Born by natural disasters (Earth Age Vs. Man Age): Mario Tozzi at TEDxCrocetta

Mario was born in Rome in 1959. When he was young he appreciated both scientific and humanistic issues a lot, but he chose to become a geologist: he graduated in 1984 in Structural Geology from The Sapienza University of Rome. After that he received his PhD in Structural Geology and Geophysics and he then became a young researcher for the Italian CNR. His hard work brought him to relax with his passion: mainly lyric poetry and pets, like cats (but they had to be red). Currently he is not only involved in research, but he also does various kinds of activities such as teaching as a professor, writing, he is a theatre actor and moreover, he is a TV anchorman on Italian television.


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