Board 2019-2021
President
Massimo Ponti,
ecologist (massimo.ponti@unibo.it)
Born
in
Forli
,
Italy
, March 29, 1970. Degree in Marine Environmental Science at the University of
Bologna in 1996 and Ph.D. in Ecology at the University of Parma in 2001,
expert in ecology of benthic soft and hard bottoms, natural and artificial
reefs, and techniques of underwater scientific research at the
Interdepartmental Research Centre for Environmental Sciences (CIRSA)
University of Bologna in Ravenna, where he is employed as a research manager.
He is co-author of 7 books and numerous articles, both popular and scientific
(13 with impact factor) and referee for 5 international journals. He has done
scientific diving in different parts of the
Mediterranean
and tropical seas. Within several collaborative research projects with Italian
institutes and international research centres including: Centre for Estuarine
and Marine Ecology (NIOO-KNAW, NL), Institute of Oceanography (HCMR, GR),
Institute of Marine Biology of Crete ( HCMR, GR), Institute of Oceanology of
the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Varna, BG), Fisheries Research Institute of
Kavala (GR), Ruder Boskovic Institute in Rovinj (HR), Marine Biology and
Ecology Research Centre in Plymouth (UK) Natural History Museum of London (UK).
He is a member of the Italian Society of Ecology (S.It.E.), the Italian
Society of Marine Biology (SIBM), the National Interuniversity Consortium for
Marine Sciences (CoNISMa), Reef Check
Italy
association (RCI) and Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA).
Collaborates in teaching courses on "Methodology of Research Diving"
for the degree course in Marine Biology,
University
of
Bologna
, and "Scientific Diving Methods for the degree course in Marine Biology
Polytechnic University of Marche and of course. Teaching in the master "Tropical
Marine Biodiversity and Natural Products", held in 2007 and
2008 in
Manado
,
Indonesia
. Active diver since 1992 (M3 FIAS / CMAS), Director of
Bologna
Technical Centre of the Italian Federation of Underwater Activities from 1999
to 2008. Among the specialties: cave diving, high altitude and under the ice.
Vice-president
Carlo Cerrano, zoologist (c.cerrano@univpm.it)
Born - 21.05.1967 in Turin, Italy. Since 01.09.2000 (Current position) is Assistant Professor at the Department for the study of the Territory and its Resources (DIPTERIS) at the University of Genoa.
Author of 250 scientific papers. 130 on peer-reviewed journals. Referee for 15 international journals with impact factor.
Scientific diving activities are performed in the framework of both national and international projects, focusing on benthos ecology, not only in the Mediterranean basin but also in Antarctica and tropical regions. Since 1986 diving Instructor M3 FIAS/CMAS.
Areas of interest - Autoecology and taxonomy of the hard bottom zoobenthonic organisms, with particular reference to Porifera and Cnidaria. He studied the effects of sedimentation on hard bottom communities, focusing on the uptake processes of sponges. His results allowed to put in evidence a selective behaviour of incorporating sponges, leading to the definition of the biomineralogy, the science that takes in account the interactions between biological systems and mineral substrata. Its scientific activity considers also the bioerosive processes and the study of life histories in relation to climate change.
He is lecturer for the following courses:
- Scientific Diving Methodologies
- Laboratory of Zoology
- Marine organisms and climate change
- Marine Fauna of Marine Protected Areas
- Eco-ethology
Secretary
Stefano Acunto, marine biologist (marea.sa@virgilio.it)
Born in Rho (Milan), Italy, October 18, 1965. He obtained the MS Degree in Biological Science and the Qualification to practise the profession of Biologist. He was appointed as "Specialist of Ecology" at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Pisa (Italy) and in 2001 he obtained the PhD in "Environmental Science: Marine Ecology". He worked as collaborator of the University of Pisa from 1992 to 2012 and performed Scientific diving activities in the framework of both national and international projects, focusing on benthos ecology both in the Mediterranean and in tropical seas. He was Contract Professor of "Underwater Science" and "Applied Ecology", and Teacher of several Professional Training Courses. Also, he has a deep experience in the field of environmental surveys, biological sampling, geophysics and oceanography obtained working with private enterprises and research centers in Italy and abroad. He is author of 45 scientific papers and 30 technical reports.
Since 2004 he is in the control board of the "International School for Scientific Diving - Anna Proietti-Zolla"(ISSD). He is legal representative of the partnership "OIKOS - Environmental studies in aquatic ecosystems".
As science writer and video-maker he is the author of articles published by national magazines and web sites, of 3 scientific pamphlets and 10 underwater themed naturalistic documentaries aired on RAI (Italian National Television).
He is Diving Instructor CMAS (specialized in NITROX and Underwater Photography), Scientific Diver CMAS, Underwater Video Operator, BLS operator and Diving Safety Supervisor CMAS.
Others
Antonio Terlizzi, zoologist (aterlizzi@units.it)
Born
in
Naples
,
Italy
, March, 31, 1968. Msc in Marine Biology, Phd in Basic Ecology. Senior
lecturer at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
and Technology (DiSTeBA),
University
of
Salento
,
Lecce
,
Italy
. His research activity is focused on the ecology of both vagile
(macrofauna, with special emphasis on molluscs) and sessile
invertebrates of marine hard substrates and seagrasses systems.
Fouling, the detection of the effects of anthropogenic disturbance on
marine systems and monitoring the effects of Marine Protected Areas
are among his major items of research. He is actively involved in
research programs and consultancies for environmental impact
assessment and monitoring. He also teaches undergraduate and PhD
courses in Zoology, Applied Zoology and Experimental Marine Ecology at
the
University
of
Salento, Lecce
, Italy. He has organized three international course of statistic for design
and analyses of biological experiments. He has published more than 90
scientific articles, of which 55 on ISI journals and 9 book chapters.
He is actively involved in editorial activity of 22 ISI journals as a
component of the board of referee and he is a reviewer for
international funding agencies.
Eva
Turicchia, ecologist (eva.turicchia2@unibo.it)
Nata a Ravenna. Laureata in Biologia Marina all’Università di Bologna nel 2015 ed attualmente è assegnista presso il Dipartimento di Beni Culturali e Dottoranda presso il Dipartimento Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambiental entrambi del l’Università di Bologna (data di discussione della tesi di dottorato marzo 2019). Si occupa di ecologia dei popolamenti bentonici sui fondi duri, sia naturali che artificiali, di impatti antropici e di analisi d'immagini tomografiche per lo studio della bioerosione. Svolge ricerche scientifiche subacquee in varie zone del Mediterraneo e mari tropicali e di Citizen Science presso l'associazione Reef Check Italia onlus. Attualemte partecipa al progetto Resistance and Resilience of Adriatic Mesophotic Biogenic Habitats to Human and Climate Change Threats (Reef ReseArcH,
https://reefresearch.jimdo.com/). È in possesso della certificazione Advanced European Scientific Divers rilasciata da AIOSS dal 2012.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eva_Turicchia
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