Past research positions:
2017-2019 Senior Lecturer (associate professor) in Subsurface Geology – University of Aberdeen
2016-2019 Director of the Integrated Petroleum Geology Msci Program – University of Aberdeen
2010-2017 Lecturer in Geophysics – University of Aberdeen
2008-2010 Research assistant (NERC) – University of Aberdeen (Deep water Thrust belt, Niger Delta, image processing. Tectonic group, R.Butler)
2007-2008 Post doc – Universita di Pisa (NMO de stretching, Gruppo di Geofisica Applicata, A. Mazzotti )
2006. Visiting analogue modelling lab, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain : Prof J.Carreras, E.Druguet.
2005-2007 Post doc – Universita di Pisa (Himalayan geology, Variscan tectonics, Progetto Carg foglio pisa – Carosi/Pertusati)
Education
2002-2005 PhD – Universita di Pisa (Tectonophysics, Microstructures, basement tectonics – Carosi / Passchier)
2003-2004 PhD Visiting student – University of Mainz (Tectonophysics group C.Passchier / D. Koehn)
1994-2000 Laurea (5 years) in Scienze della Terra – Universita di Pisa (Carosi / Oggiano).

Selected Publications:
Marine and deep water Geology
Maselli, V., Micallef A., Normandeau, A., Oppo, D., Iacopini,D., Green,A., Ge,Z. Active faulting control bedfrom development on deep water fan. 2021. Geology. https://doi.org/10.1130/G49206.1
Maselli, V., Iacopini, D., Ebinger, C. Tewari, S., de Haas, H., Wade, B., Pearson, P. Francis, M., van Vliet, A., Richards, B., Kroon, D., 2020. Large-scale mass wasting in the western Indian Ocean constrains onset of East African rifting. Nature communication, 11, 3456, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17267-5
Maselli V., Oppo,D., Moore L.A, Gusman A.R , Mtelela C., Iacopini D, Taviani M. , Mjema. , Mulaya E. ,Che M., Tomioka A., Mshiu E., Ortiz J. 2020. A 1,000-year-old tsunami in the Indian Ocean points to greater risk for East Africa. Geology. 48, https://doi.org/10.1130/G47257.1.
Maestrelli, D*. Iacopini, D., Jihad, A*., Bond., C., Bonini, D. 2017. Seismic and structural characterization of fluid escape pipes using 3D and partial stack seismic: a multiphase and repeated intrusive mechanism. Marine and petroleum geology,88, 489-511

Seismic imaging and modelling; Fault and Fluid pathway subsurface imaging
Cunningham, J.Weibull,W.W.,Cardozo N. and Iacopini, D. Investigating the PS seismic imaging of faults using seismic modelling and data from the Snøhvit field, Barents Sea. 2022. Petroleum Geoscience
Grippa, A, Hurst, A, Palladino, G, Iacopini, D, Lecomte, I & Huuse, M 2019, ‘Seismic imaging of complex geometry: Forward modeling of sandstone intrusions’ . Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 513, pp. 51-63.
Cunningham, J*, Cardozo, N, Townsend, C, Iacopini, D & Waerum, GO. 2019, ‘Fault deformation, seismic amplitude and unsupervised fault facies analysis: Snøhvit Field, Barents Sea’ Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 118, pp. 165-180.
Bitrus, PR*., Iacopini, D. & Bond, CE. (2016). ‘Defining the 3D geometry of thin shale units in the Sleipner storage reservoir using seismic attributes’. Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol 78, pp. 405-425. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.09.020
Alvarenga, R.*, Iacopini, D., Kuchle, J., Scherer, C. & Goldberg, K. (2016). ‘Seismic characteristics and distribution of hydrothermal vent complexes in the Cretaceous Offshore Rift Section of the Campos Basin, Offshore Brazil’. Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol 74, pp. 12-25. DOI:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.03.030
Iacopini, D., Butler, RWH., Purves, S., McArdle, N. & De Freslon, N. (2016). ‘Exploring the seismic expression of fault zones in 3D seismic volumes’. Journal of Structural Geology, vol 89, pp. 54-73. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2016.05.005
Iacopini D., Butler, R., Purves, S, Seismic imaging and visualization workflow for thrust fault and damage zones. First Break, 2012, 30, 39-46.
Iacopini D., Butler R.W.H. Imaging the structure of submarine thrust zones using seismic attributes. Earth Planetary Science Letters, 2011, 302,414-422.

