DAVIDE ZANELLI

Effects of Graphene-Related Materials on Plant Pollination Biology

Supervisor:

MAURO TRETIACH

JESSICA PAZZAGLIA

Living with global changes: physiological and molecular mechanisms as the basis for seagrasses resilience in a changing world

Supervisor:

GABRIELE PROCACCINI

ANTONIO TERLIZZI

FRANCESCO LICCARI

Development of an integrated approach for the analysis and optimization of Ecological Networks in agricultural landscapes

Supervisor:

GIOVANNI BACARO

MAURIZIA SIGURA

JESSICA DE MARCO

Monitoring and modelling cryosphere processes using high resolution surveys

Supervisor:

FEDERICO CAZORZI

LUCA CARTURAN

NICOLE SALVATORI

Dynamic photosynthesis: from leaf to canopy level. Models and experiments

Supervisor:

ALESSANDRO PERESSOTTI

STEFANO MAZZOLENI

GREGORIO MOTTA

Biological and ecological links between jellyfish and their parasites in the Gulf of Trieste (Italy).

Supervisor:

MASSIMILIANO BOTTARO

ANTONIO TERLIZZI

FEDERICA CAVION

ALGAL TOXINS IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA: ECOTOXICOLOGICAL AND POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH

Supervisor:

AURELIA TUBARO

GILDA SAVONITTO

BASE KNOWLEDGE AND IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE RESTORATION OF MEDITERRANEAN MARINE FORESTS

Supervisor:

ANNALISA FALACE

GIUSEPPINA ALONGI

SAMUELE GRECO

Transcriptomic response of antarctic metazoans to environmental warming ​

Supervisor:

PIERO GIULIO GIULIANINI

MARCO GERDOL

VALENTINA OLMO

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES MODELLING AND MAPPING FOR SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING

Supervisor:

MAURIZIA SIGURA

GIOVANNI BACARO

SIMONA IANNUCCI

Ecosystem engineer species in the northern Adriatic Sea: investigating the macrofaunal community associated to pinnid bivalves to assess their ecological role as bioconstructors

Supervisor:

PAOLA DEL NEGRO

ROCCO AURIEMMA

ROBERTO DE CAROLIS

The Antarctic lichens as evolutionary niches for microbial diversification

Supervisor:

LUCIA MUGGIA

ALBERTO CALDERAN

Evaluation of the individual and combined effects of water and heat stress on grapevine physiology and grape quality in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region

Supervisor:

PAOLO SIVILOTTI

FRANCESCA PROVENZA

EMERGING CONTAMINANTS: ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS AND RELATION WITH PARAMETERS ASSOCIATED TO GLOBAL CHANGE SCENARIO

Supervisor:

ANTONIO TERLIZZI

MONIA RENZI

MATTEO LOSCHI

Development of food networks of the planktonic community to characterize the health of the marine ecosystem

Supervisor:

SIMONE LIBRALATO

EMANUELE SOMMA

Diatom associations on seagrass meadows: Effects of Ocean Acidification on the first colonization and plant-animal chemical relationships

Supervisor:

ANTONIO TERLIZZI

VALERIO ZUPO

MICHELA CARLIN

Characterization of cutaneous toxicity of bidimensional nanomaterials

Supervisor:

AURELIA TUBARO

DANIEL MARUSIG

Validation of Practices to Optimize the Production of Protein Crops in Organic Systems

Supervisor:

GIORGIO ALBERTI

GEMINI DELLE VEDOVE

GIADA CAORSI

Exploring the behaviour of graphene-related materials in aqueous environments: from standard protocols to environmental implications in freshwater systems

Supervisor:

FABIO CANDOTTO CARNIEL

MAURO TRETIACH

COSTANZA UBONI

The neophitization of the habitats and their impact on the vegetation and the Entomofauna of the North Adriatic Karst

Supervisor:

MIRIS CASTELLO

TERESA CRAIGHERO

Biology of the lichen symbiosis

Supervisor:

MAURO TRETIACH

SARA NATALE

Stem photosynthesis: an ally for trees facing drought?

