Guadalupe Giménez obtained her PhD in Biodiversity, Agriculture and Environment and is currently a researcher in zoology at the Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment of the University of Bari. Her scientific interests concern biodiversity and population structure of zoobenthic species in marine bioconstructions thriving from shallow to mesophotic bottoms, as well as the taxonomy and distribution of Porifera in marine caves alongside shallow and deep seas.