Irene BIANCHI, Dr.

 

irene.bianchi(at)univie.ac.at

Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2 (UZA II), 1090 Wien

© Bianchi

 

Last info: 31.04.2020

Curriculum Vitae

  • 12/04/2021 -  ASN (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) Academic Qualification as Full Professor, Geophysics (04/A4), Italian Ministry of University and Research
  • 03/2020 - present Schroedinger Fellow, Austrian Science Fund
  • 09/2019 - present  Research Associate, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Rome, Italy
  • 09/2019 - 03/2020  Back-to-Research Grant, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  • 04/04/2017 -  ASN (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) Academic Qualification as Associate Professor, Geophysics (04/A4), Italian Ministry of University and Research
  • 04/2011 - 09/2019 University Assistant/Post-Doc University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  • 2010 - 2011 Post- Doc Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Rome, Italy
  • 2008 Visiting Assistant in Research, Yale University, CT, USA
  • 2007 - 2010 Doctoral Student, School of Geophysics, Department of Physics, Università di Bologna, and Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Rome, Italy
  • 2006 Research grant, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Rome, Italy
  • 2006 Laurea Degree in Geology, Università  “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

 

Research Interests

My research interests are focused on the understanding of the dynamics of the shallowest layers of the Earth’s. In particular I use the Receiver Function methodology to give constraints on the anisotropic features of the crust and of the upper mantle, together with a fine detail on depth and thickness of the layers. This anisotropy reflects the deformations occurred after tectonic activity, and its measurement and interpretation is linked to the actual and paleo tectonic stress field. 

 

Projects

  • “S-Wave velocities for shaking forecast in Urban Basins” (03/2020-03/2023) FWF-Project:J4314-N29
  • “EASI-13.4” project (07/2014-07/2015), funded by the Austrian Academy of Science.
  • “AlpArray Austria” (2014-2017). FWF-Project: P26391 (Austrian Science Fund).
  • “Ground Truth and Application for the Anisotropic Receiver Functions Technique“ (2012-2014). FWF-Project: P 24218-N24 (Austrian Science Fund).

 

Teaching

 

Current Research

  • Detecting the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere boundary in the Mediterranean area
  • Structure of the crust in Eastern Austria, concerning its thickness and its 3 D features
  • Unraveling the anisotropic characteristics of the shallow crust at the German KTB site
  • Anisotropy variation in Northern Japan's crust

 

Researcher ID and ORCID

 

