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LAB MEMBERS AND COLLABORATORS

LAB MEMBERS

(most recent first)

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SOFIA SILVESTRI

MSc student, Sapienza University of Rome

Sofia is a student in the MSc course of Ecobiology. She is working on the estimate of the generation length of reptiles and amphibians, for the appropriate application of IUCN Red list criteria in estimating the future risk due to climate change.

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MARTA CIMATTI

Postdoc, 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.

See her profile here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marta_Cimatti

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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.

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LARA MARCOLIN

MSc student, Sapienza University of Rome

Lara is a student in the MSc course of Ecobiology. The aim of her MSc project is to assess the relationship between various biodiversity metrics and emerging zoonotic disease risk.

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FEDERICA VILLA

Research Assistant, Sapienza University of Rome

Federica is a research assistant at Sapienza University and she will support the teaching of Global Change Biology course. She has a MSc in Ecobiology and the aim of her MSc project was to investigate the relationship between physiological stress and macroparasite infections in Eurasian red squirrel. She is also enrolled in a one-year Master in scientific communication at Sapienza University.

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GIORDANO MANCINI

PhD student, Sapienza University of Rome

Giordano is a Ph.D. 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.

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CHIARA DRAGONETTI

PhD student, Sapienza University of Rome

​Chiara is a PhD student, and former MSc student, in the lab working on the impacts of global change on mountain biodiversity from a local to global scale. She completed a MSc where she studied the change of the niche breadht of mountain's mammals under future climatic conditions, and an internship where she investigated to role of corridors for local movements of mountain mammals.

 

See her profile here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chiara_Dragonetti2

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VICTOR CAZALIS

Post-doc, iDiv Centre (Leipzig, Germany)

Victor is part of the sRedList working group aiming at developing an innovative and consistent framework for prioritising updates of the IUCN Red List assessments, using automated approaches.

See his profile here: https://victorcazalis.github.io

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CHIARA GIORGIONE

MSc student, Sapienza University of Rome

Chiara is a student in the MSc course of Ecobiology. She is working, from the CITES database, on the export rates of wild animals of different countries in the world. The aim of her work is to understand the effects of conflict and other socio-economic factors on the annual volume of wildlife traffic for nations.

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NICCOLÒ  CECI

MSc student, Sapienza University of Rome

Niccolò is an MSc student in Ecobiology. The aim of his project is to estimate the density of mountain mammals in a corridor area of the Central Apennines and to evaluate how their movements are affected by human activities.

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JUAN PABLO RAMIREZ-DELGADO

PhD student, University of Northern British Columbia (Canada)

Juan is a PhD student at University of Northern British Columbia (Canada), and worked on the impacts of human pressure on habitat fragmentation and its relation to species extinction risk.

See his profile here: https://csl-unbc.org/people/

PAST MEMBERS

ALESSANDRA BISSATTINI

Alessandra was a postdoc in the lab, aiming to investigate allometric relationships in herps tio inform extinction risk assessments.

VALERIA Y. MENDEZ A.

Valeria was a Research Assistant, former MSc student, at Sapienza University. She worked on the impact of climate change on terrestrial biomes and its implications for terrestrial mammals' conservation.

HERNÁN CÁCERES-ESCOBAR 

Hernán is a veterinarian and conservation scientist and was a Post-doc at Sapienza University of Rome. The aim of his project was to explore how anthropogenic-driven environmental change affects disease hazards to create future scenarios of risk under a One Health perspective.

ANDREA SACCHI

Andrea was a MSc student and the aim of his project was to assess the impact of extreme climate events on Nature's Contributions to People (NCPs) and on species extinction risk under different climatic scenarios.

ANDREA SESSA

Andrea was a MSc student who worked on the change in the provision of Nature's Contributions to People (NCPs) under different climatic scenarios and alternative pathways of socio-economic development.

ETIENNE HENRY

Etienne was a MSc student in the sRedList project based in iDiv Germany, where he developed and tested new models of extinction risk prediction based on Red List criteria.

PABLO M. LUCAS

Pablo was a postdoc on a project funded by the Global Wildlife Conservation, in collaboration with the sRedList working group, where he developed and tested new automatic approaches to assess the conservation status of species.

MARIA LUMBIERRES CIVIT
Maria was a PhD student at Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), part of the European Training Network Inspire4Nature. The aim of her project was to identify new Key Biodiversity Areas using spatial prioritisation techniques.

THOMAS MERRIEN 

Thomas did a MSc under the supervision of Rob Salguero-Gómez, Katrina Davis at Oxford University and Moreno Di Marco at Sapienza University. The aim of his project was to evaluate the impact of human settlements on the demographic signature and performance of plant and animal species, compared to their dynamics in pristine habitats, worldwide.

SARAH STEPHEN
Sarah did a MSc at University of Göttingen (Germany), doing her research at Sapienza University (Italy), working on the effectiveness of CITES convention. 

PABLO NEGRET
Pablo was a PhD student at the University of Queensland (Australia), working on deforestation and biodiversity conservation in Colombia.

MARSYA SIBARANI
Marsya did her MSc at the University of Queensland (Australia), working on the biodiversity surrogacy potential of charismatic megafauna in 

LUCA PARENTI
Luca did a MSc at Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), working on drivers of deforestation in tropical areas.

ANGELA IACUCCI
Angela did a MSc at Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), working on back-cast assessment of mammal extinction risk.

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