L’University of Basilicata will deliver a “Rector’s Award” to the family of Salvio Marinothe student from Potenza who passed away in 2022, at the age of 31, following a road accident.
The accident occurred on the morning of January 5th along the Sicignano-Potenza motorway junction, in the territory of Picerno, and the resuscitation attempts by the medics were of no avail, Salvio lost his life instantly due to the serious injuries he sustained.
The recognition was awarded to his family members from the University of Prague, where Marino was pursuing a PhD. The ceremony will take place in Potenza tomorrow, in the Hall of Academic Records of the Macchia Romana Campus, at 4.50 pm.
Salvio graduated in 2018 from Unibas with a thesis in Wood Sciences. He subsequently chose to continue his education with a PhD at the University of Life Sciences in Prague (Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences – Department of Woodworking and Biomaterials) from the academic year 2019-2020, with the supervision by Milan Gaff and Miroslav Gašparík.
The student from Potenza “has done – explained the organizers of the recognition – with passion and dedication his research activity on ‘The effect of synthetic and natural flame retardants on the combustion characteristics and chemical decomposition of thermally modified wood’, participating in several conferences and publishing two scientific works in prestigious international journals and would soon finish his doctoral thesis.”
The award will be presented by the Vice-Rector of Teaching, the professor Patrizia Falabellaand by Salvio’s Master’s Thesis supervisor, Professor Luigi Todaro: “Will be – they added – a small recognition of merit for the academic commitment made by the young student and for the results achieved in recent years”.
The day will end in the Wood Technologies Laboratory, of which Professor Todaro is responsible, where some of Salvio’s friends will talk about their experience as his study and life companions, “remembering his kindness and friendliness, his availability and his smile”. A “Wooden Window” will also be placed in the Laboratory, i.e. a plaque that will tell the academic history of Salvio and which will be a good wish for future freshmen: “Nothing and no one can stop a broken trunk from showing its circles”.
