Senior Researcher at CNR IRBIM of Mazara del Vallo (TP). Biologist, PhD in marine environmental sciences. Expertise in the biology and ecology of fisheries resources and strategies for the sustainable exploitation of marine renewable resources. PI of research projects on fisheries data collection, and Mediterranean stock assessment and management. Coordinator of the subregional committee for Stock Assessment of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Fisheries (SAC) of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) from 2010 to 2013. Italian Focal Point for the regional FAO project MedSudMed. Author of over 90 scientific publications in ISI journals and numerous papers and technical reports on Mediterranean fisheries.
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.
