About

Researcher in Environmental Sciences & Aquatic Ecology with over 17 years of research, teaching, outreach, project management, and business development experience. I have worked on freshwater algae, wetland ecology and restoration, biodiversity and ecosystem services, air quality and climate change. Since 2008, I have been specializing in algal ecology and wetland ecology and restoration, especially in subtropical regions. I worked on bird migration, air pollution, and climate change in northern Italy; algal diversity, biomass, and species distribution in the Okavango Delta and the Everglades; and on plastic pollution in UK river catchments.