lucia fanini

Curriculum Vitae

Submitted by lucia fanini on Mon, 2011-03-28 09:52

Personal Information

Last name:

Fanini

First name:

Lucia

e-mail:

lucia@hcmr.gr

Function at IMBG:

Research fellow

Expertise / Research Interests

Ecology of Sandy Shores
Animal Orientation and Navigation
Environmental Education
Human impacts on sandy shores

Languages


Italian	native language
Spanish	excellent
English	good
Portuguese	good
German	good
French	basic knowledge

Education and Training


2007	PhD in Ethology and Animal Ecology (XIX PhD cycle), Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Florence. Thesis on the environmental effects on sandhoppers behaviour: Four case-studies related to different rates of human impact on sandy beaches, supervisors prof. Felicita Scapini (University of Florence, Italy) and prof. Omar Defeo (Unidad de Ciencias del Mar, Uruguay)
2002	Degree in Biology, University of Florence, academic year 2000/01. Former Italian degree, considered as MSc. Thesis on bioindicators of touristic use of sandy beaches, tutors prof. Felicita Scapini (University of Florence, Italy) and prof. Carlos Martín Cantarino (University of Alicante, Spain)

Specific Training


2010	GIS course (technical tools) held by the Mummuacademy at the Department of Evolutionary Biology, Florence
2002-2006	Specialisation in international cooperation (lifelong learning course) at the NGO COSPE -Cooperation and Development Emergent Countries- school in Florence, Italy. Within the course, following topics were chosen: "Gender dynamics in cooperation projects”, teacher Fiorella Bomè (FAO) ; “Education to Development”, teacher Diana De Lorenzi (COSPE) ; “Environmental sustainability in cooperation projects”, teachers from COSPE and Legambiente ; “Cooperation Projects evaluation”, teacher Silvia Ayon (World Bank)
2004	Post-graduation course “Ecology of animal migration”, Department of Animal Ecology, Lund University, Sweden
2004	Course “Design and analysis of ecological experiments”, Dr. Benedetti-Cecchi, Department of Systems and Informatics, University of Florence, Italy
2004	Course "Evolution and behavioural genetics", Italian Association of Genetics, Cortona School
2003	Specialisation course “Simulation models of human behaviour”, Cátedra UNESCO de la Universitat Politécnica de la Catalunya, Spain
2003	VI International Training Workshop “Beach Management in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea”, MEDCOAST Institute, Kusadası, Turkey
2002	Specialisation course “Complex system dynamics”, Cátedra UNESCO de la Universitat Politécnica de la Catalunya, Spain

Professional Activities


2006	Invited as external expert for a short visit at the IO-PAS in Sopot, Poland, for the project “Comparison of Talitrus saltator behaviour in Baltic Sea (Gdynia, Jastarnia and Hel) populations”
2006	Responsible for the Tuscany Region for the project of education to development “Cooperazione?Si grazie!” NGO consortium COCIS, funded by Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs MAE.
2005	Contractor for the didactic project “Openlab” (Open Laboratories to primary schools) coordinated by the Scientific Pole of the University of Florence
2003	Contractor at the Department of Animal Biology and Genetics for the program “Analysis of the suitability of Talitrus saltator use as bioindicator of human impacts, particularly those deriving from tourism, on sandy shore ecosystems”, funded by the Maremma Regional Park
2003 - ongoing	Collaborator with the Association PAEA (Progetti Alternativi per l’Energia e l’Ambiente –Alternative Projects for Energy and Environment-) for the didactic travelling exhibition on renewable energies and rational energy use
2007-2010	Post-doc at the Department of Evolutionary Biology (co-funded by the European Union) for the program “Study of the effects of human use on transitional environments”

International Recognition of Scientific Work

Citations (excluding self-citations):

Self-citations:

h-index:

Impact Factor:

18.8

Editor in Scientific Journals and Publications


Since 2008 Managing Editor for Ethology Ecology and Evolution http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/teee

Reviewer in international Journals

Marine Biology

Journal of Insect Physiology

Ciencias Marinas

Gulf of Mexico Science

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Aquatic Biology

Invited Presentations


International meeting on Traditional knowledge and social water management, “Ricerca partecipata: il contributo dei saperi da parte delle comunità beneficiarie” [Participatory research: contribution of knowledge from local communities], Fanini, Lucia , International Water Days 2007, October 2007, (2007)


