Research Area
Active Research fields
Systematics and phylogeography of inland water crustaceans.
Ecology and phylogeography of West-Palaearctic freshwater turtles.
Checklist and distribution of the inland water invertebrates from Italy, Greece, and Tunisia.
Research projects of the last 5 years
Collaborations
· Consell Superior d'Investigacions Científiques (CSIC), Girona, Spain
“Systematics of the diaptomid subgenera Diaptomus s.s. and Chaetodiaptomus (Crustacea, Copepoda, Calanoida, Diaptomidae”; coordinators: dr. M. Ventura Oller, dr. F. Marrone
· Institut für Biochemie und Biologie, Universität Potsdam, Germany
"Phylogeography and genetic connectivity in the temporary pond-dwelling copepod Hemidiaptomus gurneyi (Crustacea, Copepoda, Calanoida, Diaptomidae)"; coordinator: prof. Ralph Tiedemann
· Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Germany
"Phylogeny of the West-Palaearctic pond turtles (Crustacea, Copepoda, Calanoida)"; coordinator: prof. Uwe Fritz
"Molecular systematics of the Chirocephalus species of the diaphanus-group (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca)"; coordinators: dr. A. Hundsdoerfer, dr. F. Marrone
· Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer, La Goulette, Tunisia
"Taxonomie et biogéographie des crustacés dans les eaux continentales tunisiennes"; coordinators: prof. Souad Turki, dr. F. Marrone
· Physical Oceanographic Unit, University of Malta, Malta
"Phylogeography and molecular systematics of Potamon fluviatile and Potamon algeriense in the Central Mediterranean area (Crustacea, Potamidae)"; coordinator: dr. Alan Deidun
"Phylogeography of Ocypode cursor (Crustacea, Malacostraca, Ocypodidae)"; coordinator: dr. Alan Deidun
· Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia
“Systematics and biogeography of Serbian inland-water copepods”; coordinator: dr. F. Marrone