Date and place of
birth:
November 28, 1975, Ravenna, Italy
Actual
position: RTD ((05/C1 Ecology)
Education:
- 2003-2006: PhD in
Environmental Science. University of Bologna, Italy
- 1998-2001: MSc in
Environmental Science. University of Bologna, Italy
- 2000: two star CMAS
Scientific SCUBA Diver
Employment and
fellowships:
2013-today: RTD at the
University of Bologna, Italy
2006-2013: Postdoctoral
Fellow, University of Bologna, Italy
2006-: CIRSA, University of
Bologna, Italy.
Post - Doctoral research fellow on
the project: Larval dispersal, population genetics and evolution of
Corallium rubrum,
in collaboration with Prof. M Abbiati.
2003/2006: CIRSA, University
of Bologna, Italy.
Analysis of the genetic structure
and larval dispersal in Mediterranean Corallium
rubrum using nuclear markers. PhD under
supervision of Prof. Marco Abbiati.
2002: University of Bologna,
Italy.
Research fellow
on the EU funded project “DELOS - Environmental design of low
crested coastal defence structure”. Population genetics of Patella caerulea:
development of microsatellite loci.
2004: Participation to the
EU funded
project “European Marine Genetic Biodiversity”.
1998/2001: University of Bologna,
Italy. Development of molecular markers for
conservation and sustainable management of Corallium rubrum
populations. MSc under supervision of Prof. Marco Abbiati.
Awards:
2009 “Luigi e Francesca Brusarosco”
Grant held at
the CSIC of Barcelona under supervision of Prof. Gili
JM.
2008 Special award S.It.E for the paper “Costantini F,
Fauvelot C, Abbiati M. (2007) Phylogeography of the temperate
gorgonian coral Corallium
rubrum across the Western Mediterranean Sea revealed by
microsatellites and nuclear sequences” published in Molecolar
Ecology.
Research visit:
2009: Institut de Ciències del
Mar, Barcelona, Spain. 6 month Research fellow on
“Low
connectivity and declining genetic variability along a depth
gradient in Corallium
rubrum populations.” In collaboration with Prof. Joseph
Maria Gili.
2003: Grice Marine
Laboratory-University of Charleston- South Carolina, USA
“Phylogenetic
analysis of the Mediterranean Octocorallia based on
mitochondrial MSH sequences.” In collaboration with Dr S.
France.
Courses:
-
2014:Training on “HID Real
Time PCR and Quantifiler Trio kit”
-
2014:Workshop on
“Genotyping with 2bRAD”, Wrigley Marine Science Center, Catalina
Island, California
-
2013:International
workshop “An introduction to generalised linear models and
exstensions using R”, University of Bologna, Italy
- 2012: International
workshop “Introduction to Meta-Analysis of Biological/Ecological
data”, University of Bologna, Italy
- 2012: Workshop on “Next
Generation Sequencing technologies and informatics tools for
studying Marine Biodiversity and Adaptations”, Institue of Marine
Biology, Biotechnology and Acquaculture, HCMR, Heraklion,
Crete
- 2009: Summer school in “An
Introduction to Meta-analysis in Ecology and evolutionary biology”,
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham, NC, USA
- 2007: Summer school in
“Marine Evolutionary & Ecological Genomics”, Station Biologique
de Roscoff, Roscoff, Francia.
Ongoing and Research projects:
2012: Partecipation to Italian Project
PRIN 2010-11 “Biocostruzioni costiere: struttura, funzione, e
gestione”.
2012: Partecipation to the
Training
Network for Monitoring Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas
(MMMPA) is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network (Call
FP7-PEOPLE-2011-ITN), funded by the European Commission.
2011: Participation to the
Italian Ministryof Agriculture,
Foodand Forestry
funded project “Uso del ROV nella definizione applicative dei piani
di gestione per il Corallo rosso”
2010: Participation to the
Italian Environmental Ministry funded project “Populations study of
deep red coral”.
Other coordination and professional
activities:
Teaching:
since
2009 I assist teaching for “Larval dispersal, connectivity and
marine population structure” for the Graduate Diploma of Marine
Biology at Bologna University
Student
supervision: I am currently supervising undergraduate and MSc
students, 1 Post Doc and 2 PhD students (Italian and Mares).
Phd board: I participated
in a PHD jury for the Doctoral thesis on “L'adaptation d'Eunicella
singularis en milieu perturbé: symbiose et structuration
genetique”, Universitè de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
Collaborations:
Scientific collaborations (past and present ongoing projects): Dr.
Scott France (Grice Laboratory-University of Charleston, USA),
Prof. Tinti Fausto (University of Bologna, Italy), Prof. Marco
Abbiati (University of Bologna, Italy), Prof. M. Taviani (CNR,
Bologna), Prof J.M: Gili (CSIC, Barcellona, Spagna), Dott. C.
Fauvelot (Universitè de Perpignan, Francia), Dott. A. Didier
(Université de la Méditerranée / Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille,
Francia), Dott. Katell Guizien (Observatoire Oceanologique
de Banyuls/mer, France).
