Research team

The research projects are coordinated by the BiomeLab at the University of Bologna. Several researchers from various countries are collaborating with the core team.

Francesco Santi

Francesco Santi

PhD student, Biome Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna

Leader of the research project regarding small Mediterranean islands and their resurvey

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Alessandro Chiarucci

Alessandro Chiarucci

Full professor, Biome Lab, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences - University of Bologna

Riccardo Testolin

Riccardo Testolin

Junior assistant professor, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna

Piero Zannini

Data scientist, Bologna

Maria Panitsa

Maria Panitsa

University of Patras, Greece

Resurvey of Aegean islands

Ilda Vagge

Ilda Vagge

University of Milan, Italy

Resurvey of Tino island - Liguria, Italy

Yohan Petit

Conservatoire botanique national de Corse

Resurvey of Corsican islets

Michela Marignani, Mauro Fois, Gianluca Iiriti

Michela Marignani, Mauro Fois, Gianluca Iiriti

University of Cagliari, Italy

Resurvey of Sardinian islets

Simonetta Bagella, Giovanni Rivieccio

Simonetta Bagella, Giovanni Rivieccio

University of Sassari, Italy

Resurvey of Sardinian islets

Elpida Karadimou

Resurvey of Paleia Kameni island (Greece)

Nenad Jasprica

Nenad Jasprica

University of Dubrovnik, Institute for Marine and Coastal Research, Croatia

Resurvey of Southern Adriatic islets

Sandro Strumia, Annalisa Santangelo

Sandro Strumia, Annalisa Santangelo

University of Naples, Italy

Resurvey of Campania islands

Salvatore Pasta

Salvatore Pasta

National Research Council, Italy

Resurvey of Isola delle Femmine, Italy

Vincenzo Di Dio

Vincenzo Di Dio

Director of Isola delle Femmine Nature Reserve

Resurvey of Isola delle Femmine

Olivier Ferreira, Claire Faber, Naïs Avargues, Alain Mante

Olivier Ferreira, Claire Faber, Naïs Avargues, Alain Mante

Calanques National Park, France

Resurvey of small islands in the Calanques National Park

Gianmaria Bonari

Gianmaria Bonari

University of Siena

Data contribution

Željko Škvorc

Željko Škvorc

University of Zagreb

Data contribution

Behlül Güler

Behlül Güler

Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey

Data contribution

Corrado Marcenò

Corrado Marcenò

University of Perugia, Italy

Data contribution

Fabio Attorre

Fabio Attorre

Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Data contribution

Emmanuel Garbolino

Emmanuel Garbolino

ISIGE - MINES Paris PSL, France

Data contribution

Carmen Gangale

Carmen Gangale

MASE

Resurvey of Cirella island

Laurence Affre, Frédéric Médail, Clémentine Mutillod, Thierry Tatoni, Eric Vidal

Laurence Affre, Frédéric Médail, Clémentine Mutillod, Thierry Tatoni, Eric Vidal

Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d’écologie marine et continentale, France

Data contribution and resurvey of islands in the Calanques National Park

Johannes Foufopoulos

Johannes Foufopoulos

University of Michigan

Data contribution

Marlene Katharina Volz

Marlene Katharina Volz

University of Innsbruck, Austria

Data contribution

Teddy Baumberger

Société EcoStat, Baudinard-sur-Verdon, France

Resurvey of islands in the Calanques National Park

Rocco Labadessa

Rocco Labadessa

National Research Council, Bari, Italy

Resurvey of Tremiti islands

Maurizio Cutini

Maurizio Cutini

Università Degli Studi Roma Tre

Resurvey of Tremiti islands

Irena Axmanová

Irena Axmanová

Masaryk University, Czech Republic