Libero Grassi (Palermo), as part of the agreement with the University of Messina.
• To have held teaching activities in September 2007, at the Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra and Medio Ambiente Universidad de Alicante, as a “visiting ”. The title of the series of lessons was: “Stratigraphy of the Alpujarride carbonates of the Betic Cordillera (SE Spain)”.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching of “Geology I” (6 CFU; AY 2006-2007, AY 2007-2008) at the three-year Degree Course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, Faculty of Sciences MM. FF.NN. of the University of Messina.
• To have been titular lecturer for the "Geology" teaching (4 CFU; A.Y. 2007-2008) at the Master's Degree Course in Geophysics, Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN. of the University of Messina.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Geology with elements of regional geology" (6 CFU; A.Y. 2008-2009, 2009-2010) at the Master's Degree Course in Geophysics, Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN. of the University of Messina.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Geology with laboratory" (5 CFU; A.Y. 2008-2009) at the Bachelor's Degree Course in Natural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN. of the University of Messina.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Geological Survey" (6 CFU; AY 2008-2009 / 2011-2012 / 2016-2017 / 2018-2019) at the three-year Degree Course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks , Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN. of the University of Messina.
• To have been the holder of the course of "Geology II" (4 CFU; A.Y. 2008-2009) at the three-year degree course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN. of the University of Messina.
• To have held teaching activities in September 2009, at the Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra and Medio Ambiente Universidad de Alicante, as part of the "Lifelong Learning Program" - ERASMUS Sectoral Program - Teaching Staff Mobility (TS) (AY 2008 / 2009). The title of the cycle of seminars was: “Evidence of Triassic continental rifting in the Alpujarride carbonates of the Betic Cordillera (SE Spain)”.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Geology" (10 CFU; AY 2009-2010 / 2010-2011 / 2011-2012) at the three-year Degree Course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, Faculty of Sciences MM .FF.NN. of the University of Messina.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "General and territorial geology" (8 CFU; AY 2012-2013 / 2013-2014) at the Bachelor's Degree Course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, of the University of of Messina.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "General and territorial geology" (6 CFU; AY 2014-2015 / 2015-2016) at the three-year degree course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, of the University of of Messina.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Geology with exercises" (5 CFU; A.Y. 2016-2017, 2017-2018) at the Bachelor's Degree Course in Environmental and Nature Sciences SAN.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Geology with elements of geological survey" (10 CFU; AY 2017-2018) at the three-year Degree Course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, of the University of Messina .
• To have been lecturer for the elective course "Nature of land and agri-food production" (4 CFU; AY 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016) for the three-year Degree Course in Gastronomic Sciences of the University of Messina.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Optical stereomicroscopy laboratory with exercise" (Master Forensic Geology, University of Messina, A.Y. 2014/2015).
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Forensic soil analysis with laboratory for particle size by sieving, sedimentation, and by laser diffraction, with exercises" (Master Forensic Geology, University of Messina, A.Y. 2014/2015).
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Forensic soil analysis with laboratory for stereomicroscopy, with exercises" (Master Forensic Geology, University of Messina, A.Y. 2014/2015).
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "The contribution of Territorial geology to forensic geoscience" (Masters in Forensic Geology, University of Messina, A.Y. 2014/2015).
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Methods of falsification in Geosciences" (Master in Forensic Geology, University of Messina, A.Y. 2014/2015).
• To have been lecturer for the teaching of Forensic Geology for the second edition of the Summer School of Forensic Geology (19-23 June 2017).
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Geology with elements of geological survey" (12 CFU; A.Y. 2017-2018) at the Bachelor's Degree Course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks of the University of Messina.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Geology with exercises" (6 CFU; A.Y. 2017-2018) borrowed from the Bachelor's Degree Course in Environmental and Nature Sciences of the University of Messina.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching of Forensic Geology for the III edition of the Summer School of Forensic Geology (18-22 June 2018).
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Geology with exercises" (6 CFU; A.Y. 2018-2019) at the Bachelor's Degree Course in Environmental and Nature Sciences of the University of Messina.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Geology with exercises" (6 CFU; A.Y. 2018-2019) at the Bachelor's Degree Course in Environmental and Nature Sciences of the University of Messina.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Elements of geological survey" (6 CFU; A.Y. 2018-2019) at the Bachelor's Degree Course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks of the University of Messina.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Elements of geological survey" (6 CFU; A.Y. 2018-2019) at the Bachelor's Degree Course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks of the University of Messina.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching of "Forensic Geology" and "Forensic Sciences" for a telematic university master's degree.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching of Forensic Geology for the IV edition of the Summer School of Forensic Geology (June 2019).
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Geology with exercises" (6 CFU; A.Y. 2019-2020) at the Bachelor's Degree Course in Environmental and Nature Sciences of the University of Messina.
• To have been lecturer for the "Applied Geology" teaching (6 CFU; A.Y. 2019-2020) in English for the "Geophysical Science for seismic risk" master's degree course at the University of Messina.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Hydrogeology" (6 CFU; A.Y. 2019-2020, 2020-2021) at the Bachelor's Degree Course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, of the University of Messina.
• To be lecturer for the teaching "Geology with elements of geological survey" (12 CFU; AY 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022) at the three-year Degree Course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, of the University of Messina.
• To be lecturer in the teaching of "Forensic Geology" (6 CFU; A.Y. 2021-2022) at the Bachelor's Degree Course in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, at the University of Messina.
• To have been lecturer for the teaching "Quaternary Geology and active tectonics" (6 CFU; A.Y. 2020-2021) in English for the "Geophysical Science for seismic risk" master's degree course at the University of Messina.
 
DEGREE COURSE FEES
• To have been appointed President of the examination commission for the Geology I course (Bachelor's Degree in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, from 2006 to 2017).
• To have been appointed President of the examination commission for the Geology II course (Bachelor's Degree in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, from 2006 to 2017).
• To have been appointed President of the examination commission for the course of Elements of geological survey (Bachelor's Degree in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks, from 2006 to 2017).
• To have been appointed President of the examination commission for the Geology course (Master's Degree Course in Geophysics, from 2007 to 2017).
• To have been appointed President of the examination commission for the course of Geology with elements of regional geology (Master's Degree Course in Geophysics, from 2008 to 2017).
• To have been appointed President of the examination commission for the Geology course with laboratory (Bachelor's Degree in Sciences of Nature and the Environment, from 2008 to 2017).
• To have been appointed President of the examination commission for the course of General and Territorial Geology (Bachelor's Degree in Agrina, from 2013 to 2017).
• To have been appointed President of the examination commission for the course of Geology with elements of geological survey (Bachelor's degree in Agrina, from 2016 to 2022).
• To have been appointed member of the examination commission of the course of Geology with exercises (Bachelor's degree in SAN, from 2016 to 2022).
• To have been appointed President of the examination commission for the Geological Survey course (Bachelor's Degree in Agrina, 2018-2022).
• To have been appointed President of the examination commission for the course of Geology with exercises (Bachelor's degree in SAN, from 2016 to 2022).
• To have been appointed President of the examination commission for the Hydrogeology course with laboratory (Bachelor's degree in ARINA, from 2022).
• To have been appointed President of the examination commission for the Applied Geology course (Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, from 2020).
• To have been appointed President of the examination commission of the Applied geology course (Master's Degree in Geophysical Sciences GSSR, from 2019).
• To have been appointed President of the examination commission for the Quaternary geology and active tectonics course (Master's Degree in Geophysical Sciences GSSR, from 2021).
• That I was a member of the commission for the final doctoral exam of Pilar Navas-Parejo, PhD student of the University of Granada (Spain), which met in Granada on 20 July 2012.
 
RESEARCH DOCTORATE COLLEGE
Member of the teaching staff of the Research Doctorate in Enogastronomic Sciences XXVIII cycle.
 
MEMBERSHIPS
• To be a member of the Italian Geological Society (SGI).
• To be a member of the Medical Geology Association (AGM).
• To be a member of the Italian Criminology Association (SIC).
• To be a member of the Italian Society of Forensic Dog Sciences.
• To be a Associated Member of the Animal Plant and Soil Traces expert working group (APST) of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI).
• To be a Member of the Geoforensic International Network (GIN) - IUGS Initiative on Forensic Geology (IFG).
 
