Federico Floreani is a research fellow in Geochemistry and Volcanology at the University of Trieste. He obtained his Master’s degree in Environmental Sciences in 2018, a joint degree program between the Universities of Udine and Trieste, and his Ph.D. in Environmental Life Sciences in 2023 at the University of Trieste, focusing on the gaseous mercury cycle in sites contaminated by former anthropogenic activities such as mining and industrial processes. His research primarily focuses on the processes governing gaseous mercury exchanges at the interfaces between the atmosphere and various natural surfaces (soils, water bodies, vegetation), as well as its atmospheric dispersion. His current work also includes the study of mercury speciation in different environmental matrices (soils, sediments, and waters), aimed at assessing the mobility and bioavailability of this metal, and ultimately its fate once released into the environment.