Letizia Di Bella is University Researcher in Paleontology and Paleoecology (scientific sectors GEO/01) at “Sapienza” University of Rome. She is graduated in Geological Science (1990), PhD in Paleontology (1995), a Postdoctoral fellowship at “Sapienza” University of Rome (1996-1998), three research collaboration fellowships (2000-2006). Since 1994 she is a member of the Italian Paleontological Society. From 1993 she engages in numerous research projects; as a specialist in Plio-Pleistocene biostratigraphy in central Italy, she performs many conferences during the courses of Micropaleontology and Paleontology. Main scientific interests: biostratigraphy of Neogene-Quaternary marine succession of Central Italy through the study of foraminiferal assemblages; taxonomy, ecology and paleoecology of Caenozoic foraminifera finalized to paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic reconstruction; Studies on recent foraminiferal assemblages as biomarkers in stressed environmental areas.