Pierluigi Penna has been collaborating with the CNR IRBIM in Ancona since 1997. In 2010, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Technology from the University of Camerino, where he also obtained a PhD in Information Science and Complex Systems in 2014. His work focuses on environmental data acquisition, particularly oceanographic measurements using multiparametric CTD probes and current meters.
He is involved in the design, implementation, and management of meteo-oceanographic observational platforms, including the use of innovative technologies and prototypes. He also performs post-processing, quality control, and analysis of historical time series related to climate change and anthropogenic impact. Over the years, Penna has taken part in numerous national and international projects, often serving as Work Package or task leader. He has organized or taken part in over 100 oceanographic campaigns in the Mediterranean Sea, often acting as mission chief. In 2006, 2012, and 2014, he joined national expeditions to Antarctica aboard the Italian Oceanographic Vessel Italica.
Author and co-author of 19 ISI-indexed articles, book chapters, and research reports, he actively disseminates research findings through oral presentations, posters, online publications, and public talks.
Agreement aimed at collaboration for the joint installation of scientific instrumentation in the marine area in front of Senigallia (AN) for the development of research of common interest within the MORSE project.
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.