Sergio Vacca is Researcher in Soil Science at the University of Sassari, with a degree in
Environmental Sciences and a PhD in Soil Protection and Conservation, Environmental
Vulnerability and Hydrogeological Protection. Vacca is Professor of Applied Pedology and
Pedology Analysis.
Scientific interests: study of soils with andic properties , origin / classification of anthropogenic
soils (human-altered and human-transported, or HAHT), the behaviour of potentially
toxic elements in soils, the study of soils in temporary ponds, the application of pedo-technologies
for the recovery of degraded soils .
Vacca has published more than 60 scientific papers in international scientific journals, book
chapters, monographs and proceedings of national and international conferences .