FINANCED PROJECTS AND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS FOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING
• To have funded the 2006-2007 PRA project entitled: Neogenic tectonic-sedimentary evolution of the Peloritanni Mountains.
• Having funded the 2008-2009 PRA project entitled: Geological evolution of the Paleozoic and Triassic soils of the Betic-Rifano and Calabrian-Peloritan arches.
• To have been designated responsible for the design and establishment of the Geology Section within the interdisciplinary laboratory being set up as part of the European Agro-food project (PONa3_00166, CUP J41D11000080007), funded since 2011. The Geology Laboratory consists of: supply chain sedimentological for analysis of soils and beaches (laser granulometer, sieve, etc.), instrumentation for the creation and analysis of thin sections (large and small miter saw, lapping machine, polarized light microscopes and stereomicroscope), for mineralogical analysis (x-ray diffractometer ), for geophysical investigations (geo-resistivimeter, seismic and electromagnetic surveys), sampling (core drill and augers).
• To have obtained in 2009 the contribution from the University of Messina to invite Prof. Ivan Martin-Rojas of the University of Alicante (Spain) to the Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN., as a “Visiting Researcher ".
• To have obtained in 2012 the contribution from the University of Messina to invite Agustin Martin-Algarra of the University of Granada (Spain) to the Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN., as a "Visiting ".
• To have hosted in 2016 the "Visiting Researcher" of the University of Messina Prof. Alastair Ruffell of the Queen's Univrsity of Belfast (UK) at the Faculty of Sciences MM.FF.NN.
• To have obtained the FABR 2020 financial contribution.
 
AGREEMENT AND ACTIVITIES WITH THE PROSECUTOR
To have been appointed on 16.11.2018 Scientific coordinator of the agreement signed between the University of Messina and the Prosecutors of the Messina Court of Appeal on Forensic Geology and environmental crimes on 10.10.2018.
 
To occasionally lend their skills as: technical consultant, expert, auxiliary of CT and / or auxiliary of Judicial Police (Guardia di Finanza, State Police, Metropolitan Police) for some prosecutors in the Messina district.
 
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS
During her experience, Prof. Somma has carried out research in collaboration with the following foreign colleagues:
Antonio Estevez - Alicante University,
Francisco Delgado - Alicante University,
Charo Rodríguez-Cañero - Granada University,
Agustin Martin-Algarra - Granada University,
Sanchez-Navas Antonio - Granada University,
Cambeses A. - Granada University,
Scarrow J.H. - Granada University,
Ivan Martin-Rojas - Alicante University,
Pilar Navas-Parejo - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Mohamed Najib Zaghloul - Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi,
Bilal E.O. - Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi,
El Talibi H. - Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi,
Dawson Lorna - James Hutton Insitite (Aberdeen),
Donnelly Laurance - International Union of Geological Sciences, Initiative on Forensic Geology,
McKinley Jennifer - Queen's University of Belfast,
Ruffell Alastair - Queen's University of Belfast.
 
REVIEWER ACTIVITIES
Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Diagenesis (specialty section of Frontiers in Earth Science) after 17 march 2022.
She is reviewer for national journals, such as the Italian Geological Society, or international ones, such as Geosciences and Applied Sciences.
 
COMPLETE LIST OF ARTICLES, CHAPTER OF BOOK, MONOGRAPHS, CONFERENCE PAPERS, GEOLOGICAL MAPS, ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES, GEOLOGICAL GUIDES, PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES, THESIS (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)
 
1. Somma R. (1991-1992) – The  Alì unit: un casse tête géologique. Degree.
2. Somma R. ET ALII (1994) - Carta Geologica compilativa e carta della pericolosità/rischio alla scala 1/100.000 del territorio della Provincia Regionale di Palermo. Provincia Regionale di Palermo.
3. Somma R. (1995) - Géométrie et cinématique des nappes de la Dorsale péloritaine aux environs de Taormine (Arc calabro-péloritain, Sicile). Diplome d'Etudes Approfondis (D.E.A.), depositata presso le Biblioteche di Grenoble, Nice (Sophia Antipolis), Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Aix-Marseille III, Savoie (Chambéry) e Lyon, pp. 39.
4. Giunta G., Somma R. (1996) - Nuove osservazioni sulla struttura dell'Unità di Alì (M.ti Peloritani, Sicilia). Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana, 115, 489-500.
5. Messina A., Somma R. (1996) - Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Longi-Taormina Unit basement (Peloritani Mts.; Sicily). PLINIUS. Congresso SIMP, Bologna, Dicembre 1996. Plinius n. 16, 157-159.
6. Bouillin J.-P., Somma R., Dumont T., Perrin A., Lespinasse P. (1997) - Messa in evidenza, tramite la fabric magnetica dei calcari del Lias, di una rotazione di blocco nella Dorsale Calcarea Peloritana dei dintorni di Taormina (Sicilia). I Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra, FIST GEOITALIA. Presentato al Forum FIST, Bellaria (Bologna), 5-9 Ottobre 1997, Vol. 2, 200-201.
7. Somma R. (1997) - Geometria del fronte meridionale dei Monti Peloritani nel settore di Roccella Valdèmone (Sicilia NE). I Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra, FIST GEOITALIA. Presentato al Forum FIST, Bellaria (Bologna), 5-9 Ottobre 1997, Vol. 2, 209-210.
8. Calì M., D'Angelo U., Somma R. (1998) - The Monte Acci - Pizzo di Sella fold: an example of intereference pattern (Western Sicilian Chain). Atti del 79° Congresso Nazionale della Società Geologica Italiana, Palermo, 21-23 Settembre 1998, Vol. A, 208-211.
9. Giunta G., Messina A., Bonardi G., Nigro F., Somma R., Cutrupia D., Ghini F., Giorgianni A., Sparacino V. (1998) - La Geologia dei Monti Peloritani. 79° Congresso Nazionale della Società Geologica Italiana, Guida alle Escursioni, Vol. 2, 39-79.
10. BOUILLIN J.-P., DUMONT T., MOUTERDE R., SOMMA R., HIPPOLYTE J.C. (1999) - Un escarpement sous-marin permanent du Lias à l'Eocène, dans la Dorsale calcaire Péloritaine (Sicile, Italie). [A Liassic to Eocene sub-marine scarp in the Peloritan Dorsale (Sicily, Italy)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences. Série 2. Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes, 328, 347-352. DOI 10.1016/S1251-8050(99)80128-1.
11. Somma R., Messina A. (2001) – Constraints for a new interpetrations of “incertae sedis” Alpine overprinted Mesozoic Covers in the Peloritani Mts (Italy): consequences. 3° Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra, FIST GEOITALIA. Presentato al Forum FIST, Chieti, 5-8 Settembre 2001, 536-538.
12. Abate B., Agate M., Basilone L., Catalano R., Merlini S., Pepe F., Sulli A., Somma R. (2002) - Shallow structures and deep crustal setting in central-northern Sicily and its offshore. Congresso dell'American Association of Petroleum Geologists AAPG. Presentato al Congresso AAPG, Mondello (Palermo), 14-18 Maggio 2002.

13. Messina A., Somma R. (2002) - Geological sketch map of the Southern Sector of the Calabria-Peloritani Arc (Italy). Presentato alla 81^a Riunione estiva della Società Geologica Italiana – Cinematiche collisionali: tra esumazione e sedimentazione, Torino, 10-12 Settembre 2002, 238-239.