Publications


Invited talks and conference contributions

  • Bokelmann, G., Hein, G., Bianchi, I., Kolinsky, P., the AlpArray Working Group, Shear-Wave Splitting in the Alpine Region, poster at the EGU, Vienna, 2021
  • Qorbani, E., Bianchi, I., Kolinsky, P., Bokelmann, G., Upper crustal structure at the KTB drilling site from ambient noise tomography, poster at the EGU, Vienna, 2021
  • Kolínský, P., Belinić, T., Stipčević, J., Bianchi, I., Fuchs, F., Bokelmann, G., AlpArray Working Group, Upper mantle structure beneath the Dinarides and the Alps from surface wave tomography, Chat at the EGU 2020, Vienna
  • Qorbani, E., Bianchi, I., Kolínský, P., Zigone, D., Bokelmann, G., Upper crustal structure at the KTB drilling site from ambient noise tomography, Chat at the EGU 2020, Vienna
  • Bianchi, I., Chiarabba, C., De Gori, P., Agostinetti, N. P., Diffuse mantle upwelling and melts accumulation beneath the Italian Apennines, Chat at the EGU 2020, Vienna
  • Qorbani, E., Bianchi, I., Zigone, D., Kolinsky, P., Bokelmann, G., Upper Crustal Structure at the KTB Drilling Site from Ambient Noise Tomography, poster at the CTBTO, SnT 2019, Vienna
  • Dashti, F., Lucente, F.P., Motaghi, K.S., Govoni, A., Bianchi, I. Ghods, A., Sobouti, F., Najafi, M., Anisotropic Velocity Structure beneath northern part of the Zagros suture zone Iran, poster at the EGU 2019
  • Rocamora, M.T.J., Bianchi, I., Bokelmann, G., the AlpArray Working Group, The Application of Teleseismic P-wave Receiver Functions to the Eastern Alps, poster at the EGU 2019
  • Obermann, A., Ruigrok, E., Bianchi, I., Hetenyi, G., Kissling, E., Contraining the Moho depth below Bhutan with global-phase seismic interferometry, poster at the EGU 2019
  • Bianchi, I., Agostinetti, N.P., Decker, K., Levi, N., Passive seismic investigations of sedimentary infill validated by borehole data and active seismics, poster at the EGU 2019
  • Plomerova, J., Vecsny, L., Babuska, V., Zlebcikova, H., Hetényi, G., Bianchi, I., the AlpArray Workinggroup, The European/Adriatic lithosphere contact in the Eastern Alps, poster at the EGU 2019
  • Qorbani, E., Bianchi, I., Zigone, D., Kolínský, P., Bokelmann, G., Upper crustal structure at the KTB drilling site from ambient noise tomography, poster at the EGU 2019
  • Bianchi, I., Lucente, F. P., Di Bona, M., Govoni, A., Salimbeni, S., Stipcevic, J., Rocamora, M. T. J., Bokelmann, G., Anisotropy as a tool for inferring deformation in the Earth's upper layers, presentation at the AlpArray Seismic Anisotropy Workshop, Uni Wien, 2019
  • Bianchi, I., Eastern Alpine Seismic Investigation (EASI): aims, deployment and results, poster at the PANGEO Vienna 2018
  • Bianchi, I., Obermann, A., Ruigrok, E., Application of global-phase seismic interferometry to EASI, poster at the 36th General Assembly ESC Malta 2018
  • Bianchi, I., Piana Agostinetti, N., Levi, N., Plomerová, J., Hetényi, G., AlpArray-EAI Working Group, Modeling low S-wave velocitz in sedimentary basins through adaptive sampling of the parameter space, an application to receiver function inversion, poster at the EGU Vienna 2018
  • Plomerova, J., Vecsey, L., Babuska, V., Munzarova, H., Hetenyi, G., Bianchi, I., AlpArray-EASI working group, Deep Lithosphere structure across the East-Alpine root towards the Bohemian Massif, poster at the EGU Vienna 2018
  • Hetényi, G., Bianchi, I., Plomerová, J., Kampfová Exnerová, H., the AlpArray-EASI Working Group Team, The interaction between the Adria and Europe plates at their boundary in the Eastern Alps (project EASI), poster at the EGU Vienna 2017
  • Bianchi, I., Bokelmann, G., Imaging the Variscan suture and deformation at the KTB deep drilling site, Germany, poster at the EGU Vienna 2017
