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Mara Simonazzi

Adjunct professor

Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences

Research fellow

Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences

Teaching tutor

Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences

Curriculum vitae

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Last update 16th May 2025

 

Education

2019-2023: PhD in Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences (35th cycle), University of Bologna (Italy) [SSD BIO/01].

2014-2017: MSc in Marine Biology (LM-6), University of Bologna.

2011-2014: BSc in Biological Sciences (L-13), University of Urbino.

 

Research experience

2024-PRESENT: Research fellowship at Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences (BiGea). Project: Cyanotoxins oxidation by atmospheric plasma, a green technology for water decontamination – PLASMADETOX, 2022EFEEKR - CUP J53D23008640 006.

2023-2024: Research fellowship at Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences (BiGea). Project: Microalgae as circular ingredients to reduce the carbon footprint in aquaculture feeds. CN Biodiversity Spoke2 Activity3 “Action 3.1 Circular feeds for carbon neutrality” – PNNR Project.

2019-2023: PhD student at Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences (BiGea). Project: Distribution of cyanobacteria and their toxins in Emilia Romagna freshwater reservoirs and evaluation of the effectiveness of drinking water treatments

2019: Scholarship for research at Interdepartmental Research Centre for Environmental Science (CIRSA). Project: Microalgal cultures for calibration of specialized tools applied in drinking water quality control.

2018: Scholarship for research at Interdepartmental Research Centre for Environmental Science (CIRSA). Project: Cyanobacteria proliferation in water intended for human consumption.

 

Awards

2022: Best Talk Award. VIII International Plant Science Conference-IPSC (Bologna, 7-9 Sep. 2022).

2020: Best Poster Award, international conference NaToxAq-Natural Toxins: Environmental Fate and Safe Water Supply (online, 24-25 Sep. 2020).

 

International experience

Nov 2021-Mar 2022: Research mobility (4 months) at Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinki (Finland). The discovery of new secondary metabolites from cyanobacteria through bioinformatics. Partially fundaded by Erasmus+ Mobility for Traineeship.

Gen-Apr 2016: Trainee (3 months) at Fjordforsk A/S (Norway). Data collection on fish population decline with respect to ferry traffic and aquaculture plants along Norwegian coast. Partially fundaded by Erasmus+ Mobility for Traineeship.

 

Teaching activity

2024/2025: Adjunct professor 37675 - Experimental Marine Laboratory (module 2)

2018-2024: Teaching tutor for laboratory activity (course of "Plant biology", BSc Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna).

2018-present: (Co)-supervisor of 8 MSc Thesis (degree programme "Marine Biology" and "Environmental Assessment and Management", University of Bologna) and 3 BSc Thesis (degree programme "Environmental Sciences", University of Bologna).

 

Scientific production & engagement

H-index: 4, total number of citations: 49 (Scopus, accessed on May 16th, 2025)

Co-authoring: 8 publications in peer-reviewed journals (5 as first-author, 3 as co-corresponding author)

Minor contributions: 4 posters and 12 oral communications as an attendant at national and international conferences

Courses and training

3rd-7th February 2020. METABARCODING AND METAGENOMIC DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSES: a practical overview. Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn of Naples, Italy.

29th July-2nd August 2019. Determination course of freshwater and terrestrial cyanobacteria. University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

19-22th February 2018. Theoretical and practical course of multi-techniques for phytoplankton ecology. Italian Society of Marine Biology (SIBM), University Federico II, Naples (NA), Italy.

 

Third mission

2021-present: scientific dissemination and outreach activities at local events and with high schools students

 

Declaration on competing interests

I, the undersigned, declare the non-existence of causes of ineligibility and incompatibility, pursuant to and for the purposes of Legislative Decree 39/2013

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