14. Messina A., Somma R., Carbone G., Macaione E. (2002) - Pre-Alpine and Alpine tectogenesis in the Peloritani Thrust Belt (Italy). Presentato alla 81^a Riunione estiva della Società Geologica Italiana – Cinematiche collisionali: tra esumazione e sedimentazione, Torino, 10-12 Settembre 2002, 240-241.
15. Messina A., Somma R. (2002) - Pre-Alpine and Alpine tectonics in the Southern Sector of the Calabria-Peloritani Arc (Italy). Presentato al Congresso SIMP, Cosenza, 19-21 Settembre 2002, Plinius n. 28, 214-215.
16. Messina A., Careri G., Carbone G., Somma R. (2002) - The Serre plutonic complexes (Calabria, Italy): geological and petrochemical constraints. Presentato al Congresso SIMP, Cosenza, 19-21 Settembre 2002, Plinius n. 28, 219-220.
17. Somma R. (2002) - Regional tectonic setting of the Longi Taormina Unit (Eastern Peloritani Mountains, 38° 03' N - 15° 13' E, Italy). Presentato al Congresso SIMP, Cosenza, 19-21 Settembre 2002, Plinius n. 28, 266-268.
18. Bouillin J.P., Delacou B., Somma R., Vérard C. (2002) - La fabrique magnétique, auxiliaire pour l'étude de la déformation dans des calcaires plissés sans schistosité. Exemples dans les zones internes de l'arc calabro-péloritain. Presénté au journée spéciale organisée à la Société Géologique de France SGF, Paris, 29 Novembre 2002, 19-20.
19. Catalano R., Agate M., Avellone G., Barchi M., Basilone L., Somma R., Sulli A. (2003) – Progetto CARG: Foglio geologico 1:50.000 n. 607 “Corleone” (Sicila occidentale). Integrazione tra dati di superficie e di sottosuolo. 4° Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra, FIST GEOITALIA. Presentato al Forum FIST, Bellaria (Bologna), 16-18 Settembre 2003, 672-674.
20. Saccà C., Saccà D., Nucera P., Somma R. (2003) - Au in the Pomia Valley polymetalliferous mineralization (Peloritani Mountains, 38° 03' N - 15° 13' E, NE Sicily). Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana, 122, 503-509.
21. Messina A., Somma R., Lima A. M., Macaione E., Carbone G., Careri G. (2003) - The abundance of 55 elements and petrovolumetric models of the Crust in the Peloritani Mountains. In the Volume “The abundance of 55 elements and petrovolumetric models of the crust in 9 types areas from the crystalline basements of Italy, with some geophysical and petrophysical data”. Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL. F. P. (Sassi Editor), Rome. Cap. 13, 411-450. Published in occasion of the 32^nd International Geological Congress of Florence.
22. Somma R., Autori Vari (2003) – SEZIONE ROCCAVALDINA - Scala 1:10.000 - Foglio 601 Messina-Reggio di Calabria. R. Somma (rilevatrice del cristallino e delle coperture), F. Lentini (coordinatore scientifico). Regione Siciliana (Accordo di programma tra la Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – DSTN - Servizio Geologico e la Regione Siciliana).
23. Somma R., Autori Vari (2003) - SEZIONE MESSINA - Scala 1:10.000 - Foglio 601 Messina-Reggio di Calabria. R. Somma (rilevatrice del cristallino e delle copertura), F. Lentini (coordinatore scientifico). Regione Siciliana (Accordo di programma tra la Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – DSTN - Servizio Geologico d’Italia e la Regione Siciliana).
24. Somma R., Autori Vari (2003) - SEZIONE ALI’ - Scala 1:10.000 - Foglio 601 Messina-Reggio di Calabria. R. Somma (rilevatrice del cristallino e delle coperture), F. Lentini (coordinatore scientifico). Regione Siciliana (Accordo di programma tra la Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – DSTN - Servizio Geologico e la Regione Siciliana).
25. Somma R., Autori Vari (2003) - SEZIONE FIUMEDINISI - Scala 1:10.000 - Foglio 601 Messina-Reggio di Calabria. R. Somma (rilevatrice del cristallino e delle coperture), F. Lentini (coordinatore scientifico). Regione Siciliana (Accordo di programma tra la Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – DSTN - Servizio Geologico e la Regione Siciliana).
26. Somma R., Autori Vari (2003) - SEZIONE MONTE POVERELLO - Scala 1:10.000 - Foglio 601 Messina-Reggio di Calabria. R. Somma (rilevatrice del cristallino e delle coperture), F. Lentini (coordinatore scientifico). Regione Siciliana (Accordo di programma tra la Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – DSTN - Servizio Geologico e la Regione Siciliana).
27. Somma R., Autori Vari (2003) - SEZIONE SCALETTA ZANCLEA - Scala 1:10.000 - Foglio 601 Messina-Reggio di Calabria. R. Somma (rilevatrice del cristallino e delle coperture), F. Lentini (coordinatore scientifico). Regione Siciliana (Accordo di programma tra la Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – DSTN - Servizio Geologico e la Regione Siciliana).
28. Somma R., Autori Vari (2003) - SEZIONE SAPONARA - Scala 1:10.000 - Foglio 601 Messina-Reggio di Calabria.  R. Somma (rilevatrice del cristallino e delle coperture), F. Lentini (coordinatore scientifico). Regione Siciliana (Accordo di programma tra la Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – DSTN - Servizio Geologico e la Regione Siciliana).
29. Somma R., Autori Vari (2003) - SEZIONE PELLEGRINO - Scala 1:10.000 - Foglio 601 Messina-Reggio di Calabria. R. Somma (rilevatrice del cristallino e delle coperture), F. Lentini (coordinatore scientifico). Regione Siciliana (Accordo di programma tra la Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – DSTN - Servizio Geologico e la Regione Siciliana).
30. Somma R., Autori Vari (2003) - SEZIONE SANTO STEFANO - Scala 1:10.000 - Foglio 601 Messina-Reggio di Calabria. R. Somma (rilevatrice del cristallino e delle coperture), F. Lentini (coordinatore scientifico). Regione Siciliana (Accordo di programma tra la Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – DSTN - Servizio Geologico e la Regione Siciliana).
31. Somma R., Autori Vari (2003) - SEZIONE TREMESTIERI - Scala 1:10.000 - Foglio 601 Messina-Reggio di Calabria. R. Somma (rilevatrice del cristallino e delle coperture), F. Lentini (coordinatore scientifico). Regione Siciliana (Accordo di programma tra la Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – DSTN - Servizio Geologico e la Regione Siciliana).
32. Messina A., Somma R., Macaione E., Carbone G., Careri G. (2004) - Peloritani continental crust composition (southern Italy): geological and petrochemical evidences. Bollettino Società Geologica Italiana, 123, 3, 405-441.
33. Somma R. (2004) - Tectonic block rotations on the Longi-Taormina Unit (Peloritani Mountains, NE Sicily): a casestudy. 32^nd International Geological Congress IUGS. Presentato al 32^nd International Geological Congress IUGS, Florence, 20-28 August 2004, 936.
34. Somma R., Bottari A. (2004) – Seismotectonics of the Calabria-Peloritani Arc (Lat: 37°800 39°000 N – Long. 14°500 – 17°000 E). 32^nd International Geological Congress IUGS. Presentato al 32^nd International Geological Congress IUGS, Florence, 20-28 August 2004, 1320.
35. Somma R., Messina A., Mazzoli S., Macaione E. (2004) - Variscan vs Alpine tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Peloritani Mountains, Sicily. 32^nd International Geological Congress IUGS. Presentato al 32^nd International Geological Congress IUGS, Florence, 20-28 August 2004, 452.
36. Bonardi G., Caggianelli A., Critelli S., Messina A., Perrone V., Acquafredda P., Carbone G., Careri G., P., Cirrincione R., D’Errico M., Dominici R., Festa V., Iannace A., Macaione E., Mazzoli S., Notaro P., Parente M., Perri E., Piluso E., Somma R., Sonnino M., Vitale S. (2004) - Geotraverse across the Calabria-Peloritani Terrane (Southern Italy). Field Trip Guide Book – P66, 32^nd International Geological Congress IUGS, Florence, August 20-28 (2004). In: “Memorie descrittive della Carta Geologica d’Italia”, Servizio Geologico d’Italia – APAT, Vol. 63 (6), 1-60.
37. Somma R., Bottari A., Mazzoli S., Messina A. (2004) - Syn- to postorogenic extension in the Calabria-Peloritani Arc. International Congress on “Continental Extension”, Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, Joint Earth Sciences Meeting. Société Gélogique de France - Geologische Vereinigung. Congress "Continental Extension". Strasbourg, 20-25 Settembre 2004.
38. Messina A., Somma R., Macaione E. (2004) - Proterozoic to Paleozoic evolution in the Calabria-Peloritani Arc (Southern Italy): magmatic evidence. International Congress “Continental Extension”, Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, Joint Earth Sciences Meeting. Société Gélogique de France - Geologische Vereinigung. Congress "Continental Extension". Strasbourg, 20-25 Settembre 2004.
39. Somma R., Bottari A., Teramo A., Sue C. (2004) - The 28 March 1783 earthquake (Catanzaro Grabenm Southern Italy): the seismogenic structure within the seismic hazard evaluation. Applied Geophysics for Engineering - 1^st International Conference. Presentato al 1^st International Conference, Messina, 13-15 October 2004.
40. Messina A., Somma R., Macaione E., Di Stefano A., Marino M., Careri G., Bonanno R. (2004) - L’evoluzione geologica dei Monti Peloritani (Italia Meridionale) attraverso i Geositi: una prospettiva di Geoconservazione per la Regione Sicilia). Atti del II Convegno Nazionale: Geologia e Turismo - opportunità nell’economia del paesaggio. Bologna 3-4 novembre 2004, vol. 1, 52-57.
41. Messina A., Cogliandolo F., Macaione E., Bonanno R., Carbone G., Careri G., Somma R. (2004) - Ecologia del paesaggio dei Peloritani Nord-Orientali (Italia Meridionale). Atti del II Convegno Nazionale: Geologia e Turismo - opportunità nell’economia del paesaggio. Bologna 3-4 novembre 2004, vol. 2, 14-19.
42. Messina A., Bonanno R., Carbone G., Careri G., Macaione E., Somma R. (2004) - Museo di Scienze della Terra, Sezione Petrografia del territorio Calabria - Sicilia. Università degli Studi di Messina Atti del II Convegno Nazionale: Geologia e Turismo - opportunità nell’economia del paesaggio. Bologna 3-4 novembre 2004, vol. 2, 25-28.
43. Messina A., Morfea F., Careri G., Macaione E., Somma R., Carbone  G., Bonanno R. (2004) - Un antico percorso nel Parco dell’Aspromonte (Italia Meridionale): geologia e paesaggio lungo l’itinerario Scilla-Gambarie-Polsi). Atti del II Convegno Nazionale: Geologia e Turismo - opportunità nell’economia del paesaggio. Bologna 3-4 novembre 2004, vol. 2, 20-24.
44. Messina A., Somma R., Macaione E., Careri G., Bonanno R. (2004) - Un itinerario geologico dal Proterozoico al Neozoico lungo il Fretum Siculum (Italia Meridionale). Atti del II Convegno Nazionale: Geologia e Turismo - opportunità nell’economia del paesaggio. Atti 2° Convegno Nazionale Geologia e Turismo. Bologna 3-4 novembre 2004, 2, 9-13.

