EDUCATION
01/01/2014 – 20/04/2017
University of Bologna
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
p.za Porta S. Donato 1, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
PhD in Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences.
01/11/2009 –22/03/2012
University of Bologna
Laboratory of Genetics Genomics of Marine Resources and Environment
via Sant'Alberto 163, 48123 Ravenna, Italy.
Master's degree in Marine Biology. “Population structure and connectivity of the Mediterranean Raja miraletus(L.)”
(Final Grade: 110/110).
01/11/2004 –17/04/2009
University of Parma
Parco Area delle Scienze 11/A, 43124 Parma, Italy.
Bachelor's degree in Natural Science. “Interazione tra specie nel Parco del Mincio. Foodweb, dominator tree e specie chiave”.
(Final Grade: 105/110).
September 1999 –July 2004
High School of Modern Languages, Liceo Ginnasio Virgilio
Via Ardigò 13, 46100 Mantova, Italy.
(Final Grade: 84/100).
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Italian Mother tongue
English Fluent
French Fluent
German Basic
Portuguese Basic
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
01/2019-31/01/2022
Post-doc research fellow at the Interdepartmental Research Centre for Environmental Sciences (CIRSA), Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics of Marine Resources and Environment (GenoDREAM), University of Bologna, Campus of Ravenna, via Sant'Alberto 163, 48100 Ravenna, Italy.
12/07/2021 – 11/08/2021
CoNISMa- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare
Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196 Rome, Italy.
Collaborator in the framework of MEDUNITS Project “Study on Advancing fisheries assessment and management advice in the Mediterranean and Black Sea by aligning biological and management units of priority species.” EASME/EMFF/2017/1.3.2.3/01/ SI2.793201 -SC03.
15/01/2020 –15/04/2020
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Dept. GFCM/FIDGD
Via delle terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy.
Consultant activity (Category C) as genetic analyst in the framework of the project "Transboundary population structure of Sardine, European hake and blackspot seabream in the Alboran Sea and adjacent waters: a multidisciplinary approach (TRANSBORAN)".
01/09/2017– 31/08/2019
Università di Bologna
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
p.za Porta S. Donato 1, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Stabilizing selection in the sea: looking for evidence from comparative transcriptomics of skin pigmentation in non-model skates of the genus Raja
01/11/2015 –31/05/2016
University of Basel
Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Zoological Institute
Vesalgasse 1, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland.
PhD internship at Salzburger Lab.
Marco Polo Mobility Project fellowship (University of Bologna).
RNA extraction and purification from skates’ skin tissues and organs (protocols’ test and optimisation), RNA quality check. Library prep for RNAseq on Ion Torrent platform. Reads mapping and DE analysis.
01/09/2013 –31/12/2013
CoNISMa- Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare
Piazzale Flaminio 9, 00196 Rome, Italy.
Research collaborator involved in Tendermare VII- MAREA StockMed Project.
Compiling and analysing genetic data through the critical revision of the existing literature. Report writing.
04/01/2013 –04/08/2013
CIBM- Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina
Via N. Sauro 4, 57128 Livorno, Italy.
Research collaborator involved in ElasmoStat Project.
Compiling and analysing genetic data through the critical revision of the existing literature. Report writing.
14/09/2011-14/12/2011
University of Minho
Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
Masters’ student with fellowship: investigation of genetic structure and micro evolution of the Atlantic and Mediterranean populations of Raja miraletus(L.). Sampling activity at Braga’s market place. Improvement of molecular research techniques within the FishBOL Project.
TRAINING
27/08/2019 – 01/09/2019
Edmund Mach Foundation - FEM
via Mach 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN)
Participation in workshop: Irsae PhyloPop 2019
16/10/2017 – 17/10/2017
University of Leicester
College Court Conference Centre
Knighton Road, LE2 3UF, Leicester, UK.
Participation in workshop: BBASH RNA-Seq Next Generation Sequencing Analysis
06/06/2016 –10/06/2016
University of Napoli Federico II
Corso Umberto I 40, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Participation in workshop: “RNA-seq data analysis”.
07/09/2015 –09/09/2015
University of Leiden, Medical Centre
Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Participation in workshop: BioSB/LUMC NGS course "RNA-seq data analysis", 5THedition.
06/07/2015 –09/07/2015
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Rua da Quinta Grande 6, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal.
Participation in workshop: GTPB Course “Population Genetics and demographic History: model-based approaches.
