Stefano Cannicci

Biography

obtained the PhD in Animal Biology (Ethology) in 1995; - is a researcher at the Department of Animal and Genetics Biology at the University of Florence since 2005; - coordinated or participated in various coastal management projects funded by the Tuscany Region: the VABIC project, aimed at monitoring the health status of Tuscan coastal ecosystems and the BIOMART project, aimed at acquiring data on biodiversity in the Tuscan rocky coasts; - has been part of the scientific staff of three EU international projects since 1996 to focus on the ecology and biodiversity of eastern Africa's mangroves (INCO-DC program) and the ecology of the Mediterranean and Atlantic rocky coasts ( prog. MAST); - was a scientific coordinator for the University of Florence in the PUMPSEA project for the study of environmental impacts in the mangroves of East Africa, VI EU Framework Program; - is currently responsible for the BiBAT project, funded by the Tuscany Region, which provides data acquisition, geo-referencing and biogeographical function of the artificial barriers to the sea of ​​the Tuscan coast and is scaled to its management - is currently responsible for the CREC Project, funded by EU within the Marie Curie Funds and aimed at studying the consequences of climate change on Africa and America mangroves

Research Interest

Zoology