45. Somma R. (2005) - Structural and magnetic evidence for passive clockwise rotations along the south-western edge of the Calabria-Peloritani Arc (Peloritani Mts., southern Italy). European Geosciences Union EGU, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7, 01463, 2005, Sref-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU05-A-01463, Vienna, May 2005.

46. Somma R., Messina A., Mazzoli S. (2005) - Syn-orogenic extension in the Peloritani Alpine Thrust Belt (NE Sicily, Italy): evidence from the Alì Unit. Compte Rendus Geoscience Paris 337, 861-871. doi:10.1016/j.crte.2005.03.004.
47. Somma R., Bottari A., Bottari C., Macaione E., Messina A., Neri G., Presti D. (2005) - Active Tectonics and Seismicity in the Messina Straits. Applied Geophysics for Engineering - 2^nd International Conference. Presentato al 2^nd International Conference, Messina, 13-15 October 2005.
48. Martin-Rojas I., Estevez A., Delgado F., Messina A., Somma R., Macaione E., Di Bella E. (2005) - Syn-orogenic tectonic evolution of the westernmost segment of the Perimediterranean Alpine belt: new evidence from the Alpujarride Complex (Betic Cordillera, Southern Spain). Advances in Petrology: a Meeting in Honour of Ezio Callegari. Torino, 8-9 October 2005.
49. Somma R., Messina A., Perrone V. (2005) - The Cambrian to Aquitanian geological record of the Longi-Taormina Unit (Calabria-Peloritani Arc, southern Italy): geodynamic implications. Geodinamica Acta, 6, vol. 18, 417-430.
50. Somma R. (2006) - The south-western side of the Calabrian Arc (Peloritani Mountains): geological, structural and AMS evidence for passive clockwise rotations. Journal of Geodynamics, 41(4), 422-439. DOI information: doi:10.1016/j.jog.2005.11.001.
51. Saccà C., Saccà D., Nucera P., de Maria M., de fazio A., Somma R. (2007) - The lithoid material origin of the Hercules Temple in San Marco d’alunzio (Sicily, Italy). Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Vol. LXXXV, 1-13, C1A0701008.
52. Martin-Rojas I., Delgado F., Di bella E., Estévez A., Macaione E., Messina A., Somma R. (2007) - Tectonometamorphic evolution of the westernmost segment of the Alpine Perimediterranean Chains. Evidences from the Sierra de Gador (Betic Internal Zone, Spain). European Geosciences Union EGU, Geophysical Research, Abstract, 2007, Vienna, April 2007.
53. Somma R., Martin-Rojas I., Messina A., Perrone V. (2007) - The exhumed Mesozoic Verrucano-type redbeds of the Peloritanian Sector of the Maghrebian Chain (NE Sicily, southern Italy). European Geosciences Union EGU, Abstract, Vienna, April 2007.
54. Somma R., Martin-Rojas I., Delgado F., Estévez A., Perrone V., Messina A. (2007) - Rifting evolution of the Mesomediterranean Continent. The first Moroccan Association of Petroleum Geologists (MAPG) International Convention, Conference & Exhibition, Abstract, Marrakech, October 2007.
55. Somma R., Martin-Rojas I., Delgado F., Estévez A., Perrone V. (2007) - Evidence of Triassic rifting from the Internal Zones of the Gibraltar and Calabria-Peloritani Arcs. GeoItalia, Federazione Italiana di Scienze della Terra (FIST), 2007, 12-14 Settembre, Rimini.
56. Somma R. (2007) - Structural constraints on pre-alpine deformation of the Peloritani belt, Calabrian Arc. FIST GeoItalia 2007, 12-14 Settembre, Rimini.
57. Iannace A., Vitale S., D’errico M., Mazzoli S., Di Staso A., Macaione E., Messina A., Reddy S.M., Somma R., Zamparelli v., Zattin m. & Bonardi g. (2007) - The carbonate tectonic units of northern Calabria (Italy): A record of Apulian paleomargin evolution and Miocene convergence, continental crust subduction, and exhumation of HP-LT rocks. The Geological Society of London, 164, n. 6, 1165-1186. doi:10.1144/0016-76492007-017.
58. Carbone S., Messina A., Lentini F., Barbano M.S., Grasso D., Di Stefano A., Ferrara V., Somma R. (2008) - Nota illustrativa del Foglio 601 Messina-Reggio di Calabria. Servizio Geologico Nazionale APAT – Roma.
59. Carbone S., Caliri A., Gargano C., Guarnieri P., Lentini F., Somma R. (2008) - Carta Geologica d’Italia alla scala 1:50.000 del Foglio 601 “Messina-Reggio di Calabria” - Servizio Geologico Nazionale APAT – Roma.
60. Martin-Rojas I., Somma R., Delgado F., Estévez A., Perrone V., Zamparelli V. (2008) - Tettonica sinsedimentaria triassica nei carbonati Alpujarridi della Cordigliera Betica  (Spagna sud-orientale). Riunione Annuale del Gruppo Italiano Geologia Strutturale GIGS, Catania, 26-28 Febbraio 2008. Rendiconti online SGI, 1, Conference Paper, 215-216. ISSN 2035-8008. SCOPUS: 84863199723.
61. Martin-Rojas I., Somma R., Delgado F., Estévez A., Perrone V., Zamparelli V. (2008) - Triassic tectono-sedimentary evolution of the Mesomediterranean Block (Betic Cordillera, south-eastern Spain). Tethys to Mediterranean: a journey of geological discovery Meeting in memory of Angelo Di Grande & Mario Grasso, Catania, 3-5 June 2008, p. 78.
62. Somma R., Martin-Rojas I., Zamparelli V., Estévez A., Delgado F., Iannace A., Perrone V. (2008) - Estratigrafía del Trías Medio y Superior del Complejo Alpujárride en la Sierra de Gádor (Zona Interna Bética). Geo-Temas, 10, 231-234, ISSN:1567-5172.
63. Somma R., Martin-Rojas I., Delgado F., Estévez A., Perrone V., Zamparelli V. (2008) - The Ladinian to Carnian rifting stage recorded by the peritidal carbonate platform of the Betic Cordillera. 33^th International Geological Congress, Oslo, August 2008.
64. Somma R., Barreca G., Cama M., Carbone S. (2008) - Integrated stratigraphical, structural and morphometric analyses of the Ionian side of the Messina Straits (NE Sicily). Congresso Nazionale della Società Geologica Italiana, Sassari, 15-17 Settembre 2008. Rendiconti online S.G.I., 3 (2), Conference Paper, 732-733. ISSN 2035-8008. SCOPUS: 84863459264.
65. Somma R., Carbone S. (2008) - Plio-Pleistocene syn-sedimentary extensional tectonics: evidence of sealed LANFs from the Neogene succession of the Messina Strait (Peloritani eastern slope, NE Sicily). Congresso Nazionale della Società Geologica Italiana, Sassari, 15-17 Settembre 2008. Rendiconti online S.G.I., 3 (2), Conference Paper, 734-735. ISSN 2035-8008. SCOPUS: 84863430716.
66. Dugo G., Somma R. (2008) - Relazioni tra la composizione del bedrock e piantagioni di olivo in Sicilia. Congresso Nazionale della Società Geologica Italiana, Sassari, 15-17 Settembre 2008. Rendiconti online S.G.I., 3 (2), Conference Paper, 736-737. ISSN 2035-8008. SCOPUS: 84863490810.
67. Martin-Rojas I., Somma R., Delgado F., Estévez A., Perrone V., Zamparelli V. (2009) - Preserved record of initial rifting stages in the Betic collisional orogen (Spain). Palaeogeographic implications for the western Neo-Tethyan domain. European Geosciences Union EGU, Abstract, Vienna, April 2009.
68. Martin-Rojas I., Somma R., Delgado F., Estévez A., Iannace A., Perrone V., Zamparelli V. (2009) - Triassic continental rifting of Pangaea: direct evidence from the Alpujarride carbonates, Betic Cordillera, SE Spain. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 166, Issue 3, 447-458. doi: 10.1144/0016-76492008-091. IF 2012: 3.195.
69. Navas-Parejo P., Somma R., Martín-Algarra A., Perrone V., Rodríguez-Canero R. (2009) - First record of Devonian orthoceratid-bearing limestone in southern Calabria (Italy). Comptes Rendus Palevol 8, 365-373. IF 2012: 1.043.
70. Navas-Parejo P., Rodríguez-Canero R., Somma R., Martín-Algarra A., Perrone V. (2009) - The Frasnian Upper Kellwasser event and a lower Famennian stratigraphic gap in Calabria (southern Italy). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 1-8. ISSN 1867-1594 (Print) 1867-1608 (Online). DOI 10.1007/s12549-009-0006-4.
71. Di Paolo L., Aldega L., Balestrieri M.L., Corrado S., Maniscalco R., Somma R. (2009) - Shallow burial and exhumation of the Peloritani Mts. (NE Sicily, Italy): insight from paleo-thermal and structural indicators. 10.1474/Epitome.03.1517 Geoitalia, Federazione Italiana di Scienze della Terra (FIST) 2009, 9-11 Settembre, Rimini.
