My research interest is the trophic and spatial ecology of elasmobranchs. My project focuses on understanding the trophic role and defining the niche of shark and ray mesopredators, and their importance within coastal ecosystem functions. Also, I am interested in determining if they present interspecific competition with other sympatric teleost fish. For this, I will use well developed and novel techniques, including stomach content and stable isotope analyses and compound-specific analysis of amino acids.
I am a PhD student and my research interests are focused on the social and ecological role of cleaner fish and the fish community associated to them in temperate reefs. In particular, my research will be focusing on the use of field observations integrated with stable isotope and molecular analyses to better understand the direct and indirect feeding relationships of cleaner fishes.
PhD student at the IRBIM-CNR, under the “Innovative Technologies and Sustainable Use of Mediterranean Sea Fishery and Biological Resources” (FishMed-PhD) program. My research focuses primarily on the effects of seawater warming and acidification on the ecology and biology of calcifying marine organisms such as corals and molluscs. My PhD project is focused on the effect of increasing seawater acidity on the bioaccumulation of contaminants by Mediterranean corals and the effect of the interannual variability of the fluvial runoff and different environmental conditions on the growth and bioaccumulation of contaminant in an economically relevant Adriatic clam.
Ph.D. student at the Marine Science Group, under the “Innovative Technologies and Sustainable Use of Mediterranean Sea Fishery and Biological Resources” (FishMed-PhD) program at the University of Bologna, studying the use of citizen science activities for marine biodiversity monitoring, the effects of environmental education activities within a touristic context, the importance of engaging stakeholders on the development of comprehensive ecosystem management plans (participatory environmental management), as well as the impact of anthropogenic activities on the oceanographic properties of a coastal lagoon in southeast Spain.
