Andrea Desiderato is a Postdoc at the Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology of the University of Łódź, Poland. He has a BSc in Natural Sciences (University of Bari, Italy, 2013), MSc in Marine Biology (University of Bologna, Italy, 2015), and PhD in Zoology (Federal University of Paraná, Brazil, 2020). His research experiences range from amphipods taxonomy to molecular evolution, scientific diving, phylogeography, and fouling community. He is involved in studies on evolution of proteins and physiological implications of different taxa. He is currently working on niche modelling of amphipod invasive species focusing on genetic adaptations of different lineages. He is vice-president of the cultural association CLabs (Culture Labs) and operating in scientific communication. Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrea-Desiderato-2