30/05/2015 - 01/06/2014
Palazzo Franchetti, S. Marco 2847, 30124. Venice, Italy
UZI Spring School 2014 Population Biology and Population Genetics
August – December 2014
Participation in Research Project MEDITS 2014 Mediterranean trawl survey (DCF – EU Reg 199/2008) funded by EU DG MARE –MIPAAF.
1-8 December, GSA 16, CNR-IAMC of Mazara del Vallo, Italy
12-19 October, GSA 17, University of Bologna, Fano, Italy
19-22 September, GSA 19, University of Bari, Italy
11-14 September, GSA 10, COISPA, Tecnologia&Ricerca, Bari, Italy
4-9 August GSA 18, COISPA, Tecnologia&Ricerca, Bari, Italy
09/11/2014 –22/11/2014
CNR-ISMAR
Largo Fiera della Pesca 2, 60125 Ancona, Italy.
Participation in Research Project SOLEMON 2014 (FAO-Adriamed).
06/09/2010 –15/10/2010
University of Bologna
Laboratory of Genetics & Genomics of Marine Resources and Environment
via Sant'Alberto 163, 48123 Ravenna, Italy.
University Trainee: Learning the Lab rules, organization and management. Practicing and acquiring molecular techniques for population genetics (optimization of PCR condition for COI and microsatellites, gel electrophoresis, genotyping).
22/06/2009 –10/09/2009
Office de l'environnement de la Corse
Scientific base of Rondinara, B.P. 507, 20169 Bonifacio, Corsica, France.
Volunteer, GAIUS Project: study of the frequentation of the Lavezzi Islands. Cetaceans monitoring and photo-identification, lighthouse keeping.
27/07/2007 – 28/08/2007
Office de l'environnement de la Corse
Scientific base of Rondinara, B.P. 507, 20169 Bonifacio, Corsica, France.
University Trainee, AMPAMED Project: study of the boating activity in protected areas of the Lavezzi Islands related to Posidonia oceanica(L.) seagrasses. Coasts guarding.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Academic Years 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021
University of Bologna
Campus of Ravenna, via Sant'Alberto 163, 48123 Ravenna, Italy
Master of Sciences (Second Cycle Degree) in Marine Biology
Teaching tutor of the course Marine Population Structure and Connectivity (cod. n.66758)
Academic Years 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022
University of Bologna
Campus of Ravenna, via Sant'Alberto 163, 48123 Ravenna, Italy.
Bachelor (First Cycle Degree) in Environmental Sciences
Teaching tutor of the course Animal Biology (cod. n.65927)
Academic Years 2015-2016, 2017-2018
University of Bologna
Campus of Ravenna, via Sant'Alberto 163, 48123 Ravenna, Italy.
Master of Sciences (Second Cycle Degree) in Marine Biology
Practical tutor of the course Laboratorio Sperimentale in Mare hold at the Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Center for Marine Research, G. Paliaga 5, 52210 Rovinj, Croatia
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) from March 2015 toFebruary 2016. Support for A. Crosara during lab activities, data analysis and thesis preparation: Inference of Raja miraletus population structure using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA: comparing the resolution power of molecular markers in exploring species and population boundaries
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) from June 2016 to March 2017. Support for V. Sulliotti during lab activities, data analysis and thesis preparation:Parentage analysis in the captive breeding of European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) using microsatellite markers
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) from May 2017 to February 2018. Support for V. Crobe during lab activities, data analysis and thesis preparation: DNA barcoding of Atlantic skates (Chondrichthyes, Rajiformes): taxonomic and phylogeographic inferences, and conservation impacts
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Biodiversity and Evolution (University of Bologna) from June 2018 to March 2019. Support for F. Schiavone during lab activities, data analysis, and thesis preparation: Molecular phylogeny of the families Torpedinidae, Myliobatidae, Mobulidae and Dasyatidae in the Mediterranean Sea
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) from October 2017 to March 2019. Support for V. Garozzo during lab activities, data analysis and thesis preparation: Indagini morfologiche e genetiche sul genere Alloteuthis nello stretto di Sicilia
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) from October 2017 to March 2019. Support for E.M. Giarrusso during lab activities, data analysis and thesis preparation: Indagini morfologiche e genetiche sul genere Squalus nello stretto di Sicilia.