  • Bianchi, I., Miller, M., Piana Agostinetti, N., O'Driscoll, L., The lithosphere structure beneath the central Mediterranean from S receiver functions, poster at the EGU Vienna 2017
  • Chiarabba, C., Piana Agostinetti, N., Bianchi, I., Lithospheric structure and kinematic decoupling across the Pollino range, poster at the EGU Vienna 2017
  • Anselmi, M., Bianchi, I., Chiarabba, C., Lithospheric structures of the Southeastern Sardian block inferred by RF analysis, poster at the EGU Vienna 2017
  • Qorbani, E., Kurz, W., Bianchi, I., Bokelmann, G., Correlated crustal and mantle deformation in the Tauern Window, poster at the EGU Vienna 2017
  • Hetényi, G., Plomerová, J., Bianchi, I., Kampfová Exnerová, H., Adria-Europe crustal structure relationship and the Moho gap in the Eastern Alps (project EASI), presentation at the 35th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, Triest
  • Bianchi, I., Bokelmann, G., Chiarabba, C., Piana Agostinetti, N., Miller, N., O'Driscoll, L., Structure of the upper mantle beneath the Alps and Apennines as seen by Receiver Functions, ADLAS workshop, Prague 2016
  • Hetenyi, G., Plomerova, J., Bianchi, I., Kampfova Exnerova, H., Adria-Europe crustal structure relationship in the Eastern Alps (project EASI), presentation at the EGU 2016, Vienna, Austria
  • Bianchi, I., Qorbani, E., Bokelmann, G., Contraining Crustal Anisotropy by Receiver Functions at the Deep Continental Drilling Site KTB in Southern Germany, presentation at the EGU 2016, Vienna, Austria
  • Qorbani, E., Bianchi, I., Bokelmann, G., Slab detachment under the Eastern Alps seen by seismic anisotropy, presentation at TIDES Advanced Training School, June 2015 in Bertinoro, Italy
  • Fuchs, F., Bokelmann, G., Bianchi, I., Apoloner, M.-T., Kolinsky, P. and the AlpArray Working Group, AlpArray Austria: The network and current status, presentation at TIDES Advanced Training School, June 2015 in Bertinoro, Italy
  • Fuchs, F., Bokelmann, G., Bianchi, I., Apoloner, M.-T. and the AlpArray Working Group, AlpArray Austia - Illuminating the subsurface of Austria and understanding of Alpine geodynamics, presentation at the EGU 2015, Vienna, Austria
  • Bianchi, I., Lucente, P. F., Chiarabba, C., Agostinetti, N. P., A close-up on the southern Apennines crustal structure, presentation at the EGU 2015, Vienna, Austria
  • Bianchi, I., Anselmi, M., Apoloner, M.-T., Qorbani, E., Gribovszki, K., Bokelmann, G., Ground Truth and Application for the Anisotropic Receiver Functions Technique - Test site KTB: the installation campaign, invited talk at the EGU 2015, Vienna, Austria
  • Plomerova, J., Bianchi, I., Hetényi G., Munzarová, H., Bokelmann, G., Kissling, E., AlpArray-EASI Working Group and AlpArray-EASI Field Team, The Eastern Alpine Seismic Investigation (EASI) project, presentation at the EGU 2015, Vienna, Austria
  • Lucente, F. P., Agostinetti, N. P., Di Bona, M., Govoni, A., Bianchi, I., Crustal structures across the lateral edge of the Southern Tyrrhenian slab, presentation at the EGU 2015, Vienna, Austria
  • Qorbani, E., Bokelmann, G., Bianchi, I., 2014, Upper mantle anisotropic structure of the Eastern Alps, presentation at the Pangeo meeting in Graz, September 2014.
  • Qorbani, E., Kurz, W., Bianchi, I., Bokelmann, G., 2014 Correlated lower crust and mantle deformation in the Tauern Window, Eastern Alps, presentation at the Pangeo meeting in Graz, September 2014.
  • Bianchi, I., Apoloner, M.-T., Qorbani, E., Lloyd, S., Gribovszki, K., Gerner, A., Arneitz, P., Jordakiev, P., Bokelmann, G., The Ground Truth of Crustal Anisotropy from Receiver Functions, Invited presentation, AGU fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco
