Fortunata Donato

Researcher

Graduate in Biological Sciences (1995). Fixed-term contract from 16 February 2009. She mainly deals with Growth Studies of pelagic and demersal fish, bivalve molluscs and elasmobranchs, estimating growth rates and longevity through the macro and microstructural analysis of otoliths, vertebrae and spines, by applying population dynamics methods for the assessment of stocks. Expert in the determination of age, coordinating and carrying out training courses for other research groups both at national level (Working Groups and Operational Units related to the National Fisheries Data Collection Programme) and International (FAO-Project ADRIAMED) and Company AGT International (AGROTEC S.p.A.). She has also developed skills in the field of Reproductive Biology and Histology focusing her research activity on the study of the different traits of the reproductive cycle (fertility, size of sexual maturity, development and gonadal staging) in the Mediterranean and Antarctic. Business tutor for the Polytechnic University of Marche (DiSVA), both in the three-year and master degree programmes and with the second-degree schools for PTCO courses. Co-supervisor of master’s theses and co-tutor of doctoral studies. Head of the Population Dynamics Laboratory (Age and Growth lab) and the Histology Laboratory. Responsible for the scientific technical infrastructure of the Histology Laboratory.

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Research Projects

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.

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