72. Somma R., Martin-Rojas I., Delgado F., Estévez A., Iannace A., Perrone V., Zamparelli V. (2009) - Eustatic vs tectonic control on Triassic carbonate ramps of the Alpujarride units of the Betic Cordillera (SE Spain). 27th IAS MEETING OF SEDIMENTOLOGISTS. International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS), 20-23 Settembre, Alghero.
73. Somma R., Martin-Rojas I., Zamparelli V., Delgado F., Estévez A., Iannace A., Perrone  V. (2009) - First record of Tethyan foraminifer-rich beds in the Internal Zone of the Betic Cordillera (Alpujarride Complex, Spain): guide levels available to reconstruct the Ladinian stage in the Alpine- and Germanic-type Betic basin. 27th IAS MEETING OF SEDIMENTOLOGISTS. International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS), 20-23 Settembre, Alghero.
74. Somma R., Martin-Rojas I., Delgado F., Estévez A., Iannace A., Perrone V., Zamparelli V. (2009) - Facies and facies association distribution on the Triassic carbonate platform of the Alpujárride Complex (Betic Internal Zone, SE Spain). Geogaceta, 47, 81-84, ISSN: 0213683-X.
75. Catalano R., Agate M., Avellone G., Basilone L., Sulli A., Barchi M., Di Maggio C., Sprovieri R., Albanese C., Gasparo Morticelli M., Gugliotta C., Somma R. (2009) - Carta Geologica d’Italia alla scala 1:50.000 del Foglio 607“Corleone”. Servizio Geologico Nazionale APAT – Roma.
76. Somma R.,  Aldega L., Corrado S., Di Paolo L. (2010) - Tectonics and paleo-seismicity in the Peloritani Mountains: evidences from the Miocene siliciclastic deposits. Convegno Società Geologica Italiana S.G.I., Sezione Giovani, Napoli, 18-20 Marzo.
77. Tassone G., Cicero N., Dugo G.mo, Somma R. (2010) - Recupero di energia (biogas), polifenoli e ammendanti utilizzando gli scarti dall’industria olivicola (acque di vegetazione e sanse vergini). Convegno Società Geologica Italiana S.G.I., Sezione Giovani, Napoli, 18-20 Marzo.
78. Rustichelli A., Agosta F., Galindo-Zaldivar J., Ruano P., Somma R., Tondi E. (2010) - Stratigraphic and structural evolution of the Tablate area (Granada Basin, Spain): inferences on the possible seismic activity of the Padul Fault. European Geosciences Union EGU, Abstract, Vienna, 2-7 May 2010.
79. Martin-Rojas I., Somma R., Delgado F., Estévez A., Iannace A., Perrone V., Zamparelli V. (2010) - Role of sea-level change and syn-sedimentary extensional tectonics on facies and architecture of Ladinian-Carnian carbonate depositional systems (Alpujarride Complex, Betic Internal Zone, SE Spain). Geogaceta, 48, 63-66. ISSN: 0213-683X.
80. Somma R., Martin-Rojas I., Zamparelli V., Estévez A., Perrone V. (2010) - First record of Tethyan Ladinian foraminifer-rich beds in the Betic Internal Zone (SE Spain). Geogaceta, 48, 67-70. ISSN: 0213-683X.
81. Di Paolo L., Aldega L., Corrado S., Somma R., Balestrieri M.L., Maniscalco S. (2010) - Paleo-thermal and structural indicators for unraveling burial/exhumation paths in the Peloritani Mts. (NE Sicily, Italy). 72^nd EAGE Conference and Exhibition. Barcelona, 14-17 June 2010. First Break. Conference paper, 1-5. SCOPUS: 78249244454.
82. Somma R., Martin-Rojas I., Zamparelli V., Delgado F., Estévez A., Iannace A., Perrone V. (2010) - Significance of Ladinian foraminifer-rich guide levels in the Betic Internal Zone (Spain). International Congress on “New developments on Triassic Integrated Stratigraphy”, Palermo, 12-16 September 2010, p. 45.
83. Martin-Rojas I., Somma R., Delgado F., Estévez A., Iannace A., Perrone V., Zamparelli V. (2010) – Sequence stratigraphy analysis of Triassic carbonate platform. An example from the Betic Cordillera Internal Zone (Spain). International Congress on “New developments on Triassic Integrated Stratigraphy”, Palermo, 12-16 September 2010, p. 36.
84. Aldega L., Corrado S., Di Paolo L., Somma R., Maniscalco R., Balestrieri M.L. (2011) - Shallow burial and exhumation of the Peloritani Mts. (NE Sicily, Italy): insight from paleo-thermal and structural indicators. Geological Society of America GSA Bulletin, 123, n.1/2, 132-149, doi: 10.1130/B30093.1.
85. Somma R., Martin-Rojas I. (2011) - From Alpine syn-orogenic deformation to late-orogenic clockwise rotations in the Calabria-Peloritani Arc: a geological journay from Alì to Taormina-Mongiuffi-Roccafiorita (Sicily, Southern Italy). Geological field book, XXIII Reunión de la Comisión de Tectónica (June 23rd-26th 2011). Sociedad Geológica de España. Memoria 23. 61 pp.
86. Corrado S., Aldega L., Balestrieri M.L., Di Paolo L., Maniscalco R., Somma R. (2011) - Burial and exhumation history of the Apenninic-Maghrebian chain in Eastern Sicily by means of thermal modelling. Epitome Geoitalia, VIII Forum Italiano di Scienze della Terra (FIST), 19-23 settembre, Torino, p.145.
87. Martin-Rojas I., Somma R., Delgado F., Estévez A., Iannace A., Zamparelli V. (2012) - The Triassic platform of the Gador-Turon unit (Alpujarride complex, Betic Cordillera, S Spain): climate versus tectonic factors controlling platform architecture. Facies, 58 (2), 297-323. ISSN 0172-9179; DOI: 10.1007/s10347-011-0275-z. IF 2012: 1.388.
88. Somma R., Navas-Parejo P., Martín-Algarra A., Martínez-Pérez C., Perrone V. & Rodríguez-Cañero R. (2012) - Vincoli biostratigrafici sull’età del vulcanismo alcalino paleozoico dei Monti Peloritani (Sicilia nord-orientale) [Biostratigraphic constraints on the Palaeozoic alkaline volcanism of the Peloritani Mountains (north-eastern Sicily)]. 86° Congresso Nazionale Società Geologica Italiana (SGI), Arcavacata di Rende (Cosenza), 18-20 Settembre 2012. Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 21, PART 2, Conference Paper, 1098-1100. ISSN 2035-8008. SCOPUS: 84872308765
89. Somma R., Bonfiglio L., Lanza S., Mangano G., Miccichè R., Pavia G., Randazzo G., Sineo L., Tigano G. & Zaffino G. (2012) - The new finding of a Mycenaean tholos in the alluvial deposits of the Messina coastal plain (north-eastern Sicily): stratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental consequences. 86° Congresso Nazionale Società Geologica Italiana (SGI), Arcavacata di Rende (Cosenza), 18-20 Settembre 2012. Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 21, Conference Paper, 674. ISSN 2035-8008. SCOPUS: 84883260235
90. Somma R., Cicero N., Dugo G., Pandolfo C., Sabatino G. & Salvo A. (2012) - The effects of the different chemical-physical properties of the natural and artificial soils on the nutritional quality, flavour, and yield of the PGI Pachino cherry tomatoes (south-eastern Sicily). 86° Congresso Nazionale Società Geologica Italiana (SGI), Arcavacata di Rende (Cosenza), 18-20 Settembre 2012. Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 21, Conference Paper, 712. ISSN 2035-8008. SCOPUS: 84872354729
91. Somma R., Martin-Rojas I., Delgado F., Estévez A. (2012) - The Triassic tectono-stratigraphic record of the Alpujarride Gador-Turon unit (Betic Internal Zone, SE Spain). Riunione Annuale Gruppo Informale di Geologia Strutturale GIGS 2012, Modena, 25-26 ottobre 2012. Rendiconti online Società Geologica Italiana, Conference paper, 22, 211-214, ISSN 2035-8008.
92. Somma R., Martin-Rojas I., Perrone V. (2013) - The stratigraphic record of the Alì-Montagnareale Unit (Peloritani Mountains, NE Sicily, Italy). Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 25, 106-115. ISSN 2035-8008. DOI: 10.3301/ROL.2013.10.
93. De Capoa P., D’Errico M., Di Staso A., Perrone V., Somma R., Zaghloul M.N. (2013) – Biostratigraphic constraints for the palaeogeographic and tectonic evolution of the Alpine Central-Western Mediterranean orogenic belt (Betic, Maghrebian and Apenninic chains). Rendiconti Online Società Geologica Italiana, 25, 43-63. ISSN 2035-8008. DOI: 10.3301/ROL.2013.04.
94. Navas-Parejo P., Rodríguez-Cañero R., Martínez-Pérez C., Somma R., Martín-Algarra A., Perrone V. (2013) - Conodontos del Emsiense (Devónico Inferior) de la Unidad de Longi-Taormina (Montes Peloritanos, Sicilia). Trending Topics in Palaeontology, Book of abstracts, XI Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Paleontología (EJIP), Atarfe (Granada), 17th-20th April 2013, 78-80.
