CURRENT MEMBERS
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Prof. Lorenzo Marini
I have a wide range of interests in applied ecology of plants and arthropods. I have been mainly working on landscape ecology in agricultural landscapes, invasion ecology, and global change biology in mountain areas. My teaching activity at the University of Padova focuses on biodiversity and ecosystem services, landscape ecology, and applied entomology. I am an associate editor for Journal of Applied Ecology and Basic and Applied Ecology. Google scholar profile |
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Andree Cappellari (Technician/project manager)
I have always been a bug enthusiast. I studied Natural Sciences at Sapienza University of Rome, and for my MSc thesis I developed an interactive key for the identification of Italian bumblebees. I am interested in pollinators, in particular wild bees, biodiversity conservation and network ecology. I am currently working as a project manager for the FORSAID project. |
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Milo Zanardi (PhD)
I hold an MSc in Environmental Biology from the University of Turin. My research interests focus on pollinators and their ecology and conservation in agricultural systems and natural habitats. Currently, I am part of the AGRI4POL project, where I am mainly working on the relationships between intraspecific crop differences and pollinators. In addition, I am a passionate dipteran entomologist with a particular interest in muscid flies. I consider teamwork vital, as communication and collaboration can provide meaningful and diverse ideas. |
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Costanza Geppert (Assistant professor, RTdA)
I have always been interested in the ecological and evolutionary forces shaping community structure and species distributions. In my PhD research, I studied which biotic and abiotic drivers are redefining the distribution and dynamics of native and non-native plants, with a special focus on rare and threatened species. I have a background in Ecology and Agroecology (Sapienza University of Rome, Goettingen University). |
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Davide Nardi (Assistant professor, RTdA)
I am fascinated by arachnology, landscape ecology and GIS science. Currently, I completed a PhD on the response of forest soil biodiversity (arthropods and fungi) to large-scale windstorm events using a multidisciplinary approach including GIS science, landscape ecology, network analysis and DNA metabarcoding techniques. I am currently part of the PollHab project where I work on habitat protection of EU pollinators. |
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Francesco Sanna (post-doc)
I am currently part of the CIXY and SOS project workin on the EU and non-EU vectors of Xylella fastidiosa. |
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Onda (lab assistant)
FORMER MEMBERS
Completed PhD projects:
Completed PhD projects:
- Elena Gazzea (now post-doc at the University of Edmonton, Canada)
- Giacomo Santoiemma (now post-doc at the University of Padova)
- Diego Inclan (currently Director of the Biodiversity Institute of Ecuador)
- Giovanni Tamburini (now Associate Professor at University of Bari)
- Ines Pevere (currently secondary school teacher)
- Francesco Lami (currently post-doc at the University of Bologna)
- Costanza Geppert (now assistant professor at the University of Padova)
- 2023-2024: Davide Nardi
- 2022-2023: Costanza Geppert
- 2019-2020: Daria Corcos
- 2016: Diego Inclan
- 2016-2018: Giovanni Tamburini
- 2015: Matteo Dainese (now Associate Professor at the University of Verona)
- 2015: Juri Nascimbene (now Full Professor at the University of Bologna)