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) from April 2018 to July 2019. Support for A. Benvenuto during lab activities, data analysis and thesis preparation: Incertezze tassonomiche in Centrophorus granulosus nel Mediterraneo: un approccio integrato di tassonomia morfologica e molecolare
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) from September 2018 to date. Support for S. Di Crescenzo during lab activities, data analysis and thesis preparation: Connectivity in the wide-ranging deepwater blackmouth catshark (G. melastomus Rafinesque, 1810): first assessment of genetic structure in Atlantic and Mediterranean populations
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) from September 2018 to March 2020. Support for M. Spiga during lab activities, data analysis and thesis preparation: A multidisciplinar approach to assess population structure of Pagellus bogaraveo for a correct delineation of stock units in the Alboran sea
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) from September 2018 to March 2020. Support for G. Catalano during lab activities, data analysis and thesis preparation: Inferring the phylogeography and population structure of the Mediterranean endemic Starry ray Raja asterias (Delaroche, 1809) with a special focus on egg cases geographical assignment.
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) from September 2019 to March 2020. Support for G. Ermini during lab activities, data analysis and thesis preparation: Età, accrescimento e caratteristiche genetiche di Solea aegyptiaca nel Mar Adriatico.
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) from July 2020 to March 2021. Support for A. Zemella during data analysis and thesis preparation: Differential gene expression analysis and gene annotation in the brown-skate Raja miraletus.
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) from January 2021 to March 2022. Support for D. Franchini during data analysis and thesis preparation: Reproductive performance of European eel Anguilla anguilla based on paternity assignment in artificial conditions.
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) from May 2021 to March 2022. Support for M. La Torre during lab activities, data analysis and thesis preparation: Molecular biodiversity assessment of nekton in the Tyrrhenian deep sea.
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) from May 2021 to March 2022. Support for N. Pasini during lab activities, data analysis and thesis preparation: Population genetic of critically endangered Myliobatis aquila across the Gibraltar strait.
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) from May 2021 to March 2022. Support for L. Albonetti during lab activities, data analysis and thesis preparation: Elasmobranch diversity in the Mediterranean Sea in relation to fishing effort, using environmental DNA.
Tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) from 29th of June 2022 to date. Support for M. Trentini during lab activities, data analysis and thesis preparation: Effectiveness of eDNA metabarcoding to reconstruct biodiversity of fisheries catches in the Adriatic Sea.
Co-tutoring Masters’ student in Marine Biology (University of Bologna) F.M. Cecchini in lab activities and data analysis during the Erasmus+ internship at AP Marine (Cyprus). Zoological monitoring and assessment studies in fisheries and aquaculture (provisional).
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Cariani A., Ferrari, A. (2022). “Pescare meglio rispettando il Mar Adriatico: la transizione blu della pesca attraverso ricerca e dialogo". SOROPTIMIST Symposium "Conoscenza e tutela dell’ecosistema mare e delle sue risorse". Museo della Marineria, 10th of September, Cesenatico, Italy.
Ferrari, A., Cariani A. (2022). Piloting the sustainable fishery in the Adriatic Sea: goals and outputs of Italy-Croatia Projects PRIZEFISH and TECHERA. WACOMA Symposium. Centro Congressi, 15th of July, Ravenna, Italy.
Ferrari, A. (2022). Socioeconomic sustainability and innovation of Adriatic fishery supply chain: PRIZEFISH and TECHERA. World Oceans Day. Online, 8th of June.
Ferrari, A. (2022). Socioeconomic sustainability and innovation of Adriatic fishery supply chain: the PRIZEFISH model. Blue Growth: Ravenna in Europe. Palazzo Rasponi, 9th of May, Ravenna, Italy.
Lelli, S., Ferrari, A. (2022). Cooperazione e pesca sostenibile ‐ il progetto FAO‐FISHBONE come esempio di collaborazione multidisciplinare tra paesi del Mediterraneo. Invited speaker for Applicazioni Genetiche e Genomiche per Acquacoltura e Pesca (Masters' in Marine Biology, University of Bologna). 22 February, Ravenna, Italy.
Ferrari, A., Cariani, A. (2019). Laboratory guidelines for DNA extraction and sequencing.Invited talk at the FAO EastMed Workshop on Transboundary population structure of Round Sardinella in the Eastern Mediterranean – Levantine Basin. 1st July, Bari, Italy.
Ferrari A., Crobe, V., Benvenuto A., Cariani A. (2019). Si fa presto a dire squalo: potenzialità e limiti delle metodiche di tassonomia molecolare.Invited talk at the II workshop sugli elasmobranchi delle acque Italiane. Tassonomia, identificazione e normative. 16-17 May. Chioggia, Venezia, Italy.
