Roberta Miroglio graduated in Biological Sciences in 2019 from the University of Genoa, Italy. In 2020, she joined the National Research Council (CNR) as a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Anthropic Impacts and Sustainability in the Marine Environment (CNR-IAS). She is currently a fixed-term researcher at the Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (CNR-IRBIM). Her research activity primarily focuses on marine environmental pollution and ecotoxicology, with particular emphasis on the effects of emerging contaminants, including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and nanoparticles, on marine organisms. Her research investigates their effects on a range of marine biological models, including bacteria, microalgae, crustaceans, and echinoderms. She has participated in and is currently involved in several research projects funded through European, national, and private sources.
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.
