University of Siena, Italy

APECS Italy

I’m 31 years old. I studied Agriculture at the High School and Natural Sciences at the University. In particular I followed the evolutionary track (a lot of Biology but also Astronomy, Evolution of Earth, Evolution of Life on Earth, Evolutionary theories and History of Science). I was in Mozambique for an experimental thesis of mangrove fiddler crabs. After the Laurea I retired from University for a couple of years, during which I got the license of Environmental Excursionist Guide and made some lessons in elementary and medium schools. I went back to University, starting my polar career… In 2007 I got a PhD on Polar Science from the University of Siena. I was in Antarctica with the Italian Antarctic Research Program counting penguins (80 days most of which camping at 60 kms from the Italian Base). The title of my thesis is “From individual information to population models: the case of a long lived Antarctic species, the Adélie penguin Pygoscelis adeliae”. I did a lot of computer work and modeling for my PhD and I would like to go back to do field work at the poles (but non only at the poles…).