Dr. Tiziana Di Lorenzo has been a permanent researcher at the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) since 2011. She received her Ph.D in Groundwater Ecology in 2007 and her MA in Environmental Sciences in 2001 at the University of L’Aquila, Italy. She is an Associate Editor for Tropical Zoology and a Subject Editor for Subterranean Biology. Her research interests include Environmental Impact Assessment, conservation, water quality, biodiversity, environmental management, groundwater ecology, meiofauna, crustaceans, and ecotoxicology.