Structural and metamorphic geology
Iacopini D., Carosi R, Xypolias. Implication of imaginary Eigenvalues in homogeneous flows: a three dimensional kinematic analysis. Journal of Structural Geology, 2010, 32, 97-103
Iacopini D, R. Carosi C. Montomoli & C.W. Passchier. Strain analysis and vorticity flow in the northern Sardinian Variscan belt: recognition of a partitioned oblique deformation event. Tectonophysics, 2008, 47,447-469.
Iacopini D., Passchier C.W., Koehn D., Carosi R. Fabric attractors in general triclinic flow systems and their application to high strain shear zones: a dynamical system approach. Journal of Structural Geology, 2007, 29, 298-317.
* supervised PhD student

Short courses offered, visiting position:
– 2019- Short training course on 3D Seismic interpretation- Universite Sorbonne
– 2019- Visiting professor at Istituto Oceanografico -USP (P-BEM project)
– 2018 – Short training course on Amplitude analysis- USP (Sao Paolo)
– 2016 and 2017- Short training course on Amplitude analysis- UFRGS -AAPG Chapter La Pampa
– 2017 – Short training course on 3D seismic interpretation- University Milano La Bicocca
– 2012-2016- Fondamenti di esplorazione petrolifera. Corso breve (3 crediti) nell ambito del corso Master in Geofisica, Uni Pisa.

Other activities:
Substitution Member of the IODP- Science Evaluation Panel (IODP-SEP) (2018)
Referee for Nature geoscience, scientific report, Earth Review science, EPSL, JSG, JMPG, Marine Geology, AAPG bulleting, GSA Bulleting, Tectonics.
Referee esterno & membro commissione dottorato nazionali ed internazionali
Universita di Cagliari (Italy, Cocco ) 2014. Referee esterno
Universita di Chieti (Italy, Paolo Pace) 2015. Referee esterno & Commissario
Cardiff Univ (UK, Martino Foschi) 2016. External examiner
University of Aberdeen, (UK, Umar Lamorgue)2016. Internal examiner (Chairing)
Stavanger Univ (Norway, Isabelle Botter) 2016. External referee and Opponent.
Trieste OGS-ITCP (Ferrante) 2018 . Commissario esterno
University of Aberdeen (Sarah Weihmann) 2019, Internal examiner (chairing)
Universite de Bretagne Occidentale /Trieste 2021, (Massimo Bellucci). Rapporteur & Jury member.
Invited presentations and activities as convener at recent International Conference, Summer school
Organizer and convener at conference
2021 – 90° Congresso Società Geologica Italiana. SGI – Convener sessione – S1. Tectonics and sedimentation
2021- co organizer of EAGE- Second EAGE Conference on Pre-Salt Reservoir. Chairman of Session V – Exploration: next steps towards finding new resources
2021- Geo -Storage Technologies webinar, Organizer : Iacopini,D., Minelli, Mazzoli S, Bigi S. https://www.socgeol.it/N3100/geo-storage-technology-webinar-series.html
2021- EGU- Session: Imaging subsurface structures Co-organized by SM5 Convener: David Iacopini | Co-conveners: Sian EvansECS,Francesco Emanuele Maesano,Karyna Rodriguez,Debora Presti
2017 EGU 2017. Vienna. Session: Unravelling the Earth subsurface structure from seismic imaging and interpretation, geological observations, and numerical experiments. Convener: David Iacopini | Co-Conveners: Isabelle Lecomte , Jonathan Imber , Guillaume Duclaux , Rebecca Bell , Florian Wellmann
2016 EGU 2016. Session: Tectonic and magmatic processes in extensional settings. Insights from cutting-edge seismic data, Iceland, East Africa, the South China Sea, and beyond (co-organized). Convener: Craig Magee | Co-Conveners: Peter Clift , Rebecca Bell , David Iacopini , Giacomo Corti
Invited talk
2021- Summer school: The role of the Geoscientist in the Energy transition. Camerino. Imaging of fluid in the subsurface: case studies, Invited speaker.
2019 Eage 2019 London. Seismic characterization of the pre salt Unit, Campos basin Brazil. Invited Speaker
2017 AAPG-ACE annual convention. Exploration of the pre alt reservoir Invited Speaker
2017 AAPG Workshop. Deepwater and Shelf Reservoirs: Big Data, New Knowledge and Analytics for Enhanced Results. Houston, USA. Invited speaker
2016 SGI 2016. Italian geological society Annual conference. Sessions: New challenges in Petroleum Geology; Multi-methodological approaches in the characterization of fractures and fault zones. Naples, Italy. Presenter
2016 IODP/ECORS/FAPESP Workshop, Ubatuba,Brazil: The Brazilian Equatorial Margin – BEM II: Uncovering the Cenozoic paleoceanography and the fracture zone tectonic activity. Invited talk