Lab members

I am Martina, a Marine Biologist specialized in Applied Marine Ecology. I am doing a research at IRBIM CNR Messina, in the lab led by the PI Giulia Maricchiolo. Specifically, under her guidance, I am studying new methodologies and approaches to gilthead seabream aquaculture. I am currently visiting the Fruciano lab to learn about geometric morphometrics so that I can later apply this technique to my project in aquaculture.

Postdoc (2022-2023). Now Associate Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

I am a vertebrate paleontologist and evolutionary biologist specializing in the use of quantitative shape analysis, phylogenetic comparative methods and finite elements analysis. My work is focused on understanding the adaptation and evolution of subterranean mammals, but also spans to the feeding biomechanics of birds of prey, brain shape evolution and skull integration in primates as well as the feeding biomechanics in marsupial and placental carnivores.