Current position
Associate Professor BIO 07 Ecology (2015) (Comparative Assessment, 21.11.2014, 05/C1). Duties: Research and Lectures (courses in environmental field within the degrees of Environmental Sciences and Communication Science)
• Qualification to Full Professor BIO07 (8/10/2018 art. 16 paragraph 1, Law 240/10); positive votes 5/5.
• Until October 31, 2021 Vice Director of Department of Human and Innovation for the Territory;
• 2016-2019 Director of the Specialization School of REACH,
More recent research interests
Ecology applied to the study of environmental contamination (both legacy – PCB, DDT - and emergent contaminants – PFOA, Microplastics - ) with special reference to aquatic environments (both freshwater and marine); study of the trophic relationships between different organisms of aquatic ecosystems; studies on biodiversity management setting up methodologies to ensure the effectiveness of conservation activities and ecological sustainability; particular interest in comparison of different environmental realities (at a national and international levels) using a risk assessment approach (mainly through the use of ecotoxicological tests). Particular interest for remote areas (high mountain lakes, saline lakes in Africa) and effects of climatic changes on biota. Paleolimnological reconstructions of freshwater environments, using different proxies, such as diatoms, chironomids, cladocerans and algal pigments to understand the possible impact of climatic change on lakes. Relation between quality and quantity of water.