Ferrari, A., Cariani, A. (2019). Genetic markers for stock boundaries analysis. Invited talk at the FAO EastMed Workshop on Transboundary population structure of Round Sardinella in the Eastern Mediterranean – Levantine Basin. 21-22 March, Rome, Italy.
Ferrari, A., Leslie, R., Scarcella, G., Cariani, A., Tinti, F. and Salzburger, W. (2016). The genetic basis of eyespot pigmentation patterns in Rajidae (subclass Elasmobranchii) revealed by next-generation transcriptome sequencing. Oral presentation at FSBI Symposium 2016. 18-22nd July, Bangor, UK.
Ferrari, A., Cariani, A. and Tinti, F. (2015). A mosaic of cryptic species among the family Rajidae: moving from phylogenetics to phylo-transcriptomics. Oral presentation at DZG Graduate Meeting Zoological Systematics, 5th-6thJune, Bonn, Germany.
POSTERS
Crobe, V., Ferrari, A., Tinti, F., Cariani, A. (2019). Another piece of the evolutionary history of Atlantic skates (Chondrictyes, Rajiformes): integrating DNA barcoding approach and phylogenetic inferences. European Elasmobranch Association 23th Annual Conference.16-18 October, Rende, Italy.
Di Crescenzo, S., Ferrari, A., Tinti, F., Cariani, A. (2019). First assessment of the genetic structure of deepwater blackmouth catshark (G. melastomusRafinesque, 1810) in Atlantic and Mediterranean populations.European Elasmobranch Association 23th Annual Conference.16-18 October, Rende, Italy.
Melis, R., Benvenuto, A., Ferrari, A., Follesa, M.C., Cannas, R. (2019). Molecular approach for the identification of sharks of genus Centrophorusin Mediterranean Sea. 42ndcongress of CIESM The Mediterranean Science Commission 7-11 October. Cascais, Portugal.
Ferrari, A., Messinetti, S., Negrisolo, E., Crobe, V., Cariani, A., Tinti. F. (2019). Step by step: the unprecedented evolutionary history of family Rajidae.Poster at SIBE-ISEB WORKSHOP 2019. 1-4 September, Padua, Italy.
Crobe, V., Bergonzini, C., Cilli, E., Ferrari, A., Leone, A., Ferretti, F., Tinti, F., Cariani, A. (2019). Molecular identification of endangered marine predators by barcoding ancient museum rostra of Mediterranean sawfish populations (Chondrichthyes, Pristidae). Oral presentation at iBOL 2019 - The 8th International Barcode of Life Conference. 17-20 June. Trondheim, Norway.
Serena, F., Abella, A.J., Baino, R., Cannas, R., Carbonara, P., Carlucci, R., Facchini, M.T., Ferrari, A.,Follesa, M.C., Gancitano, V., Garibaldi, F., Garofalo, G., Giusto, G., Lanteri, L., Mancusi, C., Manfredi, C., Mannini, A., Sartor, P., Sbrana, M., Sinacori, G., Sion, L., Tinti,F. (2018). Preliminary considerations of the status of elasmobranchs in the Italian waters. FAO Fish Forum 10-14 December. Rome, Italy.
Lazic, T., Pierri, C., Ape, F., Balech, B., Cardone, F., Carbonara, P., Cariani, A., De Filippis, T., Ferrari, A.,Gristina, M., Marzano, M., Mirto, S., Pesole, G., Santamaria, M., Corriero, G.(2018).Assessing conservation status of the Mediterranean Seahorses: distribution, populations' consistency, habitat choice and diet preferences.79° Congresso Nazionale Unione Zoologica Italiana (UZI). 25-28 September. Lecce, Italy.
Guarniero, I., Cariani, A., Sulliotti, A., Ferrari, A., Tinti, F., Mordenti, O. (2018). Acquacoltura di specie emergenti: Genotipizzazione e pedigree in Anguilla anguilla, primi risultati.49 ° S.I.B.M. - Società Italiana di Biologia Marina. 4-8 June. Cesenatico, Italy.
Massi, D., Cariani, A., Mancusi, C., Titone, A., Ferrari, A., Crobe, V., Tinti, F., Serena, F. (2018). Biometry and molecular data of egg-cases of Raja AsteriasDelaroche, 1809 in the strait of Sicily (Central Mediterranean). 49 ° S.I.B.M. - Società Italiana di Biologia Marina. 4-8 June. Cesenatico, Italy.
