Researchers - Università Politecnica delle Marche

Researcher in analytical chemistry (CHIM 01). Her research activity is focussed on the determination of organic and inorganic pollutants in different environmental matrices (seawater, sediments, marine organisms). She takes part to the INTERREG ADSWIM project (Managed use of treated urban wastewater for the quality of the Adriatic Sea) and to different PNRA (National Antarctic Research Program) projects.

Expert in benthic biology and ecology, both in coastal and deep environments. The research activities are focused on biodiversity distribution, relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, in relation to natural and anthropogenic pressures. Research activities fall within the scope of national and international projects dedicated to exploration (EU HERMES), anthropogenic impact analysis (EU HERMIONE, FIRB HI-BEF), repercussions on the Marine Strategy (EU DEVOTES and IDEM), protection and restoration of marine ecosystems (EU MERCES and AFRIMED).

I am an expert in Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics in relation to various fields of the Engineering, with specific attention to Coastal and Offshore Engineering. My research focuses on the modeling of the coastal hydro-morphodynamics, on turbulence theory and fluid-structure interactions. My research activities are much related to national and international research projects dedicated to the river-sea interactions (ONRG MORSE e EsCoSed), the dynamics of environmental and biological fluids (EU FLUBIO), the dynamics of the nearshore shallow waters (EU SASME), the design of mathematical models for the nearshore hydro-morphodynamics (EU MAST-G6 e MAST-G8 Morphodynamics).

Full Professor of Ecology, Vice-Director of the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (DiSVA), owner of the courses "Marine Conservation Biology" and "Environmental sustainability", member of the technical scientific committee of the National Technological Cluster Blue Italian Growth and of the scientific council of the Inter-University Hi-Tech Recycling Center. My main research concerns the role of microbial biodiversity in the functioning of marine ecosystems, pollution, sustainability and environmental recovery and remediation that have developed through participation in numerous national and international projects, also with roles of scientific responsibility (e.g., PON-PLaCE 2018-2021, PRIN-VIRIDE 2020-2023).

Director of the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (DiSVA) at Polytechnic University of Marche. Chair of "Ecotoxicology" and of "Biological and Ecological Risk Assessment”, Editor-in-Chief of Marine Environmental Research, delegate for Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) within Horizon Missions sub-group Healthy Oceans. He is an expert on environmental contamination, ecotoxicology, impact of dredging and off-shore activities, ecological risk assessment, emerging pollutants including pharmaceuticals and microplastics in the marine environment. He has been responsible for field activities on distribution of microplastics in marine food webs within the EPHEMARE project, Ecotoxicological Effects of Microplastics in Marine Ecosystems, funded by JPI Oceans (2015-2018), he is Coordinator of the international Project RESPONSE (JPI Oceans, 2020-2023), and of the national project PRIN-EMME (2020-2023).