Marcello Schiattarella works in several fields of Physical Geography, mainly dealing with regional morphotectonics, drainage networks, and coastal geomorphology. He worked in central and southern Italy and in other Mediterranean countries, publishing from 1985 until now more than 200 scientific papers, book chapters, and maps. He holds a fix position at the University of Basilicata as a Professor of Physical Geography and Geomorphology. MS got his degree in Geological Sciences at the Naples University in 1983-84. From 1987 to 1990 he worked as a chief geologist in the Eubea Project funded by the Italian Ministery of Cultural Heritage. In 1991 he was awarded with a two-years fellowship in neotectonics by the National Research Council, which he spent at the University of Calabria. From 1993 to 1994 he taught "Structure of the Southern Apennines" as a compulsory part of the course “Environmental Field Geology” held by Professor Alan Nairn at the South Carolina University. In 1996, he was a visiting professor at the Departament de Geologia Dinàmica, Geofisica i Paleontologia of Barcellona University. He has taught Geology from 1992 to 1995 at the University of Basilicata. In 1995 he became a researcher in Structural Geology at the same university and then, in 2001, an Associate Professor of Geomorphology at the Faculty of Science. From 2002 to 2006 he was a member of the Academic Senate. From 2009 to 2013 he was President of first- and second-level Geoscience courses.