“Aspetti della gestione dei rifiuti emersi dal progetto euro-mediterraneo WADI” [Some aspects of waste management: Lessons learnt from the euro-mediterranean WADI project], Scapini, F., Fanini Lucia, and Abdrabo M. A. , Final meeting of the ASM project within the Grundtvig-Reso european program (life-long learning), 05/2008, (2008)


Environmental policies in the Mediterranean, Fanini, Lucia , “Selected Environmental Issues in the Mediterranean Region”, 06/2009, (2009)

Scholarships / Awards


2011	Invitation to collaborate with Dr. JK Lowry at the Australian Museum for the comparison of different sampling methods targeted to arthropodofauna in sandy shores
2010	The Journal of Experimental Biology and the Company of Biologists LtD. travelling fellowship for the project “Turtle tracks on the sand: Straightness as a proxy of nesting site research patterns” by Lucia Fanini, in cooperation with Dr. E.A. Cuevas Flores, Pronatura Yucatàn S.C., Mexico
2010	2nd prize APRE (Agency for the Promotion of European Research) “Science Communication” for the project of a bilingual book for children “Aventure au Royaume des Amphibiens et des Reptiles”
2008	Synthesys travelling fellowship for the project “Investigating the links between environmental stability and sandhopper behaviour: the case-study of oued Ghrifa river mouth, Morocco”) by Lucia Fanini, in collaboration with Dr. Oliver Coleman, Museum fűr Naturkunde of Berlin (DE-TAF)
2004-2006	PhD grant for the XIX PhD cycle in Ethology and Animal Ecology at the Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Florence (Italy)
2001-2002	Erasmus grant (European mobility program) at the University of Alicante, Spain

Teaching Activities

Undergraduate courses


2008	seminars in Biology for General Psychology, University of Florence
2008, 2009	seminars in Parasitology of Tourism for Medical Biology, University of Florence
2007, 2008	seminars on the use of water resources for the course of Aquatic Ecology, University of Florence

Postgraduate courses


2008	seminar on practical tool for ecology of sandy shores, MSc in Ecology, University of Calabria

Supervision of BSc Theses


Variazione di artropodofauna litorale in tre settori adiacenti della costa ionica reggina, , Department of Evolutionary Biology, 02/2011, p.80, (2011)


Uso dell'orientamento di anfipodi litorali come indicatore ecologico per spiagge mediterranee ed atlantiche, , Department of Evolutionary Biology, 04/2009, p.62, (2009)

Supervision of MSc Theses


Caretta caretta lungo la costa ionica reggina: analisi dei parametri ecologici del litorale in relazione al pattern distributivo dei nidi, , Department of Evolutionary Biology, 07/2009, p.95, (2009)

General teaching activities


2009-2010	Didactic activities for the secondary school: hands-on experiences of scientific research (from hypothesis to discussion of results) applied to animal orientation and navigation
2009	Protocol establishment of a didactic activity on endemic herpetofauna and the role of people in shaping ecosystems for Moroccan schoolchildren and teachers. The protocol and the results obtained represent a delivery to the EU for the WADI project
2005	Protocol establishment of a didactic activity on sandy beach ecology for Tunisian schoolchildren and teachers. The protocol and the results obtained were published on the Technology Marketplace of the European Union, R&D information service (Result RCN: 43544)
2009	seminar "Role of women in water use, the case of wadi Laou valley (Morocco)" at the Department of Statistics, University of Florence
2011	organisation of workshop and open experiment on alien species "How to conquer a new environment: key questions to animal behaviour" in collaboration with Dr. Kasapidis, Dr. Cini, Dr. Mazza, Dr. Tricarico, Dr. Aquiloni

Research Activities

Organization of Workshops and Symposia


	2005	Travelling exhibition “Domestic Mediterranean: Science as a link between cultures” http://www.medcore.unifi.it/conference/virtual_exhibition_1intro.html	Member of the organizing committee
February	2004	XII meeting Italian Group of Evolutionary Biology "Questions, answers and more questions"	Member of the organizing committee

Membership of Advisory and Research Bodies


since November 2010	Included as Associated Researcher in the National System of Research (SNI), Uruguay. Area: Natural Sciences/Sub-area: Biology
since June 2011	Included as Researcher (3rd degree), Biology area, in the Program for Development of Basic Sciences (PEDECIBA) of Uruguay

Other Activities

member of the International Society of Zoological Sciences (member No 663-I)

History

Member for: 13 years 27 weeks