IVAN SUNYE' PUCHOL

Ivan Sunyé Puchol is a Lecturer (RTD-A) at the Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, and Principal Investigator of the ÇoraDrill project (PNRR-MUR). His research focuses on volcanology and tephrochronology, with special expertise in explosive eruptions, caldera collapse processes, and volcanic hazards in Central Anatolia, Mesoamerica and the Mediterranean.
He has coordinated and participated in several international projects, including the Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship PÜSKÜRÜM, the ADD-Sapiexcellence BlaCorTephra project, and the MexiDrill project at the University of Oxford.
Ivan has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles in leading journals (PNAS, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Bulletin of Volcanology, Geology), and is actively involved in teaching, mentoring, and outreach.
More information can be found below and on his personal project website https://puskurum.com/index.php/team/ivan_sunye_puchol/

IVAN SUNYÉ PUCHOL

Researcher at Sapienza University of Rome
ivan.sunyepuchol@uniroma1.it ; Cell phone: (+39) 3470147435
personal and project websites at www.puskurum.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (ORCID: 0000-0002-1838-3666) (Scopus ID:57190123861)

2025 – 2028 Lecturer (RTD-A, equivalent to a fixed-term Assistant Professor) and PI of the ÇoraDrill project at the Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2024 – 2025 Postdoctoral researcher ADD-Sapiexcellence, PI of the BlaCorTephra project, Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
2021- 2024 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships, Department of Earth Sciences, Sapienza – University of Rome. PI of the PÜSKÜRÜM project: Characterisation of the late Pleistocene pyroclastic deposits in Central Anatolia to reconstruct the recent explosive volcanic history, synchronise sedimentary records, and better assess volcanic hazards in Turkey
2019 – 2021 Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Tephrochronology at the University of Oxford (UK) on the MexiDrill project: Developing a 350,000-year record of climate and environmental change in tropical North America. PI: Prof. Victoria Smith (School of Archaeology).
2018 Geologist at the Observatory of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) of El Salvador (volcanic and earthquakes Geology, volcano monitoring, tephrostratigraphy, risk assessment, divulgation, etc.).

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

2014 – 2018 PhD in Earth Science (Volcanic Geology), Centre of Geoscience (CGEO) - Querétaro, National Autonomous University of Mexico, (UNAM). Dissertation: “Origin and volcanic history of Ilopango caldera, El Salvador (Central America)”. With distinction. Supervisor: Dr. Gerardo Aguirre-Díaz.
2012 – 2014 MSc in Earth Science (Active Tectonics) CGEO - Querétaro, UNAM - México. Dissertation: “Neotectonic study on the Temascalcingo volcano and paleoseismology of San Mateo fault (Acambay graben, México)”. With distinction. Supervisors: Drs. Pierre Lacan and Maria Ortuño.
2005 - 2010 BSc in Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Catalonia, Spain. Dissertation: Geomorphologic study on the Lençois Maranhenses: Aeolian deposits at the NE coast of Brazil as indicators of climate change. Supervisors: Drs. Jordi Serra and Luis Parente.
INTERNSHIPS

2017 OSU Argon Geochronology Lab, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Oregon State University, (USA). Supervisors: Drs. Daniel Miggins and Anthony Koppers. Project: Dating the explosive eruptions of Ilopango caldera by 40Ar/39Ar.
2013 Institute of Earth Science (ISTerre), University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France. Supervisor: Dr. Laurence Audin. Project: Neotectonic analyse of the San Mateo fault and estimation of its paleo-earthquakes ages by Radiocarbon dating.
2009-2010 Marine Science Institute (LABOMAR-UFC ), Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, (Brazil). Supervisor: Dr. Luis Parente. Project: Geomorphologic study of the Lençois Maranhenses: Aeolian deposits at the NE of Brazil as indicators of climate changes.

FUNDING RECEIVED SO FAR
2025 ÇoraDrill project: Reconstructing the Eruptive History of Erciyes volcano and the paleoclimate of Central Anatolia by drilling sediment cores within the Çora Maar Crater (Turkey). Avviso Young Researchers MSCA 2024, PNRR-MUR (Ministry of University and Research of Italy). PI: Ivan Sunyé Puchol (300.000€).
2024 Fire and Ice project: oceanographic expedition in the Sea of Chile on the R/V Falkor (too) vessel, and funded by the Schmitt Ocean Institute (SOI). Principal Investigator (PI): Sebastian Watt. Research Cruise: FKt240902 Cascading offshore depositional impacts from large explosive eruptions (CODEX).
2024 TURVO project: From past eruptions to future hazards. An interdisciplinary volcanological investigation of central TURkish Anatolian active Volcanoes (PID2023-147255NB-I00). PROYECTOS DE GENERACIÓN DE CONOCIMIENTO CONVOCATORIA 2023, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Gobierno de España. PI: Dr. Xavier Bolós (350.000 €).
2024 BlaCoreTephra project: Correlating Central Anatolian tephras to synchronise the Black Sea sedimentary record and evaluate the regional volcanic hazards (ADD-Sapiexcellence 2024, prot. N. 0129641), PI: Ivan Sunyé Puchol, (50.000€).
2023 PROVES: an integrated PetRO-Volcanological monitoring approach applied to Mt. Etna and Stromboli, a PRIN project (PROGETTI DI RICERCA DI RILEVANTE INTERESSE NAZIONALE, – Bando 2022 Prot. 2022N4FBAA). Leader: Prof. Matteo Masotta (363.092€).
2022 YANARDAG Project: Petrogenetic study of the Dikkartin, Karagullu and Perikartin pyroclastic deposits, Holocene eruption(s) of Erciyes volcano, Central Anatolia (Turkey). “Avvio alla Ricerca Sapienza” (AR22218166630B63), 4000,00€. PI: Ivan Sunyé Puchol.
2022 Building the CIVIS Geochronology Network (CGN): CIVIS European Civic University – Hub 1 on Climate, Environment and Energy (Co-founded by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union). Funding to create an international school in Geochronology (25,855 €), Leader: Dr. Thibaut Deviese (University Aix-Marseille, France). Type of Participation: teacher by the University of Rome – La Sapienza (CIVIS member)
2021-2024 Europan Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellow. Grant agreement No. 101024337 “PÜSKÜRÜM - Characterisation of the late Pleistocene pyroclastic deposits in Central Anatolia to reconstruct the recent explosive volcanic history, synchronise sedimentary records, and better assess volcanic hazards in Turkey (183,473.28 €). PI: Ivan Sunyé Puchol.