Dr Rosa Zupa holds a Master degree in Biology, is specialised in Marine Biochemistry and Biotechnologies Applied to Fisheries and Aquaculture and PhD in Human and Animal Reproduction at the University of Bari Aldo Moro (UNIBA), Italy. She is currently a researcher (assistant professor) in the Department of Veterinary Medicine at UNIBA. Her main research fields include fish gametogenesis and reproductive biology, reproductive dysfunction in farmed fish, identification of stress biomarkers in fish, fish bone histology and skeletal malformations. She has participated in many EU and national aquaculture projects (EU FP7 SELFDOTT and DIVERSIFY Projects; EU H2020 NewTechAqua Project; EU H2020 ERA-NET Cofund Blue Bio BESTBROOD Project; Apulian Region Strategic Project CP_85 ALLOTUNA Project), and has been principal investigator of research projects funded by the Apulian Region.