Dr. Mattia Luca Mazzucchelli

In my research, I explore how geomaterials respond to high pressure, temperature, stress, and deformation, from the atomic scale to multi-grain aggregates, and how these processes shape the geological evolution of our planet.

I am currently a junior lecturer in the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland).

I obtained my Ph.D. from the University of Pavia (Italy) in 2019. My doctoral work focused on using the elastic behaviour of minerals to constrain the pressure–temperature conditions of metamorphism and diamond formation. Through this research, I developed computational and experimental methods that are now widely used in elastic (Raman) thermobarometry.

In my current work, I use molecular dynamics simulations to investigate how non-hydrostatic stress influences thermodynamic phase equilibria in the Earth. This atomic-scale perspective enables me to explore the fundamental physics that links deformation, chemical reactions, and the evolution of geological materials.