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LAB MEMBERS AND COLLABORATORS
LAB MEMBERS
(most recent first)
MICHELA SIMEONI
Lab Manager, Sapienza University of Rome
Michela is the Lab Manager. She has experience working on European environmental projects, marine conservation initiatives and conducting ecological monitoring. Her interests focus on biodiversity conservation, wildlife ecology and human-nature interactions.
MICHELA GABRIELI
Research Assistant, Sapienza University of Rome
Michela is a research assistant with an MSc in Ecobiology. Her work examines the effects of elevation on the functional diversity of parasitoid insects (Diptera: Tachinidae), using this variable as a proxy for climate change.
NICCOLO' CECI
Research Assistant, Sapienza University of Rome
Niccolò is a research assistant and former MSc student in the lab. His work is part of the INF-ACT project and aims to assess environmental correlates of vector-borne zoonotic disease risk.
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ALICE DIANA
MSc Student, Sapienza University of Rome
Alice is a doctor of veterinary medicine and an MSc student in One Health. Her work is part of the research on West Nile virus risk prediction. Her project focuses on bird biodiversity as a surveillance tool in European and Italian policy.
ANDREA USUELLI
MSc Student, Sapienza University of Rome
Andrea is an MSc student in Ecobiology. His work is part of the Biodiversa+ GaP project and aims to contribute to the identification of KBAs using the metric of irreplaceability, compare the identified KBAs with the areas already protected and identify the enviromental characteristic occuring in these areas.
VALERIO MEZZANOTTE
Research Assistant, Sapienza University of Rome
Valerio is a research assistant and former MSc student in the lab. His work is part of the Natura Connect project and aims to assess the climate exposure of European protected areas and the biodiversity they host.
ELENA CATUCCI
Postdoctoral Researcher, Sapienza University of Rome
Elena is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the lab. She is an Ecologist specialized in modeling and machine learning. She is involved in the PREPARED project that aims to operationalize the One Health approach. Elena focuses on the integration of the ecological dimension into the modeling of the risk of disease emergence and transmission.
She is passionate about Conservation Biology, Biodiversity Research, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Natural Resource Management, Climate Change.
LARA MARCOLIN
PhD student, Sapienza University of Rome
Lara is a PhD student, and former MSc student, in the lab working on the prediction of West Nile virus risk associated to environmental and climatic change. The aim of her PhD project is to assess the zoonotic hazard posed by West Nile based on the degradation of bird biodiversity.
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MARTA CIMATTI
Postdoctoral Researcher, Sapienza University of Rome
Marta is a postdoc, and former PhD student, in the lab. The aim of her postdoc, as part of the NaturaConnect project, is to identify a climatic resilience strategy for European protected Areas.
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See her profile here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marta_Cimatti
ANDREA TONELLI
PhD student, Sapienza University of Rome
Andrea is a PhD student, and former MSc student, in the lab working on the prediction of zoonotic risk associated to blueprint diseases. The aim of his PhD project is to assess the zoonotic hazard posed by mammalian viruses at global scale, understanding the distribution patterns of viral diversity, and the priority for monitoring zoonotic risk.
FEDERICA VILLA
Research Assistant, Sapienza University of Rome
Federica is a research and field assistant in the lab. She has an MSc in Ecobiology and a one-year master in Scientific Communication. She is interested in conservation, wildlife management, human-wildlife coexistence under global change, and scientific communication.
GIORDANO MANCINI
PhD student, Sapienza University of Rome
Giordano is a PhD student funded by the italian National Operational Program (PON) for research and innovation. He is working on climate change exposure measurement to support IUCN Red List climate change assessment, in collaboration with the sRedList working group. He is also interested in the effect of global change on human-biodiversity coexistence.
CHIARA DRAGONETTI
Postdoctoral Researcher, Sapienza University of Rome
Chiara is a Post-Doc, and former PhD student, currently working on different projects regarding rewilding and the impact of human pressure on mountain ecosystems. During her PhD, she studied the impacts of global change on mountain biodiversity from a local to global scale.
See her profile here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chiara_Dragonetti2
