The Taranto site was founded in 1914 as the State Marine Biology Laboratory. Subsequently, in 1941, it joined the CNR under the name "A. Cerruti" Thalassographic Institute. In 2001 it became a Secondary Office of CNR-IAMC, then a Secondary Office of CNR-IRSA (in 2018), and today it is a Secondary Office of CNR-IRBIM (2026).
Institute Research Center
Via Roma, 3
74123 - Taranto, IT
Responsabile di Sede Secondaria
Petrocelli
antonella.petrocelli@cnr.it