95. Romeo M., Maugeri G., Riccitelli W., Petruzzelli D., Schiavone S., Dugo G., Maniscalco R., Mottese A., Pollicino G.M., Sabatino G., Salvo A., Somma R. (2013) - Murder: from victim identification to crime reconstruction. Forensic Science Society Summer Workshop, Lancaster Hall Hotel London, 27^th-28^th July 2013.
96. Rodríguez-Cañero R., Navas-Parejo P., Somma R., Martín-Algarra A., Perrone V. (2013) - First finding of upper Silurian and Lower Devonian conodonts from the Peloritani Mountains (NE Sicily, southern Italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 52, 1-9. DOI: 10.4435/BSPI.2013.15. ISSN 0375-7633.
97. Somma R., Navas-Parejo P., Martín-Algarra A., Rodríguez-Cañero R., Perrone V., Martínez-Pérez C. (2013) - Paleozoic stratigraphy of the Longi-Taormina Unit (Peloritanian Mountains, southern Italy). Stratigraphy, 10 (3), 1-26. ISSN 1547-139X.
98. Somma R., Martin-Rojas I. (2013) - A preliminary tectonic model for interpreting the Peloritani Alpine metamorphism. Riunione Annuale Gruppo Informale di Geologia Strutturale GIGS 2013, Milano, 28-30 Ottobre 2013. Rendiconti online S.G.I., Conference paper, 29, 2013, 169-172. ISSN 2035-8008.
99. Martin-Rojas I., Somma R., Estévez A., Delgado F., Zamparelli V. (2014) - La Plataforma Triásica Alpujárride (Zonas Internas de la Cordillera Bética, España). [The Alpujarride Triassic Platform (Internal Zones of the Betic Cordillera, Spain)]. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 27 (1), 63-78.
100. Mottese A., Somma R., Bua D., Cicero N., Pollicino G.M., Salvo A., Dugo Giacomo (2014) - New insights on chemical, geochemical, and geological features of the bedrock-soil-PGI Interdonato Lemon plant system (Messina, southern Italy). CHIMALI 2014, X Congresso Italiano di Chimica degli Alimenti, Firenze, 6-10 luglio 2014.
101. Cicero N., Mallamace D., Corsaro C., Salvo A., Gioffrè S.V., Mottese A., Somma R., Dugo G.mo (2014) – 1H NMR spectrum of Interdonato lemon juice PGI by HR-MAS.  X National Congress of Food Chemistry (Firenze), 6-10 luglio 2014.
102. Navas-Parejo P., Martín-Algarra A., Rodríguez-Cañero R., Somma R., Perrone V. (2014) - Western Paleotethys palaeogeographic evolution: new insights from the intra-Alpine terrains of the Betic Cordillera (southern Spain). Gondwana 15, p. 118, Madrid (Spain), 14-18 July 2014.
103. Navas-Parejo P., Rodríguez-Cañero R., Somma R., Martín-Algarra A., Perrone V. (2014) - Stratigraphic update of the Paleozoic succession of the Peloritani Mountains, north-eastern Sicily, southern Italy. Gondwana 15, p. 119, Madrid (Spain), 14-18 July 2014.
104. Martín-Algarra A., Somma R., Navas-Parejo P., Rodríguez-Cañero R., Sanchez-Navas A., Cambeses, A., Scarrow, J.H., Perrone, V. (2014) - The geodynamics of northern Gondwana: evidence from Paleozoic volcanic-sedimentary evolution of the Calabria-Peloritani terrane, southern Italy. Gondwana 15,  p. 107, Madrid (Spain), 14-18 July 2014.
105. Navas-Parejo P., Somma R., Rodríguez-Cañero R., Martín-Algarra A., Perrone V. (2014) - New stratigraphic data on the Late Devonian of the Serre Massif (eastern Calabria, southern Italy) in the frame of the western Paleotethys. Gondwana 15,  p. 120, Madrid (Spain), 14-18  July 2014.
106. Potortì A.G., Somma R., Mottese A., Bua D., Cicero N., Pollicino G.M., Salvo A., Dugo Giacomo (2014)  – Chemometric models to assess authenticity of the PGI Interdonato Lemon (Messina, southern Italy). 23º SILAE Congress, Marsala (Trapani), 7-12 settembre 2014.
107. Mottese A., Somma R., Bua D., Cicero N., Pollicino G.M., Potortì A.G., Salvo A., Dugo Giacomo (2014) – The geochemistry of rare earth elements (REEs) in the production soil-PGI Interdonato Lemon system (Messina, southern Italy). 23º SILAE Congress, Marsala (Trapani), 7-12 settembre 2014.
108. Somma R. (2014) – Professione Geologo forense. Centonove, Settimanale di Politica, Culturale, Economia, Numero 38 del 10 ottobre 2014, pp. 22-23.
109. Navas-Parejo P., Somma R., Rodríguez-Cañero R., Martín-Algarra A., Perrone V. (2015) - Conodont-based stratigraphy in the Devonian of the Serre Massif (southern Italy). Stratigraphy, 12, 1-21.
110. Somma R., Navas-Parejo P., Martín-Algarra A., Rodríguez-Cañero R., Sanchez-Navas A., Cambeses A., Scarrow J. H., Perrone V. (2015) - The Silurian beds of the Calabria-Peloritani Southern Subterrane (southern Italy). Il Pianeta Dinamico: sviluppi e prospettive a 100 anni da Wegener. Congresso congiunto SIMP-AIV-SoGeI-SGI. Firenze 2-4 Settembre 2015. Rend. Online Soc. Geol. It., Suppl. n. 2, Vol. 35, p. 32.
111. Somma R., Maniscalco R., Sabatino G., Schiavone S. (2015) - Volcanic sands and benthic Foraminifers in a forensic soil related to a murder case: Can these particles support intelligence for establishing soil provenance? Il Pianeta Dinamico: sviluppi e prospettive a 100 anni da Wegener. Congresso congiunto SIMP-AIV-SoGeI-SGI. Firenze 2-4 Settembre 2015. Rend. Online Soc. Geol. It., Suppl. n. 2, Vol. 35, p. 472.
112. Somma R., Martín-Algarra A., Navas-Parejo P., Rodríguez-Cañero R., Sanchez-Navas A., Cambeses A., Scarrow J. H., Perrone V. (2015) - New geochronological dating of the Paleozoic volcanism in the Peloritani Mountains (southern Italy). Riunione Annuale ed escursione del Gruppo Italiano Geologia Strutturale GIGS, Sezione di Geologia Strutturale della Società Geologica Italiana, Catania, 30 settembre 2015. Rend. Online Soc. Geol. It., Suppl. n. 1, Vol. 36, p. 74.
113. Bilal E.O., Zaghloul M. N., El Talibi H., Perrone V., Somma R. (2015) - Tectono-sedimentary evolution of the middle Miocene Oued Dayr Formation (Ghomaride complex, Internal Domain of the Rif Belt, Morocco): Geodymamic implications. Le 22éme Colloque International des Bassins Sédimentaires « Protection de l’environnement et Gestion durable des ressources naturelles », Faculté des Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Fès, Maroc; 18-20 Dicembre 2015.
114. Somma R., Silvestro M., Cascio M., Dawson L., Donnelly L., Harrison M., McKinley J., Ruffell A. (2016) - The use of a GIS Red-Amber-Green (RAG) system to define search priorities for burials. EGU, European Geosciences Union, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 18, EGU2016, General Assembly 17–22 April 2016, Vienna.
115. Somma R. & Bella F. (2016) - Sedimentological study of gypsiferous sands from the saharian desert. EGU, European Geosciences Union, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 18, EGU 2016, General Assembly 17–22 April 2016, Vienna.
116. Somma R., Silvestro M., Cascio M., Longo V., Barbagallo O., Dawson L. (2016) - The use of digital surface, terrain models and geophysics to define search priorities for clandestine burials in a GIS-based Red-Amber-Green (RAG) system. Geosciences on a changing planet: learning from the past, exploring the future, 88° Congresso della Società Geologica Italiana Napoli. 7-9 settembre 2016. Supplemento n. 1 al Vol. 40/2016. DOI: 10,3301/ROL.2016.79, p. 932.
117. Somma R. (2016) – Forensic soil analyses from a simulated murder case. Geosciences on a changing planet: learning from the past, exploring the future, 88° Congresso della Società Geologica Italiana Napoli. 7-9 settembre 2016. Supplemento n. 1 al Vol. 40/2016. DOI: 10,3301/ROL.2016.79, p. 931.
118. Bilal E.O., Zaghloul M. N., El Talibi H., Somma R. (2016) - Tectono-Sedimentary evolution of the Miocene Oued Dayr Formation (Ghomaride Complex, Internal Domain of the Maghrebian Rif Belt, Morocco). Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 1-28; 9:660, DOI: 10.1007/s12517-016-2663-8.
119. Somma R., Bonvegna P., Sanchez-Navas A. (2017) - The gold nuggets of the lower Pliocene Alhambra Formation (Betic Cordillera, Southern Spain). EGU, European Geosciences Union, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU2017, General Assembly 23-28 April 2017, Vienna.

