I graduated in 2023 with a master’s degree in Marine Biology from the Polytechnic University of Marche, completing an internship at the UNIVPM zoology laboratory and another at the Ornis Italica association on the island of Linosa. I participated in four oceanographic campaigns, three of the MEDIAS project using an echo sounder to study the biomass of small pelagics in the Adriatic and one on the collection of acoustic data of cetaceans in the Atlantic Ocean. For my thesis project, I focused on studying the underwater soundscape in the area in front of Conero Park. Research I’m doing in the FishMed PhD grant. I think the topic of marine acoustics is of great importance as it can bring new, non-invasive methods for studying biodiversity, to be integrated with traditional ones.
The research activities of the Institute are carried out in the context of research, development and innovation projects, both national and international, based on regional funding programs (POR FEAMPA - Regional Operational Program of the European Maritime Affairs Fisheries Fund and Aquaculture and POR FESR - Regional Operational Program of the European Regional Development Fund) or ministerial (PRIN - Projects of relevant national interest, PNRA - National Research Program in Antarctica, PO FEAMPA - National Operational Program European Maritime Affairs Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund) , programs for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg), direct funding programs of the European Commission (Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe, Life, JPI - Joint Programming Initiatives, ERA-NET Cofund) and thematic collaboration initiatives managed by international organizations such as, for example , the FAO - GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean). The Institute also develops funded projects in the context of collaborations with private companies in the sectors of the blue economy as well as technology transfer and research results. Research projects, mainly of a collaborative nature, are developed through a wide network of partners that include major Italian and foreign research institutions and universities.
