Silvia Peppoloni is an Italian geologist, researcher in the field of natural hazards and risks, science writer, and international scholar in geoethics and social geosciences.

For hours she used to listen astonished to her grandfather's stories about the 1944 eruption of the Vesuvius Volcano, feeling the fear and the wonder, the sense of impotence and precariousness in front of those processes, the perception of the Earth as a "living" planet.

In 1996 she earned a master's degree on Geosciences from Sapienza University of Rome, in 1997 she obtained the professional qualification and enrolled in the geologists' register, and in 2001 received her PhD in Earth Sciences.

Her scientific activities are focused on natural risks and hazards, geomorphology, engineering geology, and the ethical and social aspects of Earth sciences.

She collaborated with national newspapers such as Corriere della Sera[11] in specific its cultural supplement "La Lettura",[12][13] and other magazines such as MicroMega[14][15][16] and CiviltàAppennino.

[24] Her studies and activities have laid the foundations of geoethics and greatly contributed to developing its theoretical structure and practical applications.