I am Full Professor of Zoology at the Department of Biomolecular Sciences of the University of Urbino. Scientific expertise on  biodiversity, biology and ecology of marine and freshwater meiofauna; taxonomy and biology of Gastrotricha and Placozoa; compilation of European and global faunal databases on the phylum Gastrotricha. Teaching activity: Courses of Animal Biology and Course of Biological Evolution, Bachelor’s Degree of Biological Sciences.