  • Bianchi, I., Agostinetti, N. P., Use of passive seismic data to characterize sedimentary basins, an example from the Vienna Basin, Austria, Invited presentation, AGU fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco
  • Qorbani, E., Bokelmann, G., Bianchi, I., Upper mantle anisotropic structure of the Eastern Alps, presentation at the LABPAX workshop, Hainburg, 2014
  • Piana Agostinetti, N., Bianchi, I., The LAB beneath the world oldest oceanic plate, presentation at the LABPAX workshop, Hainburg, 2014
  • Bianchi, I., Miller, M.S., Bokelmann, G., The Lithosphere-­Asthenosphere
    Boundary below the Alpine Chain, presentation at the LABPAX workshop, Hainburg, 2014
  • Behm, M., Nakata, N., Bianchi, I., Bokelmann, G., Love and Rayleigh wave dispersion from regional Ambient Noise Tomography in the Eastern Alps of Europe, presentation at the EGU 2014, Vienna, Austria
  • Bianchi, I., Miller, M.S., Bokelmann, G., Lithosphere thickness variation along the Eastern Alps, presentation at the EGU 2014, Vienna, Austria
  • Apoloner, M.-T., Bianchi, I., Bokelmann, G., Brückl, E., Hausmann, H., Mertl, S., Meurers, R., The 2013 Earthquake Series in the Southern Vienna Basin: Location, presentation at the EGU 2014, Vienna, Austria
  • Le Bras, R., Bianchi, I., Agostinetti, N., Bokelmann, G., Seismometer deployment campaign and observations on the tectonics of the Southern Vienna basin fault system, presentation at the EGU 2014, Vienna, Austria
  • Qorbani, E., Bokelmann, G., Bianchi, I., Upper mantle anisotropic structure of the Eastern Alps, presentation at the EGU 2014, Vienna, Austria
  • Bianchi, I., Rosa, J. W. C., Bokelmann, G., Constraining depth of anisotropy in the Amazon region (Northern Brasil), presentation at the EGU 2014, Vienna, Austria
  • Chiarabba, C., Giacomuzzi, G., Bianchi, I., Piana Agostinetti, N., Park, J., Velocity contrasts in the mantle: changing the paradigm of the Apennines, presentation at the American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, 2013
  • Qorbani, E., Bokelmann, G., Bianchi, I., 2013, Anisotropic upper mantle structure of the Eastern Alps, poster presentation at the workshop about Structure and Dynamics of the Lithosphere/Asthenosphere System, College de France, Paris
  • Bianchi, I., Miller, M.S., Bokelmann, G., 2013, Upper mantle discontinuity below the Eastern Alps, poster presentation at the workshop about Structure and Dynamics of the Lithosphere/Asthenosphere System, College de France, Paris
  • Bokelmann, G., Chegeni Qorbani, E., Bianchi, I., 2013, The Eastern Alps: Internal deformation, Adriatic Indenter and Eastward Extrusion, invited talk by the Austrian Geological Society, Vienna
  • Bianchi, I., Miller, M., Bokelmann, G., The lithosphere-astenosphere boundary below the Eastern Alps and the effect of eastward extrusion, oral presentation at the Alpine Workshop 2013, Schladming, Austria
  • Bokelmann, G., Qorbani Chegeni, E., Bianchi, I., 2013, Large-Scale Deformation of the Eastern Alps from Seismic Anisotropy, keynote lecture at the Alpine Workshop 2013, Schladming, Austria
  • Qorbani, E., Bokelmann, G., Bianchi, I., Anisotropy Beneath the Eastern Alps: Shear-Wave Splitting from Permanent Stations, presentation at the Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft, 2013, Leipzig, Deutschland
  • Bianchi, I., Bokelmann, G., Behm, M., Moho depth & Poisson ratio across Eastern Alps, presentation at the EGU, 2013, Vienna, Austria
  • Bianchi, I., Miller, M.S., Bokelmann, G., Seismic Structures Below the Eastern Alps from P and S Receiver Functions, presentation at the EGU, 2013, Vienna, Austria
  • Bokelmann, G., Qorbani Chegeni, E., Bianchi, I., Anisotropy Beneath the Eastern Alps: Shear-Wave Splitting from Permanent Stations, presentation at the EGU, 2013, Vienna, Austria
