Michela Martinelli

Senior Technologist

M.Sc. (2004) in Marine and Oceanographic Biology, Ph.D. (2010) in Marine Biology and Ecology, since 2006 she has collaborated and since 2009 she has been Technologist at CNR Ancona. She deals with the development of innovative monitoring tools (e.g., Fisheries and Oceanography Observing Systems), fishery resource assessment, GIS, and databases (e.g., surveys, biological sampling of commercial catches, etc.). From 2010 to 2019, she was in charge for the UnderWater TeleVision program for monitoring Norway lobster in the central Adriatic (carried out in collaboration with IZOR Split and FAO AdriaMed, and sponsored by RITMARE from 2012 to 2015), and from 2016 to 2023, she also led a monitoring program for the Pomo Fishery Restricted Area (sponsored by MIPAAF). Since 2013, she is responsible for the AdriFOOS infrastructure and related activities in EU projects (e.g., FP7 JERICO, FP7 NEXOS, H2020 JERICO NEXT, H2020 NAUTILOS). She participates in numerous national and international working groups (for example, she is part of the Steering Committee of the Fishing Vessel Ocean Observing Network).

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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