Luisa Ottolini

Luisa Ottolini (born July 10, 1954, in Tortona, province of Alessandria, Italy) is an Italian physicist.

Biography

In 1978, Luisa Ottolini graduated in Physics at the University of Pavia. From 1982 to 1986, she was the Head of the Structuristic Section at the Istituto Sperimentale dei Metalli Leggeri (I.S.M.L.) in Novara.^[1] In 1987, she activated the Strategic Project of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) An Ion Microprobe for Advanced Researches in the Earth Sciences with the installation at the “Centro di Studio per la Cristallografia Strutturale” in Pavia of the first, and so far, the only one National Laboratory of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) in the Earth Sciences. Since that time she has been the Head of the SIMS Lab. Starting from 1989, she activated the National SIMS service for University and CNR Institutions affering the Earth Science Committee (05), following more than 90 research projects.^[2] In 2002-2005 she coordinated a research Unit in Pavia, sponsored by the European Framework Project EUROMELT^[3] (European Community’s Human Potential Programme, contract HPRN-CT-2002-00211). Since December 19, 2005, she has been the Head of CNR-Institute of Geosciences and Geo-resources (IGG)-Section of Pavia.

She is coauthor of more than 140 international ISI publications, of which 5 in Nature;^{[4][5][6][7][8]} more than 200 Abstracts at International and National Meetings, 35 monographs and inner reports.^[9]

Main scientific interests

Her research activities are concerned mainly the use of secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) for the quantitative measurement of low-concentration constituents, of light (Lithium, Beryllium and Boron) and volatile elements (Hydrogen, Fluorine, Chlorine, Carbon) in geological samples, with particular reference to the investigation of the physical/chemical processes underlying the production of secondary ions, aiming at overcoming the limitations of the technique (interferences and non-linear effects, “matrix effects”); the development, set up and optimization of SIMS procedures for trace elements,^[10] light and volatile elements,^[11][12] and ultra-trace elements^[13] in the frame of petrologic, geochemical and crystal-chemical studies, with particular reference to the investigation of melt inclusions,^[14][15] silicate minerals,^[16][17] artificial glasses,^[18] chemically-complex silicate^[19] and non-silicate matrixes,^[20] experimental charges.^[21][22]

Awards and honors

• 2004 - Awards from CNR in the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the foundation of CNR, as one of the 12 CNR female researchers who contributed to the development of the scientific progress of Italy.^[23]

• 2004 - The name of Ferri-ottoliniite to a new amphibole end-member (IMA-CNMMN 2001-67A) to acknowledge the “fundamental contribution of L. Ottolini to the advancement of ion-probe analysis of minerals, with particular reference to light elements”.^[24][25]

• 2006 - Inclusion of L. Ottolini in Who’s Who in the World (23rd Edition by Marquis, Who’s Who, Philadelphia, PA, USA) and in Who's Who in Science and Engineering.

• Since 2013 - Partner of the University of Liege.

References

1. CNR Comitato Pari Opportunitá - Biography, January 2013
2. CNR - Biography, January 2013
3. EUROMELT, January 2013
4. Nature. Transition of Mount Etna lavas from a mantle-plume to an island-arc magmatic source, January 2013
5. Nature. Complementary Ti and Zr anomalies in orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene from mantle peridotites, January 2013
6. Nature. Water-rich basalts at mid-ocean-ridge cold spots, January 2013
7. Nature. Mantle thermal pulses below the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and temporal variations in the formation of oceanic lithosphere, January 2013
8. Nature. Deep origin and hot melting of an Archaean orogenic peridotite massif in Norway, January 2013
9. Web of Knowledge, January 2013
10. AN ION PROBE CONTRIBUTION TO RARE-EARTH ELEMENT INVESTIGATION OF GABBRO GOG-1 USING SECONDARY ION MASS-SPECTROMETRY
11. Quantification of lithium, beryllium, and boron in silicates by secondary-ion mass spectrometry using conventional energy filtering
12. DETERMINATION OF HYDROGEN IN SILICATES BY SECONDARY-ION MASS-SPECTROMETRY
13. Direct assessment of mantle boron and lithium contents and distribution by SIMS analyses of peridotite minerals
14. A study of melt inclusions at Vulcano (Aeolian Islands, Italy): insights on the primitive magmas and on the volcanic feeding system
15. The relationship between potassic, calc-alkaline and Na-alkaline magmatism in South Italy volcanoes: A melt inclusion approach
16. An investigation of matrix effects in the analysis of fluorine in humite-group minerals by EMPA, SIMS, and SREF
17. SIMS ionization of hydrogen in silicates: a case study of kornerupine
18. Preparation of reference glasses for in-situ analysis of lithium and boron
19. New SIMS procedures for the characterization of a complex silicate matrix, Na-3(REE,Th,Ca,U)Si6O15 center dot 2.5H(2)O (sazhinite), and comparison with EMPA and SREF results
20. New data on the crystal-chemistry of fluoborite by means of SREF, SIMS, and EMP analysis
21. Melting of amphibole-bearing wehrlites: An experimental study on the origin of ultra-calcic nepheline-normative melts
22. Piston-cylinder experiments on H2O undersaturated Fe-bearing systems: An experimental setup approaching f(o2) conditions of natural calc-alkaline magmas
23. History of the Women in the CNR
24. Abstract on Ferri-ottoliniite from American Mineralogist, May 2004
25. Ferri-ottoliniite from Webmineral.com, January 2013

External links

• CNR - National Research Council of Italy
• CNR - Institute of Geosciences and Geo-resources (IGG)-Section of Pavia
• IGG CNR