Manuela Coci

Researcher at the CNR IRBIM of Ancona for the National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC). Master degree in Marine Biology between the University of Catania and the Universidad de Ciencias del Mar (Cadiz, Spain); PhD in Microbial Ecology, at the KNAW-NIOO Center Limnology (Utrecht, Netherlands); Master in Sciences and Technologies for the recovery of Contaminated Sites (University of Parma). She worked in research at the University of Catania, the CNR-IAMC of Messina (now IRBIM) and the CNR ISE of Verbania (now IRSA). Subsequently for 10 years she dealt with scientific dissemination at an international level, consultancy at public institutions (ISPRA and the Abruzzo Region) and she founded a non-profit organization for scientific dissemination and a start-up company for the microbiological control of the water quality. Her diversified professional experience in the public and private sectors and her notable technical-scientific skills in the field of microbial ecology and both freshwater and marine aquatic microbiology allowed her to return to research at the CNR IRBIM in Ancona in 2023. She investigates the diversity of prokaryotes in marine ecosystems with particular interest in contaminating microorganisms of anthropogenic origin and the genotypic characterization and phenotypic expression of antibiotic resistance genes in aquatic microorganisms.