Thematics

· Ecological study of zooplancton at Terra · Nova Bay
· Study of meteorites
· Study of eclogitic and granulitic rocks of northern Victoria Land
· Study of volcanic levels in continental ice

Participation to international projects

· Southern Ocean – Joint Global Ocean · Flux Study (JGOFS)
· Coastal/Shelf Ecology of the Antarctic Sea Ice Zone (EASIZ)
· Cape Roberts Project (CRP)
· Ocean Drilling Project (ODP)
· Lithospheric Investigation in the Ross Sea Area (LIRA)
· Antarctic Off-Shore Acoustic Stratigraphy (ANTOSTRAT)
· Wilkes Land Glacial History (WEGA)

Within the ambit of the Italian Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide

· Structure and dynamics of the biotic community of Terra Nova Bay
· Meteorites in the Antarctic ice
· Tectonometamorphic and magmatic evolution of the palaeo-pacific margin of Gondwana