Supervisor:

ANDREA NARDINI

MARCO SOLLITTO

Deciphering the deep-sea ecosystem biodiversity: insights into its complexity using genomic approaches

Supervisor:

MARCO GERDOL

ALBERTO PALLAVICINI

ALESSIA RONCHI

EXPLORATION OF PLANT EARLY RESPONSE MECHANISMS TO SELF-DNA EXPOSURE

Supervisor:

EMANUELE DE PAOLI

GUIDO INCERTI

DIEGO PANZERI

Marine-demersal species distribution models for spatial management, evaluation, and forecasting in Adriatic and Ionian Seas

Supervisor:

COSIMO SOLIDORO

SIMONE LIBRALATO

LAURA CANNAROZZI

Assessing the natural capital associated to Ericaria amentacea forests

Supervisor:

STANISLAO BEVILACQUA

FEDERICO FLOREANI

Mercury cycling and transformations at the water-air and soil-air interfaces in a contaminated regional context

Supervisor:

JADRAN FAGANELI

STEFANO COVELLI

AGNESE COMETTO

Stability and variation of lichen mycobiome

Supervisor:

LUCIA MUGGIA

ALBERTO PALLAVICINI

SADAT MAZHAR

Interaction of natural organic matter and mobility of toxic metals in relation to marine water infiltration in upland soils

Supervisor:

CLAUDIO CIAVATTA

ALESSANDRO VEZZI

GIADA ZANUTTINI

Mercury mobilization potential from highly contaminated alluvial soils

Supervisor:

MARCO CONTIN

ALICE MONTAGNER

Ecotoxicological effects of Graphene-Based Materials

Supervisor:

MAURO TRETIACH

GINEVRA ROSATI

Modelling the mercury biogeochemical cycle in coastal and marine environments

Supervisor:

COSIMO SOLIDORO

DONATA MELAKU CANU

ELISA PELLEGRINI

Interactions between soil and plants in halophile systems: plant zonation and effects on pedogenesis

Supervisor:

MARIA DE NOBILI

VALENTINO CASOLO

IGOR CELIC

Development of an ecosystem model of the northern Adriatic Sea

Supervisor:

SIMONE LIBRALATO

COSIMO SOLIDORO

FEDERICA NASI

Spatio-temporal patterns in coastal zoobenthos under environmental stress

Supervisor:

PAOLA DEL NEGRO

LUCA POGGETTI

Characterization of autochtonous Walnut germplasm in Fiuli Venezia Giulia

Supervisor:

RAFFAELE TESTOLIN

ALESSANDRO PERESSOTTI

TOMMASO DIOCIAIUTI

ECOLOGY AND DIVERSITY OF MARINE MICROZOOPLANKTON

Supervisor:

SERENA FONDA

MARINA MONTI

OMELKHER SALEM ALI ZALTUM

Abnormal mortality in bivalve molluscs: traditional diagnostic approach and metagenomics

Supervisor:

GIUSEPPE ARCANGELI

ALBERTO PALLAVICINI

FRANCESCO PETRUZZELLIS

Functional traits as a tool to predict invasive potential of alien species in native communities

Supervisor:

ANDREA NARDINI

GIOVANNI BACARO

SILVIA ONGARO

Ecology of Mediterranean lichens and plants: application of species distribution models.

Supervisor:

STEFANO MARTELLOS

SARA CUCCHIARO

Assessing sediment dynamics and check dams efficiency in a debris-flow catchment using multi-temporal topographic surveys

Supervisor:

MARCO CAVALLI

FEDERICO CAZORZI

CLAUDIO GENNARO AMETRANO

Phylogenetic relationships among extremotolerant rock-inhabiting fungi and their associations with algae

Supervisor:

LUCIA MUGGIA

GLORIA MISSON

Beach-cast seagrass wracks: greenhouse gas emissions and energy recovery

Supervisor:

ALESSANDRO PERESSOTTI

ELISA BANCHI

Transcriptomics and metabarcoding approaches for the study of lichen symbionts

Supervisor:

ALBERTO PALLAVICINI

GIANLUCA COIDESSA

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY OF THE PLANKTONIC FOOD WEB IN THE GULF OF TRIESTE: AN INVERSE MODELLING APPROACH

Supervisor:

