2008-present: postdoctoral project on “The evolution of multiple signals in mate choice”, Department of Biology, University of Padova (Italy).
2007-2008: postdoctoral project on “Ecophysiology and ecotoxicology of marine invertebrates”, Department of Biology, University of Padova (Italy).
2003-2006: PhD project on “Sperm Competition and Sperm Quality in Teleost fish”, Department of Biology, University of Padova (Italy).
2003: collaboration on the project “LVDL-Lagoon of Venice Digital Library”, a digital thematic archive to collect the multidisciplinary documentation arising from the scientific studies on the Lagoon of Venice.
2002: research project on the reproductive biology of the blenny Aidablennius sphynx, Miramare Marine Reserve, Gulf of Trieste (Italy). Grant of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles.
2001: collaboration on the project “Reproductive biology of Mediterranean blennies”, University of Padova (Italy). Field research based at the marine station of Stareso, Gulf of Calvi, Corsica (France) and at the marine station of Villefranche-sur-Mer (France).
2000: M.Sc. in Biological Sciences, University of Padova (Italy).
Undergraduate thesis: “Alternative male mating tactics and mesorchial gland development in Gobius niger (Teleostei: Gobiidae)”.
Research interests:
My research is focused on the main themes of:
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multiple male traits and female choice, with particular attention to the expression of multiple pre-copulatory sexual traits and male quality (in terms of fertility and immune response) both in the peacock blenny, Salaria pavo, and in the guppy, Poecilia reticulata;
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