I am a Research Associate Professor at the Institute for Rock Magnetism, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota. I am interested in paleomagnetism, rock-magnetism, and magnetic anisotropy. I routinely combine the three disciplines to determine the nature and reliability of paleomagnetic data, their mineral carriers, and correcting for known biases.
Research highlights:
First successful anisotropy measurement technique for hematite-bearing rocks (Bilardello & Kodama 2009, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04231.x) and isolation of different hematite anisotropy contributions (Bilardello 2015, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggv171);
First to propose using compiled shallowing-factor distributions to correct for inclination shallowing in sedimentary rocks (Bilardello & Kodama 2008) and to point out their drawbacks (https://hdl.handle.net/11299/227512; Bilardello & Kodama 2009, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/227514);
First to evaluate the elliptical uncertainty around inclination-corrected paleomagnetic directions based on compilations of shallowing factors (Bilardello et al. 2011, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05138.x);
First to evaluate the effects of inclination shallowing corrections on the paleogeography of Pangea (Bilardello & Kodama 2010b, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04537.x, Bilardello & Kodama 2010c, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X10005637);
First to evaluate the effects of inclination shallowing corrections on Relative Paleointensity estimates (Molinek & Bilardello 2018, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GC007196);
First to propose an intersection of great-circles technique fitted to VGPs to determine common (re)magnetizations through pole positions (Bilardello et al. 2018, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00182);
First to propose an HIRM-based goethite test to separate different mineral contributions to magnetizations between room and low-temperature (Bilardello 2019, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f425KX5fsiNeswUnGQbpYov1hTfQA4ib/view).
I contribute to the routine operations of the IRM. I am the editor of The IRM Quarterly newsletter and of the IRM's website. Please contact me for contributions, comments, and suggestions.