COSIMO SOLIDORO

ELISA PETRANICH

Mercury biogeochemical cycling in anthropogenically modified lagoon environment (Grado Lagoon)

Supervisor:

STEFANO COVELLI

MARCO CONTIN

FEDERICA RELITTI

Carbon cycle in marine systems under different anthropogenic pressure

Supervisor:

PAOLA DEL NEGRO

CINZIA DE VITTOR

SERENA ZUNINO

ASSESSMENT OF ACIDIFICATION IMPACTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA: FROM META-ANALYSIS TO ECOSYSTEM SERVICES VALUATION

Supervisor:

DONATA MELAKU CANU

ENRICO TORDONI

ANALYSIS OF DIVERSITY PATTERNS OF NATIVE AND ALIEN SPECIES IN COASTAL PLANT COMMUNITIES: FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL SCALE

Supervisor:

GIOVANNI BACARO

LORENZO FORTUNA

Development of biomonitoring techniques of persistent airborne pollutants using native lichens

Supervisor:

MAURO TRETIACH

YURI GALLETTI

The role of atmospheric inputs in Dissolved Organic Matter dynamics: the Mediterranean Sea case

Supervisor:

PAOLA DEL NEGRO

CHIARA SANTINELLI

RICCARDO PENNESI

Data and models of the Italian Vascular Flora with the new tools of biodiversity informatics

Supervisor:

PIERLUIGI NIMIS

STEFANO MARTELLOS

STEFANIA CERRETELLI

The role of ecosystem services in the spatial assessment of land degradation: a transdisciplinary study in the Ethiopian Great Rift Valley

Supervisor:

ALESSANDRO GIMONA

ALESSANDRO PERESSOTTI

STEFANO VITTI

Global changes in harsh environments: effects on plant species and communities from a trait-analysis perspective

Supervisor:

VALENTINO CASOLO

FRANCESCO BOSCUTTI

VINCENZO MANNA

Marine microbes and organic matter: the interplay driving the oceans' biogeochemical engine

Supervisor:

MAURO CELUSSI

PAOLA DEL NEGRO

ANNA SCHROEDER

DNA METABARCODIG AS A TOOL FOR ZOOPLANKTON BIODIVERSITY ASSESMENTS IN TRANSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS

Supervisor:

ALBERTO PALLAVICINI

ELISA CAMATTI

MANUELA PICCARDO

Toxicological effects of Micro- and Nano-plastics in different marine model organisms

Supervisor:

ANTONIO TERLIZZI

PAOLO SORDINO

ALESSANDRO FOSCARI

EXTRACELLULAR DNA IN BEECH-SPRUCE FOREST SOILS: DISTRIBUTION, EFFECTS AND PRODUCTION

Supervisor:

GUIDO INCERTI

GIULIA PATRICELLI

SEISMOTECTONIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SOUTHERN ALPS – DINARIDES JUNCTION AREA (NE ITALY)

Supervisor:

MARIA ELIANA POLI

FRANCESCA CAPANNI

TOXICITY EVALUATION OF PLASTIC NANOPARTICLES ON AQUATIC ORGANISMS

Supervisor:

PIERO GIULIO GIULIANINI

SEYED EHSAN VESAL

Spatio-temporal patterns of coastal macrofaunal community influenced by sewage discharges.

Supervisor:

PAOLA DEL NEGRO

CARLO BRAVO

Geochemical characterization and redox properties of humic substances in lagoon environments

Supervisor:

MARIA DE NOBILI

DANIEL LIZZI

Cerium oxide nanoparticles influence the life cycle of spontaneous plant species

Supervisor:

LUCA MARCHIOL

PAOLO PASTORINO

ALPINE LAKES, INDICATORS OF GLOBAL CHANGE: ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES IN TWO LAKES FROM ITALIAN ALPS

Supervisor:

PIERO GIULIO GIULIANINI

ELISABETTA PIZZUL

ELVA CECCONI

Biomonitoring of environmental pollutants with lichens: Data interpretation, methodological aspects and applications

Supervisor:

MAURO TRETIACH

CHIARA PALANDRANI

Effects of biodiversity on soil C dynamics, tree response to extreme events and water use efficiency in forest ecosystems

Supervisor:

GIORGIO ALBERTI