120. Somma R., Cucinotta F., Guglielmino E., Marotta G., Nicolosi A., Risitano G., Torre E., Zavattaro D. (2017) - The importance of laser scanning in the analysis of “exhumed” crime scenes: a new method for recording and documenting clandestine graves. Geosciences - A tool in a changing world - Congresso congiunto Geosciences - A tool in a changing world - Congresso congiunto SIMP, SGI, SoGeI AIV, p. 591. Pisa, 3-6 settembre 2017.

121. Somma R., Silvestro M., Cascio M., Torre E. (2017) - A new GIS-based approach for the search of simulated clandestine graves. Geosciences - A tool in a changing world - Congresso congiunto SIMP, SGI, SoGeI AIV, p. 592. Pisa, 3-6 settembre 2017.
122. Somma R., Cascio M., Silvestro M., Torre E. (2018) - The application of a GIS-based prioritization system for the search of a simulated clandestine grave. The Journal of Forensic Sciences. Volume: 63 Issue: 3 Pages: 882-898. DOI:10.1111/1556-4029.13677.
123. Somma R., Barbagallo O., Casabona R., Granata T. (2018) - Forensic geology applications for the solution of environmental crimes. Geophysical Research Abstracts vol. 20 (EGU2018-3056), EGU, European Geosciences Union, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU2018, General Assembly 8-13 April 2018, Vienna.
124. Somma R., Cascio M., Casabona R., Granata T., Silvestro M. (2018) - Application of Territorial Information Systems and GIS technology in legal investigation and environmental justice. Geophysical Research Abstracts vol. 20 (EGU2018-15190-1), EGU, European Geosciences Union, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU2018, General Assembly 8-13 April 2018, Vienna.
125. Potortì A. G., Di Bella G., Mottese A. F., Bua G. D., Fede M. R., Sabatino G., Salvo A., Somma R., Dugo G. (2018) - Traceability of Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Interdonato lemon pulps by chemometric analysis of the mineral composition. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. DOI10.1016/j.jfca.2018.03.001.
126. Somma R. (2018) - Geoforensics: Which future prospects in teaching Geoscience. International workshop "New Horizons in Teaching Science", under the patronage of Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, at the Messina University (18-19 June, Messina).
127. Somma R. (2018) - The Aldo Moro murder case forty years after: New investigative implication on Moro’s last days. "Geosciences for the environment, natural hazard and cultural heritage", doi.org/10.3301/ABSGI/2018, Congresso congiunto SGI – SIMP (12-14 settembre, 2018), Catania.
128. Somma R., Silvestro M., Cascio M. (2018) - A contribution to the search of illegal concealments: A GIS-based quantitative approach to define a prioritization system. "Geosciences for the environment, natural hazard and cultural heritage", doi.org/10.3301/ABSGI/2018, Congresso congiunto SGI – SIMP (12-14 settembre, 2018), Catania.
129. Fragale F., Somma R., Casabona R., Tortorici F., Granata T. (2018) - Crimes against the environment: How to deal with them. "Geosciences for the environment, natural hazard and cultural heritage", doi.org/10.3301/ABSGI/2018, Congresso congiunto SGI – SIMP (12-14 settembre, 2018), Catania.
130. Sacchi E. & Somma R. (2018) - Forensic geoscience today: which future prospects. "Geosciences for the environment, natural hazard and cultural heritage", doi.org/10.3301/ABSGI/2018, Congresso congiunto SGI – SIMP (12-14 settembre, 2018), Catania.
131. Sansotta C., Acri G., Denaro L., Granata T., Ruello E., Somma R. & Testagrossa B. (2018) - Relevance of telethermography in waste dumps.  "Geosciences for the environment, natural hazard and cultural heritage", doi.org/10.3301/ABSGI/2018, Congresso congiunto SGI – SIMP (12-14 settembre, 2018), Catania.
132. Sansotta C., Ruello E., Acri G., Denaro L., Granata T., Somma R. & Testagrossa B. (2018) - Exposure to Radon and National Radon Plan in Italy by Directive 2013/59/Euratom. "Geosciences for the environment, natural hazard and cultural heritage", doi.org/10.3301/ABSGI/2018, Congresso congiunto SGI – SIMP (12-14 settembre, 2018), Catania.
133. Laurelli A., Gurgone S., Somma R., Silvestro M., Cascio M. & Granata T. (2018) - Environmental crimes and advisors: the importance of binding legislation and technical knowledge. "Geosciences for the environment, natural hazard and cultural heritage", doi.org/10.3301/ABSGI/2018, Congresso congiunto SGI – SIMP (12-14 settembre, 2018), Catania.
135. Somma R. (2019) - The educational activities and judicial contributions carried out by the Messina University on forensic geology and environmental crimes. VIII Animal Plant and Soil Traces expert working group (APST) annual meeting 2019 of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI), Frankfurt, Germany, 10 - 12 April 2019.
136. Somma R. & Silvestro M. (2019) – How GIS technique may assist law enforcement in the search of illegal concealments. VIII Animal Plant and Soil Traces expert working group (APST) annual meeting 2019 of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI), Frankfurt, Germany, 10 - 12 April 2019.
137. Somma R. (2019) - The judicial contribution of the Messina University on Forensic Geology and Environmental Crimes. Congresso congiunto - Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia e la Società Geologica Italiana, unitamente alla Società Geochimica Italiana - “Il tempo del pianeta Terra e il tempo dell'uomo: Le geoscienze fra passato e futuro”, Parma (16-19 settembre 2019).
138. Somma R. (2019) - From Alpine syn-orogenic deformation to late-orogenic clockwise rotations in the Calabria-Peloritani Arc (NE Sicily, southern Italy). pp. 265-274. In Geo-Guías 11. Rutas Geológicas por la Península Ibérica, Canarias, Sicilia y Marruecos, XXX Aniversario de la Comisión de Tectónica de la SGE - ISBN: 2254-6138.
139. Somma R. & Casabona R. (2019) - How geology may help judicial system to counteract environmental crimes. Traditional international conference New Methods - CONFERENCE 2019, Prague, November 2019, organized by the Institute of Criminalistics of the Czech Police.
140. Somma R., Bonfiglio L., Mangano G., Miccichè R., Pavia G., Sineo L., Tigano G. (2019) - The discovery of a Mycenaean-type tholos tomb in the Bronze Age necropolis of the Gazzi buried floodplain (Messina, Southern Italy): new geological and anthropological data. Stratigraphy, 16 (4), 249-263. DOI: 10.29041/strat.16.4.249-263.
141. Spoto S.E., Somma R., Crea F. (2021) - Using a forensic - based learning approach to teach geochemistry. Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, ISSN 1825-1242, Vol. 98, No. S1, A1 (2021) DOI: 10.1478/AAPP.98S1A1. pp.10.
142. Somma R. (2021) - Two key forensic science disciplines of paramount importance in murders in open places: Forensic Geology and Forensic Botany. Traditional international conference New Methods - CONFERENCE 2021, Prague, November 2021, organized by the Institute of Criminalistics of the Czech Police in cooperation with Faculty of Science Charles University, National Museum and Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. INVITED SPEAKER.
143. Somma R. & Bolino G. (2021) - Routine investigations in the field of Forensic Geology and Forensic Botany in murders occurred in open places: possible new strategies. Traditional international conference New Methods - CONFERENCE 2021, Prague, November 2021, organized by the Institute of Criminalistics of the Czech Police in cooperation with Faculty of Science Charles University, National Museum and Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. INVITED SPEAKER.
144. Somma R., Cascio M., Cucinotta F., Mondello F., Morabito M., Sabatino G., Troia A. (2021) - As physical evidence analysed by Forensic Geologists and Botanists may provide useful elements for the reconstruction of event dynamics. Abstract esteso presentato all’adunanza scientifica autunnale, 30/11/2021. Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali.
145. Somma R. & Costa N. (submitted) - Integrated Geographical Information System applied to the serial murders of the Monster of Florence (Italy). ENFSI – APST 2022 - 9th APST Working Group Annual Meeting Exploring the Function of Animals, Plants and Soils in Criminal Investigations. Aberdeen, Scotland 27 – 29 April 2022.
146. Somma R., Mondello F., Morabito M., Troia A. (submitted) - The mistery of Caronia (southern Italy): as Forensic Geology and Forensic Botany may assist the investigative authority to understand unknown events. ENFSI – APST 2022 - 9th APST Working Group Annual Meeting Exploring the Function of Animals, Plants and Soils in Criminal Investigations. Aberdeen, Scotland 27 – 29 April 2022.
147. Morabito M., Somma R., Mondello F. (submitted) - The important role of Forensic Botany and Forensic Geology in the solution of juditial cases. ENFSI – APST 2022 - 9th APST Working Group Annual Meeting Exploring the Function of Animals, Plants and Soils in Criminal Investigations. Aberdeen, Scotland 27 – 29 April 2022.
 
