Benvenuto Marcello! Since 1.9. 2020 our department has been strengthened in the research of sedimentary systems. The first person to join the new staff category "Researcher/Senior-Researcher" in the Department of Geosciences is Dr. Marcello Gugliotta, who previously worked as a postdoc at the Geological Survey of Japan and Shimane University. Marcello is interested in sedimentation processes in rivers, coastal areas and shallow marine environments and studies both recent and fossil systems. With his research interests he builds a bridge between applied topics and basic research. Marcello will also be involved in teaching and will certainly provide new impulses. We warmly welcome Marcello and look forward to working with him.