Senior fisheries scientist with more than 30 years of experience studying the wider ecosystem effects of fishing on the marine environment. Expert knowledge of physical and biological impacts in the marine environment produced by human activities, as well as impacts and operations of global fisheries, including marine litter, efficiency and selectivity of fishing gears, performance of fishing gears using underwater instrumentation, fishing gear design and modelling, and energy saving measures in fisheries operations. Since 2014, external statistical expert for theEuropean Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) From 2020-2022, fishing technology consultant (COF.REG) in the Fishing Technology and Operations (NFIFO) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Autore di oltre 90 pubblicazioni scientifiche su riviste internazionali, oltre 200 rapporti tecnici ed articoli divulgativi, e tre brevetti (Patent Cooperation Treaty). Dal 2020 è Responsabile (chairperson) del Gruppo Internazionale ICES/FAO Working Group on Fishing Technology and Fish Behaviour (WGFTFB). From 2010 to 2019, member and vice-chair (2018-2019) of the EU-STECF Committee (European Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for 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.
