Ph.D. in Ecology and Management of Biological Resources. Associate Professor of Ecology and Marine Biology and Ecology at the Polytechnic University of Marche. Research fields: biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, especially trophic aspects. Research activities and projects: trophic ecology of Mediteranean bathyal communities from macro- to megafauna including both mesopelagic and benthic compartments; trophic structure of pelagic communities; changes in food webs following Lessepsian invasion in the Eastern and Central Mediterranean.