Because of my study background and my working experiences, I am strongly interested in applied ecology, biodiversity conservation and habitat management, as well as conservation of endangered species. Moreover, I am interested in evolution theories and phylogeny, as well as molecular biology and biotechnologies. During my stage at the University of Salento, in particular at the Aquatina of Frigole (LE) fishing and aquaculture research centre, I was able to practice sampling methods and relief of abiotic parameters of water in wetlands and lagoons, as well as learning how to study and monitoring a living population of a critically endangered species like Pinna nobilis. I was moreover involved in an internship in the Western Italian Alps, in which I had the opportunity to learn the biology and ecology of some alpine small mammals (dormice, mice and voles), applying some trapping methods (e.g. live-trapping captures, use of nest boxes) to assess the species distribution along an altitudinal gradient. These experiences have strongly enforced my passion for animal biodiversity, species conservation, habitat management, and study of evolution, development and phylogeny.