Team

Alessandro Manfrin

PhD Student

Research focus

Collecting and identifying macroinvertebrates (Baggerseeproject)

Curriculum vitae

October 2013 - present

  • PhD student, Freie Universität (FU), Berlin:
    Erasmus Mundus (SMART) joint doctoral program of the Freie Universität Berlin, Leibniz-Institute IGB Berlin and Queen Mary University of London.
  • PhD project:"Effect of artificial light on aquatic-terrestrial invertebrate communities", supervised by Dr. Michael T. Monaghan, Dr. Franz Hölker and Prof. Geraldene Wharton
  • Collection, identification, data analysis and results publication

 

September 2006 - May 2010

  • Master's Degree in Biological Science. Roma Tre University, Rome:
    Thesis title:"Macroinvertebrates community distribution in the Aniene river: ecological and applied aspects" supervised by Prof. Giancarlo Gibertini and Dr. Massimiliano Scalici (final mark: 110 cum laude on 110):
  • Freshwater invertebrate community ecological assessment and identification.

 

September 2000 - February 2005

  • Bachelor's degree in Biology. Roma Tre University, Rome:
    Thesis title:"Nesting bird community analysis in a Site of Community Importance (SCI):"Basso Corso del Rio Fiumicino", supervised by Prof. Marco A. Bologna and Dr. Corrado Battisti (110 on 110)
  • Community assessment and identification of aquatic wild bird species and census techniques

 

September 1995 - Juni 2000

  • Matura in Science (informatic division), Leonardo Da Vinci High School, Rome

 

Three important scientific discoveries and associated papers

Manfrin, A., Traversetti, L.,Pilotto F., Larsen, S., & Scalici, M. 2016. Effect of spatial scale on macroinvertebrate assemblages along a Mediterranean river. Hydrobiologia, 765: 185-196.

Manfrin, A., Bombi, P., Traversetti, L., Larsen, S., & Scalici, M. 2016. A landscape-based predictive approach for running water quality assessment: A Mediterranean case study. Journal for Nature Conservation, 30: 27-31.

Manfrin A., Larsen S., Traversetti L., Pace G., Scalici M. 2013. Longitudinal variation of macroinvertebrate communities in a Mediterranean river subjected to multiple anthropogenic stressors. International Review of Hydrobiology 98:155-164.

 

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