Valentina Crobe

The MSc theses I co-supervise focus on the conservation, ecology, and evolution of marine fishes, with particular emphasis on elasmobranchs of the Mediterranean Sea.
Projects may include genetic, ecological, historical, and interdisciplinary approaches, often integrating data from museum collections, quantitative analyses, and statistical tools.

MSc in Marine Biology, University of Bologna

• Linking Seas: assessing the connectivity of Carcharhinus plumbeus from the Mediterranean Sea to global oceans

• Towards a complete reference database for elasmobranch conservation in the Mediterranean Sea

• Historical ecology of the Mediterranean population of great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias

• Historical survey of artefacts in Mediterranean museum collections of small Delphinidae

• Taxonomy and historical ecology of museum sawfishes of the Mediterranean area through integrated morphological and microchemical analyses

• Inferring the phylogeography and population structure of the Mediterranean endemic starry ray Raja asterias (Delaroche, 1809), with a special focus on egg case geographical assignment

• Age, growth, and genetic characteristics of Solea aegyptiaca in the Adriatic Sea

• Molecular taxonomy and species diversity of Mediterranean museum collections of ancient sawfish finds (Chondrichthyes, Pristidae)

Interested students should demonstrate:

• availability starting from April 2026

• interest in the ecology, evolution, and conservation of marine fishes

• successful completion of the course “Experimental Design and Data Analysis”, including the use of R

• good English writing skills (the thesis will be written in English, with the aim of producing publishable outcomes)