  • Bianchi, I., Bokelmann, G., Shiomi, K., 2012, 3D distribution of seismic anisotropy within the crust beneath Northern Japan, presentation at the American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, USA
  • Bianchi, I., Bokelmann, G., Behm, M., Hunting the European-Adriatic plate boundary in Eastern Alps: a receiver function perspective, presentation at the American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, USA 2012
  • Qorbani, E., Bokelmann, G., Bianchi, I., Deformation Under the Alps from SKS Shear-Wave Splitting, presentation at the American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, USA 2012
  • Chiarabba, C., Piana Agostinetti, N., Bianchi, I., Giacomuzzi, G., The Southern Tyrrhenian subduction zone: an upgraded view from seismological studies, presentation at the 86 Congresso della società Geologica Italiana, Arcanvancata di Rende, Italy, Sept. 2012
  • Bianchi, I., Bokelmann, G., Shiomi, K., 2012, Crustal anisotropy across Northern Japan by receiver functions, presentation at the European Seismological Commission Meeting, Moscow, Russia
  • Bokelmann, G., Bianchi, I., Lenhardt, W., Millahn, K., Hetenyi, G., Was Sie schon immer über den Untergrund der Alpen wissen wollten: Erste Informationen über das zukünftige AlpArray-Projekt, presentation at the PANGEO Austria 2012 in Salzburg, Austria
  • Bianchi, I., Bokelmann, G., Structure of the Vienna Basin by analysis of passive seismic data, presentation at the PANGEO Austria 2012 in Salzburg, Austria
  • Bianchi, I., Bokelmann, G., Seismic Anisotropy Across the Plate Boundary in the Eastern Alps, presentation at the PANGEO Austria 2012 in Salzburg, Austria
  • Qorbani, E., Bokelmann, G., Bianchi, I., Anisotropy and deformation beneath the Eastern Alps, presentation at the PANGEO Austria 2012 in Salzburg, Austria
  • Qorbani, E., Bokelmann, G., Bianchi, I., Deformation Under the Alpes from SKS Shear-Wave Splitting, presentation at the PANGEO Austria 2012 in Salzburg, Austria
  • Bianchi, I., Receiverfunction Analysis as a Tool to Unravel Seismic Anisotropy at Depth, invited talk at GFU, Prague
  • Bianchi, I., Bokelmann, G., Shiomi, K., 2012, Crustal anisotropy across Northern Japan by receiver functions, presentation at the European Geophysical Society Meeting in Vienna
  • Kiraly, E., Bianchi, I., Bokelmann, G., 2011, Seismic anisotropy in the South Western Pacific region from shear wave splitting, presentation at the European Geosciences Union Meeting, Vienna
  • Bokelmann, G., Kiraly, E., Bianchi, I., 2011, Seismic anisotropy in the South Western Pacific region from shear-wave splitting, Poster at the CTBTO Science & Technology session, Vienna

 

Technical Reports

Milena Moretti, Paolo Augliera, Irene Bianchi, Lauro Chiaraluce, Giovanni Battista Cimini, Gianfranco Colasanti, Ezio D’Alema, Raffaele Di Stefano, Alberto Frepoli, Lucian Giovani, Aladino Govoni, Diana Latorre, Alessandro Marchetti, Simone Marzorati, Marco Massa, Marcello Silvestri. Il terremoto del 23 Dicembre 2008 nell’Appennino Reggiano­Parmense: l’intervento della RE.MO (Rete Sismica Mobile Stand Alone). Rapporti tecnici INGV. Jan 2011, n. 179.  

Mario Anselmi, Mauro Buttinelli, Irene Bianchi, Gianfranco Colasanti, Claudio Chiarabba, Fedora Quattrocchi. La Campagna sismica del Progetto Alto-Lazio: Rapporto delle Attivita’ 2008-2009. Rapporti tecnici INGV, Feb 2011, n. 183.

 

Reviewer for international Journals

Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth; Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Solid Earth; Terra Nova; Tectonics

 

Editorial Board

Topical Editor for EGU Solid Earth

AIMS Geosciences

Links

Back-to-Research Grant

EASI

KTB-project

ZAMG