26 June, 2024

Awarded the prestigious Rita Levi Montalcini for young researchers. This award is given to talented italian young researcher to re-enter the italian academic system based on a competitive evaluation of a project proposal. Unfortunately I have renounced as this award was given after I received an ERC Starting Grant from the European Union.

14 May, 2024

New paper published in Global Change Biology

4 May, 2024

Finished my job in Vienna and left for a sabatical period in Japan until October 2024

26 April, 2024

New paper published in Geoderma

1 February, 2024

Granted ERC Starting Grant and obtained an agreement with the University of Bologna to start in October 2024 as Associate Professor.

31 December, 2023

Our Chapter contribution of the Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment (Second Edition), is finally out!

22 September, 2023

New paper in Nature Communications

1 November, 2022

I have returned to Austria to work as University Assistant in the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science

20 September, 2021

Alberto was guest of the podcast Co.Scienza (in Italian) to discuss soil science and his recent paper in Nature Communications

15 September, 2020

Moved to Japan to start my JSPS Fellowship