Research Area
Active Research fields
Diversity, biogeography and ecology of vascular plants, with a particular focus on the genus Isoetes, freshwater plants and habitats, the role of islands in the Mediterranean, and conservation issues.
Research projects of the last 5 years
- "Flora Critica d'Italia" project (http://www.floraditalia.it/)
- Identification of species-specific monitoring protocol for the Italian flora of Community Interest (Directive 92/43/EEC) (Link to the textbook)
Collaborations
Participation in the activities of the research group coordinated by dr. Samuel Hazen (Biology Dep., Univ. Of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA) on the theme: "Brachypodium distachyon as a model system" (From 01-03-2011 to the present) Participation in the activities of the research group coordinated by Emilio Laguna (Valencia, Spain) on the theme of conservation of species and natural habitats (From 01.03.2013 to today) Coordination of an international research group, "Isoetes Research Group" (http://isoetes.myspecies.info/), on the biology, biodiversity and conservation of the genus Isoetes. (From 01.01.2014 to today) Participation in the activities of the research group coordinated by Richard Lansdown (Ardeola Environmental Services, UK) on the biology and conservation of aquatic plants (From 12.01.2014 to today) Participation in the LIFE project for the preparation of the European Red List of Pteridophytes, with the participation of IUCN and an international group of experts on the European pteridophytic flora (From 07.01.2016 to today)