Dr. Paolo  Censi
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Dr. Paolo Censi

Geochemist Consultant
ENI Mediterranea Idrocarburi S.P.A., Italy


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Palermo, Italy

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Biography

Dr. Paolo Censi is currently working as Geochemist Consultant of ENIMED (ENI Mediterranea Idrocarburi S.P.A.), and Associate Professor at the University of Palermo Italy. He has completed his Ph.D. in Geology from same University. He was received scientific prize Carlo Minguzzi for young researchers in Geochemistry advertised by the Italian Society of Mineralogy and Petrology. He also appointed as Associate Professor at University of Catania, Assistant Professor at University of Palermo, and Invited Professor of Geochemistry at Universite Claude Bernard. He has supervised 8 PhD thesis on Geochemistry. He also delivered many invited talks. His main area of interest focuses on Isotope Geochemistry, Trace Element Geochemistry of evaporates, and Geochemical Behavior of Rare Earths, Zirconium and Hafnium. He has published 30 research articles in journals contributed as author/co-author.

Area of Interest:

Earth Science and Geography
100%
Isotope Geochemistry
62%
Trace Element Geochemistry
90%
Rare Earths, Zirconium and Hafnium
75%
Geochemical Behaviour
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

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Selected Publications

  1. Censi, P., M. Cangemi, L. Brusca, P. Madonia, F. Saiano and P. Zuddas, 2015. The behavior of rare-earth elements, Zr and Hf during biologically-mediated deposition of silica-stromatolites and carbonate-rich microbial mats. Gondwana Res., 27: 209-215.
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  2. Masullo, T., R. Puccio, M. Di Pierro, M. Tagliavia and P. Censi et al., 2014. Development of a biosensor for copper detection in aqueous solutions using an Anemonia sulcata recombinant GFP. Applied Biochem. Biotechnol., 172: 2175-2187.
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  3. Censi, P., F. Saiano, P. Zuddas, A. Nicosia, S. Mazzola and M. Raso, 2014. Authigenic phase formation and microbial activity control Zr, Hf and rare earth element distributions in deep-sea brine sediments. Biogeosciences, 11: 1125-1136.
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  4. Censi, P., F. Saiano, A. Pisciotta and N. Tuzzolino, 2014. Geochemical behaviour of rare earths in Vitis vinifera grafted onto different rootstocks and growing on several soils. Sci. Total Environ., 473: 597-608.
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  5. Raso, M., P. Censi and F. Saiano, 2013. Simultaneous determinations of zirconium, hafnium, yttrium and lanthanides in seawater according to a co-precipitation technique onto iron-hydroxide. Talanta, 116: 1085-1090.
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  6. Randazzo, L.A., P. Censi, F. Saiano and P. Zuddas, 2013. Effects of dissolved complexation on REE fate during interactions between volcanic ash and coexisting fluids. Procedia Earth Planetary Sci., 7: 721-724.
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  7. Olgun, N., S. Duggen, D. Andronico, S. Kutterolf and P.L. Croot et al., 2013. Possible impacts of volcanic ash emissions of Mount Etna on the primary productivity in the oligotrophic Mediterranean Sea: Results from nutrient-release experiments in seawater. Mar. Chem., 152: 32-42.
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  8. Censi, P., M. Cangemi, P. Madonia, F. Saiano, L. Brusca and P. Zuddas, 2013. Discrimination between effects induced by microbial activity and water-rock interactions under hydrothermal conditions according to REE behaviour. Procedia Earth Planetary Sci., 7: 123-126.
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  9. Censi, P., L.A. Randazzo, S. D'Angelo, F. Saiano, P. Zuddas, S. Mazzola and A. Cuttitta, 2013. Relationship between lanthanide contents in aquatic turtles and environmental exposures. Chemosphere, 91: 1130-1135.
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  10. Censi, P., F. Saiano, P. Zuddas, A. Nicosia, S. Mazzola and M. Raso, 2013. Authigenic phases and biomass contents drive Zr, Hf and REE distributions in anoxic lake sediments. Biogeosci. Discussions, 10: 8977-9002.
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  11. Pachana, K., P. Zuddas and P. Censi, 2012. Influence of pH and temperature on the early stage of mica alteration. Applied Geochem., 27: 1738-1744.
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  12. Tranchida, G., E. Oliveri, M. Angelone, A. Bellanca and P. Censi et al., 2011. Distribution of rare earth elements in marine sediments from the Strait of Sicily (Western Mediterranean Sea): Evidence of phosphogypsum waste contamination. Mar. Pollut. Bull., 62: 182-191.
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  13. Garzanti, E., S. Ando, C. France-Lanord, P. Censi, P. Vignola, V. Galy and M. Lupker, 2011. Mineralogical and chemical variability of fluvial sediments 2. Suspended-load silt (Ganga-Brahmaputra, Bangladesh). Earth Planetary Sci. Lett., 302: 107-120.
