Coordination

Francesca ALVISI - CNR-ISMAR - Bologna (Italy)

I am a geologist, and in particular a "sedimentary geologist" or sedimentologist and I work at the Institute of Marine Sciences of the National Research Council (CNR-ISMAR). This profession has taught me to observe the area around me, to wonder about its origins and its history and, since I have been working on marine issues, to become aware of how many links there are between the Earth and the Sea.

Passionate about life in the open air, I have always walked, thanks above all to my parents who have transmitted to me, since childhood, the passion for this simple and revolutionary activity at the same time. It is therefore natural that my path would sooner or later meet that of Trekking Italy. In 2005 my first trek as a new member and in 2009 my first trek from SA, then I am also elected councilor and delegate, and nominated as training manager.

Hence the idea of ​​finally connecting work and passion by proposing an official collaboration between CNR-ISMAR and Trekking Italia which had as its theme the discovery of the intense and deep relationships that bind the marine environment to our territories, and achieved through meetings in home and walking together.

In addition, the passion for geology, nature and the storytelling of stories and landscapes has led me since my student to become passionate about the dissemination and communication of science to share with those around me what I gradually learned to understand and therefore to look at with new eyes. Numerous classes, teachers, friends, citizens with whom I have collaborated and worked, always promoting scientific themes and knowledge of the world of research.

Silvia MERLINO - CNR-ISMAR - Lerici (SP) (Italy)

Ph. D. in Astrophysics and elementary particles at the University of Granada - Spain (1997 - 2000), Post-Doc at the University of Parma (2000-2001), Researcher at the INFM (2001 - 2009), now CNR researcher at the ISMAR Institute. His scientific activity until 2009 touched two main fields: "Astrophysics - Galaxy Evolution" and "Didactics and popularization of physics", and from 2009 also Physical Oceanography / marine sciences. He is the author and co-author of national and international scientific and educational publications, and of multimedia courses on CD-ROM and online, some winners of national and international awards. He has organized numerous scientific festivals and dissemination and outreach activities. She was a member of the INFM Research Group for teaching and popularizing physics (2001-2009) and, at the same time, a member of the scientific editorial staff of the Genoa Science Festival. He is co-responsible for the scientific content and multimedia tools of the Arkimedeion Interactive Scientific Museum in Syracuse (Sicily, Italy). He currently carries out research in the field of marine and environmental sciences. sustainable physical and nautical oceanography. It is also actively involved in science education projects, with interventions ranging from citizen science to teaching and non-formal learning programs. She is a member of the Ocean Literacy Italia (OLI) association, of the European Marine Science Educators Association (EMASEA), and is the communication manager for the CNR within the EMSO-Italia Joint Research Unit.

Elisa BALDRIGHI - CNR-IRBIM - Ancona (Italy)

Master's degree in Marine Biology from the Marche Polytechnic University (2007). PhD in Marine Biology and Ecology at the Polytechnic University of Marche (2013) and in close collaboration with the NIOO and NIOZ research centers (Holland), where he spends a good part of the PhD. After obtaining his doctorate, he obtained several post-doc research grants on international projects at the CNR of Ancona, Ifremer and Université de Bretagne Ovest (IUEM-UBO) in France and CoNISMa; wins two research grants (LabexMER and Visiting Scientist) at the Departement Ressources physiques et Ecosystemes de fond de Mer (REM, Brest). He is currently a research fellow at CNR-IRBIM in Lesina and Ancona and is involved in two projects concerning the microbiota of lagoon fish (CNR-IRBIM Lesina) and the quality of coastal waters (CNR-IRBIM Ancona). Actively collaborates with EcoTechSystems s.r.l. and the Polytechnic University of Marche - DISVA (Department of Life and Earth Sciences). The main research topic concerns the ecology and biodiversity of coastal macro- and meio-benthic organisms and of extreme deep marine environments and their interactions with microbial populations in relation to the different environmental characteristics. In addition, particular attention is paid to the taxonomy and functional diversity of nematodes in different marine ecosystems and their interaction with microorganisms and their use as indicators of environmental impact.

The Aquatic team

Federico Plazzi - Institute Salesian BVSL - Bologna (Italy)

Alessia Preci - University of Bologna - Bologna (Italy)

Class 4 of secondary school - Institute Salesian BVSL - Bologna (Italy)

The Seafood team

Sabrina Colella - CNR-IRBIM - Ancona (Italy)

Monica Panfili - CNR-IRBIM - Ancona (Italy)

The Plastic team

Simona Bronco - CNR-IPCF - Pisa (Italy)

Francesca Cicogna and Serena Coiai - CNR-ICCOM - Pisa (Italy)

Marina Locritani - INGV - La Spezia (Italy)

The Portuguese team

Joaquim Ramos Pinto - ASPEA - Lisbon (Portugal)

The Spanish team

Gabriel Angel Latorre Diaz - EsenRED / CEHS - Logroño (Spain)

José Manuel Gutiérrez Bastida - ESenRED / Ingurugela - Bilbao (Spain)

The Chinese team

Emily King - COSEE China - Xiamen (China)

The Greek Team

Yolanda Koulouri - HCMR-IMBBC – Crete (Greece)

Athanasios Mogias - Democritus University of Thrace – Alexandroupolis (Greece)

The Brazilian team

Paulo Lima - Viração Educomunicação - Sao Paulo (Brazil)

The Australian team

Tullio Rossi - Animate Your Science - Adelaide (Australia)