Experience in marine ecology, plastic pollution, climate change, Marine Protected Areas, Mediterranean Sea, Southern Ocean, plastic pollution, marine litter, marine food webs, Citizen Science, field work and observing systems, ocean literacy. Working in Italian (native language), English (fluent), French (fluent), Spanish (basic).
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
Science communication, research, data analysis, scientific and technical writing, editing, organization of online and in-person meetings.
Here some currents and past projects.
2025: Book: SWOT and the New Wave of Oceanographers
2025: Book: People, Science and Instruments of the BioSWOT-Med campaign
2020 – 2026: Online communication: SWOT Adopt-A-Crossover (AdAC) Consortium and SWOT Adaptive Campaigns
2018: Report: What we know and we don’t know about plastic pollution in the ocean – Plastic and Ocean Platform.
2016: Book: L’Italia vista da Parigi – Centro Documentazione Conflitti Ambientali
CITIZEN SCIENCE
Development and coordination of citizen science projects to study plastic pollution – at sea and on land – and to promote ocean literacy and environmental awareness.
Here some current and past citizen science projects carried out in collaboration with NGOs, IGOs, and research institutes.
2026: DISI – Divulgazione Innovativa per una comunità Sostenibile e Interattiva – collaboration with Semi di Scienza.
2024 – 2026: ZPLAST – Zéro Plastique en Méditerranée – in collaboration with FNE PACA.
2022 – 2023: Profili Antropici – La plastica come misura del nostro tempo – in collaboration with Semi di Scienza.
2021 – 2022: Plastiche Amare – in collaboration with Università di Pisa, Sons of the Ocean.
2019 – 2021: Marine litter and microplastics: promoting the environmentally sound management of plastic wastes and achieving the prevention and minimization of the generation of plastic wastes – in collaboration with the UNEP Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions.
2019 – 2020: Expedition MED surveys at sea – in collaboration with Expedition MED, Université de Mons.
2017 – 2018: Expedition MED surveys at sea; Pelagos Plastic Free – in collaboration with Expedition MED, Legambiente, NIOZ – Royal Netherland Institute for Sea Research, ENEA.
DATA ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH
Data analysis, research, scientific and technical writing, field work, project coordination.
Thalassa Consulting – Marine Research and Science Communication
Marseille, France | TIN: FR 42 821 115 680
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