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  14. Censi, P., P. Zuddas, L.A. Randazzo, E. Tamburo and S. Speziale et al., 2011. Source and nature of inhaled atmospheric dust from trace element analyses of human bronchial fluids. Environ. Sci. Technol., 45: 6262-6267.
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  15. Censi, P., E. Tamburo, S. Speziale, P. Zuddas and L.A. Randazzo et al., 2011. Yttrium and lanthanides in human lung fluids, probing the exposure to atmospheric fallout. J. Hazard. Mater., 186: 1103-1110.
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  16. Incarbona, A., P. Ziveri, E.D. Stefano, F. Lirer and G. Mortyn et al., 2010. The impact of the little ice age on coccolithophores in the Central Mediterranea Sea. Climate Past, 6: 795-805.
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  17. Garzanti, E., S. Ando, C. France-Lanord, G. Vezzoli, P. Censi, V. Galy and Y. Najman, 2010. Mineralogical and chemical variability of fluvial sediments: 1. Bedload sand (Ganga-Brahmaputra, Bangladesh). Earth Planetary Sci. Lett., 299: 368-381.
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  18. Censi, P., P. Zuddas, L.A. Randazzo, F. Saiano and S. Mazzola et al., 2010. Influence of dissolved organic matter on rare earth elements and yttrium distributions in coastal waters. Chem. Ecol., 26: 123-135.
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  19. Censi, P., L.A. Randazzo, P. Zuddas, F. Saiano, P. Arico and S. Andp, 2010. Trace element behaviour in seawater during Etna's pyroclastic activity in 2001: Concurrent effects of nutrients and formation of alteration minerals. J. Volcanol. Geothermal Res., 193: 106-116.
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  20. Censi, P., A. Incarbona, E. Oliveri, S. Bonomo and G. Tranchida, 2010. Yttrium and REE signature recognized in Central Mediterranean Sea (ODP Site 963) during the MIS 6-MIS 5 transition. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 292: 201-210.
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  21. Caruso, A., P. Censi, P. Arico, C. Meli and M. Sprovieri, 2009. Astronomical dating of two Pliocene alkaline volcanic ash layers in the Capo Rossello area (Southern Sicily, Italy): Implications for the beginning of the rifting in the Sicily Channel. Bulletin Societe Geologique France, 180: 95-104.
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  22. Incarbona, A., S. Bonomo, E. Di Stefano, S. Zgozi and N. Essarbout et al., 2008. Calcareous nannofossil surface sediment assemblages from the Sicily channel (Central Mediterranean Sea): Palaeoceanographic implications. Mar. Micropaleontol., 67: 297-309.
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  23. Incarbona, A., E. Di Stefano, R. Sprovieri, S. Bonomo, P. Censi, J. Dinares-Turell and S. Spoto, 2008. Variability in the vertical structure of the water column and paleoproductivity reconstruction in the Central-Western Mediterranean during the Late Pleistocene. Mar. Micropaleontol., 69: 26-41.
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  24. Comin-Chiaramonti, P., C.B. Gomes, A. Cundari, F. Castorina and P. Censi, 2007. A review of carbonatitic magmatism in the Parana-Angola-Namibia (PAN) system. Periodico Mineral, 76: 25-78.
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  25. Censi, P., P. Zuddas, D. Larocca, F. Saiano, F. Placenti and A. Bonanno, 2007. Recognition of water masses according to geochemical signatures in the Central Mediterranean sea: Y/Ho ratio and rare earth element behaviour. Chem. Ecol., 23: 139-153.
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  26. Censi, P., M. Sprovieri, F. Saiano, S.I. Di Geronimo, D. Larocca and F. Placenti, 2007. The behaviour of REEs in Thailand's Mae Klong estuary: Suggestions from the Y/Ho ratios and lanthanide tetrad effects. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Sci., 71: 569-579.
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  27. Censi, P., M. Sprovieri, D. Larocca, P. Arico, F. Saiano, S. Mazzola and P. Ferla, 2007. Alteration effects of volcanic ash in seawater: Anomalous Y/Ho ratios in coastal waters of the Central Mediterranean sea. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 71: 5405-5422.
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  28. Scribano, V., S. Ioppolo and P. Censi, 2006. Chlorite/smectite-alkali feldspar metasomatic xenoliths from Hyblean Miocenic diatremes (Sicily, Italy): evidence for early interaction between hydrothermal brines and ultramafic/mafic rocks at crustal levels. Ofioliti, 31: 161-171.
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  29. Censi, P., S.E. Spoto, F. Saiano, M. Sprovieri and S. Mazzola et al., 2006. Heavy metals in coastal water systems. A case study from the Northwestern Gulf of Thailand. Chemosphere, 64: 1167-1176.
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