ORCID
0000-0002-1272-6656
 
LIST OF TITLES
• Degree in Geological Sciences, with grade 110/110 and honors, on 02/26/1992, at the University of Palermo.
• De Gregorio Vanni Degree Award, at the University of Palermo, for the best experimental thesis (A.Y. 1990/1991) of the Degree Course in Geological Sciences.
• Qualification to practice as a Geologist at the University of Palermo, reporting the mark of 131/150.
• Study grant abroad, in 1994, offered by the University of Palermo.
• Diplome d'Etudes Approfondis (DEA) in Géodynamique des marges océaniques et des chaînes de montagnes, on 12/10/1995 (AA 1994/1995), at the consortium of the Joseph Fourier Universities of Grenoble, Nice (Sophia Antipolis), Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Aix-Marseille III, of Savoie (Chambéry) and the Ecole Normale Supérieure of Lyon (legally recognized Postgraduate Degree).
• Erasmus-Socrates scholarship, A.A. 1996/1997, offered by the sister universities Federico II of Naples and Joseph Fourier of Grenoble.
• Subject expert in the scientific-disciplinary sector "D01C Structural Geology", 20/01/1998, University of Palermo.
• PhD in "Sedimentary Geology" (X cycle, duration 4 years), on 23/04/1999, at the Federico II University of Naples. The title was obtained with an "excellent" rating.
• Research Collaboration Grant (annual duration), dated 01/08/2001, offered by the University of Palermo.
• Post-Doctoral Scholarship (two-year duration), in "Geophysics for the Environment and the Territory", on 1/1/2003, offered by the University of Messina.
• Research Collaboration Grant (three-year duration), on 6/6/2005, offered by the University of Messina.
• Permanent University Researcher in "Stratigraphic and Sedimentological Geology" (SSD GEO / 02) at the University of Messina from December 2006 to December 2019.
• National scientific qualification (ASN 2013) for second level  in the competitive sector 04 / A2 (STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, STRATIGRAPHIC GEOLOGY, SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY), SSD GEO / 02 (Stratigraphic Geology and Sedimentology) from 4 November 2014 to 4 November 2020.
• Second level  in the competitive sector 04 / A2 (STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, STRATIGRAPHIC GEOLOGY, SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY), SSD GEO / 02 (Stratigraphic Geology and Sedimentology) with service at the University of Messina on 2 December 2019.
• Visiting  in September 2007 at the Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra and Medio Ambiente Universidad de Alicante (Spain).
• Erasmus scholarship offered by the University of Messina and the Indire Company, held from 1 to 18 December 2016 at the Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the University of Granada (Spain).
• Lecturer for the teaching of geological disciplines for the Agrina and SAN degree courses (Geology, Geological Survey from 2006 to 2022).
•  of Hydrogeology for the Agrina degree course (A.Y. 2019-2020).
•  of Forensic Geology for the Agrina degree course (A.Y. 2021-2022).
•  of Applied Geology in English for the master's degree course Geophysical Science for seismic risk (A.Y. 2019-2020).
•  of Applied Geology for the Engineering course (A.Y. 2020-2021).
•  of Quaternary Geology in English for the master's degree course Geophysical Science for seismic risk (A.Y. 2021-2022).
• Supervisor of various degree theses.
• Author of 147 publications including articles in ISI and non-ISI journals, book chapters, geological maps, geological guides, conference papers, communications to national and international congresses.
• Head of the forensic geology laboratory and the geology laboratory.
• Member of the Italian Geological Society (SGI).
• Member of the Medical Geology Association.
• Ordinary member of the Peloritana Academy of Dangers Class of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences (APP).
• Member of the Italian Society of Criminology (SIC).
• Member of the Italian Society of Forensic Dog Sciences.
• Associate member of the Animal Plant and Soil Traces expert working group (APST) of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI).
• Director of the Forensic Geology Master (A.Y. 2014-2015).
• Summer school director of forensic geology and environmental crimes from 2016 (I edition) - 2017 (II edition) - 2018 (III edition) - 2019 (IV edition) and 2022 (V edition).
• Scientific coordinator of the agreement between the Prosecutors of the Messina Court of Appeal and the University of Messina on forensic geology and environmental crimes from October 2018 (agreement extended until 2022).
• Invited Speaker at the Traditional international conference New Methods CONFERENCE 2021, Prague, 3 - 4 November 2021, organized by the Institute of Criminalistics of the Czech Police in cooperation with Faculty of Science Charles University, National Museum and Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
 
Read, confirmed and signed.
 
Messina, 17/03/2022
 
The declarant
(Prof. Roberta Somma)