Ferrari, A., Leslie, R., Scarcella, G., Cariani, A., Tinti, F. and Salzburger, W. (2016). Pigmentation patterns in Rajidae (class Chondrichthyes): the genetic basis of spots revealed by transcriptome analysis. SIBE workshop 2016 Inferring Natural Selection using Genomic Data. 16-18th December 2016. Ferrara, Italy.
Ferrari, A., Leslie, R., Scarcella, G., Cariani, A., Tinti, F. and Salzburger, W. (2016). Species diversity and morphological stasis in skates (order Rajiformes): The challenge of skin transcriptome profiling in non-model species. Biology'16. The Annual Swiss Conference on Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, Biogeography and Conservation. University of Lausanne, 11-12th February 2016. Lausanne, Switzerland.
Ferrari, A.,Cariani, A., Messinetti, S., Leone, A., Cannas, R. and Tinti, F. (2015). Molecular markers, natural history and evolution in sharks and rays. 6th Congress of the Italian Society of Evolutionary Biology SIBE-ISEB. August 31st- September 3rd, Bologna, Italy.
Serena, F., Abella, A.J., Baino, R., Carbonara, P., Facchini, M.T., Ferrari, A., Follesa, M.C., Gangitano, V., Garibaldi, F., Manfredi, C., Mancusi, C., Sartor, P., Sbrana, M., Sion, L. and Tinti, F. (2014). Preliminary considerations of the status of elasmobranchs in the Italian waters.Abstract. In: Programme and Abstracts of Shark International, Durban 2014: 159
Ferrari, A., Maroso, F., Orpelli, A., Rambaldi, S. and Cariani, A. (2014). Stock boundaries of Mullus barbatus(Mullidae) and Parapenaeus longirostris(Penaeidae) populations in the Italian Seas: development of genomic 2b-RAD markers. IMMR 2014, 10-11 July, Peniche, Portugal.
Cariani, A., Ferrari, A., Tinti, F., Vinjau, S., the Elasmomed Consortium, Velonà, A. (2012). Parapatric cryptic speciation of Raja miraletus (L., 1758) species complex discovered from mitochondrial and nuclear markers. EEA 2012, 22-25 November. Milan, Italy.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Molecular biology: RNA and DNA extraction via standard protocols (TRIZOL, C-tab protocols and salting out) and the most used commercial kits (Direct-Zol RNA MiniPrep - Zymo Research, vacuum Promega SV Wizard, Macherey-Nagel, Qiagen, RBC Bioscience, Invitek - Invisorb kits), gel electrophoresis, PCR. Library preparation for Ion Torrent (AmpliSeq™ Dynabeads® Cleanup Module, Ion Total RNA-Seq Kit v2).
Informatics: AliGROOVE v.1.06, MrBayes v.3.2.7, iQtree v.1.6.8, BAPS6, GENEMAPPER v.5.0, MEGA v.X, PeakScanner v.1.0, HapView, PopART, DNASP v.6.0, GENETIX v.4.05, FSTAT v.2.9.3.2, GENEPOP on the web v.4.2, GenALEx v.6.5, PAST v.1.72, ARLEQUIN v.3.5.2.2, PHYLIP package v.3.6, BEAST v.1.8 (during Masters), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe LightRoom, GIMP v.2.
Bioinformatics: Trinity (workshop at Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 6-10 June 2016), Galaxy (workshop at Leiden University di Leida, 7-9 September 2015), ms, SPAms, SRUCTURE, fastSTRUCTURE, PSMC, TESS, ABC (workshop at Gulbenkian Institute, 6-9 July 2015), FastQC Tool-Kit, Trimmomatic, Bowtie2, STARS (during PhD).
Competent user of Windows, Macintosh and Linux.
Bibliographic instruments: EndNote and Mendeley.
Instruments: Bead Beater FastPrep-24 MP Biomedicals, Bioanalyzer2100 Agilent Technologies, ND-1000 spectrophotometer, Multiskan™FC Microplate Photometer (ThermoSc.), Qubit® 2.0 Fluorometer, AstorClave 20L, Bio-RAD Gel DOC EZ System Gel Imaging System.
FURTHER INFO
Diving Licence FIPSAS-CMAS – 1st degree
Driving Licence B
