PhD Student
Integrative Marine Ecology Department

Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Genoa Marine Centre
Piazza del Principe 4, 16126, Genoa, Italy

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Curriculum Vitae

Director of Studies: Dr Federica Ragazzola
Internal Supervisors: Dr Irene Olivé Samarra, Dr Gabriele Procaccini (advisor)
External Supervisor: Dr Nadine Schubert
Program: Open University – Stazione Zoologica, XXIV cycle

Research Interests

My research activities primarily focus on the responses of coralline algae to climate change. Specifically, Corallinales are considered ecosystem engineers due to their ability to form submerged and partially emerged CaCO3 bioconstructions. These algae play a key role in regulating inorganic carbon concentrations in surface waters. Additionally, their high magnesium content makes them ideal organisms for studying climate change-related phenomena and its potential mitigation.

Selected Publications

Nannini, M., Cerpelloni, M., Gaspar, T.L., Peña, V., Tuya, F., Peñas, J., Del Rio, J., Mourato, C.V., Silva, J., Santos, R., Ragazzola, F., Olivé, I., Schubert, N. (2025). Withstanding the heat: Resilience of free-living coralline algae to marine heatwaves. Marine Environmental Research 107538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107538

Bulleri, F., Schubert, N., Hall-Spencer, J.M., Basso, D., Burdett, H.L., Francini-Filho, R.B., Grall, J., Horta, P.A., Kamenos, N.A., Martin, S., Nannini, M., Neves, P., Olivé, I., Peña, V., Ragazzola, F., Ribeiro, C., Rinde, E., Sissini, M., Tuya, F., Silva, J. (2025). Positive species interactions structure rhodolith bed communities at a global scale. Biological Reviews 100, 428–444. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13148.

Schubert, N., Tuya, F., Peña, V., Horta, P.A., Salazar, V.W., Neves, P., Ribeiro, C., Otero-Ferrer, F., Espino, F., Schoenrock, K., Ragazzola, F., Olivé, I., Giaccone, T., Nannini, M., Mangano, M.C., Sará, G., Mancuso, F.P., Tantillo, M.F., Bosch-Belmar, M., Martin, S., Le Gall, L., Santos, R., Silva, J. (2024). “Pink power”—the importance of coralline algal beds in the oceanic carbon cycle. Nature Communications 15, 8282. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52697-5

Arnoldi, I., Carraretto, D., Munari, M., Nannini, M., Gambi, M.C., Cannavacciuolo, A., Della Torre, C., Gabrieli, P. (2024). Shifting microbial communities in acidified seawaters: insights from polychaetes living in the CO2 vent of Ischia, Italy. Integrative Zoology 0, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12904

Ragazzola, F., Nannini, M., Raiteri, G., Bordone, A., Kolzenburg, R., Romanelli, E., Cerrati, G., Pacella, D., Gabellieri, L., Andreoli, F., Claps, G., Vasapollo, C., Marchini, A., Gazzola, F., Castelli, A., Langeneck, J., Chimienti, G., Pipitone, C., Montesanto, F., Lombardi, C. (2023). Early stage ecological communities on artificial algae showed no difference in diversity and abundance under ocean acidification. Hydrobiologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05425-x

Fabbrizzi, E., Munari, M., Fraschetti, S., Arena, C., Chiarore, A., Cannavacciuolo, A., Colletti, A., Costanzo, G., Soler-Fajardo, A., Nannini, M., Savinelli, B., Silvestrini, C., Vitale, E., Tamburello, L. (2023). Canopy-forming macroalgae can adapt to marine heatwaves, Environmental Research doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.117218.

Sciutteri, V., Pedà, C., Longo, F., Calogero, R., Cangemi, G., Pagano, L., Battaglia, P., Nannini, M., Romeo, T., Consoli, P. (2023). Integrated approach for marine litter pollution assessment in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea: Information from bottom-trawl fishing and plastic ingestion in deep-sea fish. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 188, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114661.

Brundu, G., Cannavacciuolo, A., Nannini, M., Somma, E., Munari, M., Zupo, V., Farina, S. (2022). Development of an efficient, noninvasive method for identifying gender year-round in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus. Aquaculture https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.739082

Signorini, S.G., Munari, M., Cannavacciuolo, A., Nannini, M., Dolfini, D., Chiarore, A., Farè, F., Fontana, M., Caruso, D., Gambi, M.C., Della Torre, C. (2023). Investigation of the molecular mechanisms which contribute to the survival of the polychaete Platynereis spp. under ocean acidification conditions in the CO2 vent system of Ischia Island (Italy). Frontiers in Marine Science 9:1067900. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1067900

Munari, M., Chiarore, A., Signorini, S.G., Cannavacciuolo, A., Nannini, M., Magni, S., Binelli, A., Gambi, M.C., Della Torre, C. (2022). Surviving in a changing ocean. Tolerance to acidification might affect the susceptibility of polychaetes to chemical contamination. Marine Pollution Bullettin 181. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113857

Ragazzola, F., Marchini, A., Adani, M., Bordone, A., Castelli, A., Cerrati, G., Kolzenburg, R., Langeneck, L., di Marzo, C., Nannini, M., Raiteri, G., Romanelli, E., Santos, M., Vasapollo, C., Pipitone, C., Lombardi, C. (2021). An intertidal life: Combined effects of acidification and winter heatwaves on a coralline alga (Ellisolandia elongata) and its associated invertebrate community. Marine Environmental Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105342

Ragazzola, F., Kolzenburg, R., Adani, M., Bordone, A., Cantoni, C., Cerrati, C., Ciuffardi, C., Cocito, S., Lucchetta, A., Montagna, P., Nannini, M., Peirano, A., Raiteri, G., Lombardi, C. (2021). Carbonate chemistry and temperature dynamics in an alga dominated habitat. Regional Studies in Marine Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105342

Marchini, A., Ragazzola, F., Vasapollo, C., Castelli, A., Cerrati, G., Gazzola, F., Jiang, C., Langeneck, J., Manauzzi, M.C., Musco, L., Nannini, M., Zekonyte, J., Lombardi, C., (2019). Intertidal Mediterranean coralline algae habitat is expecting a shift toward a reduced growth and a simplified associated fauna under Climate Change. Frontiers in Marine Science. doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00106

Ragazzola, F., Raiteri, G., Fabbri, P., Scafè, M., Florio, M., Nannini, M., Lombardi, C. (2017). Structural integrity of Ellisolandia elongata reefs: A mechanical approach to compare tensile strengths in natural and controlled environments. Marine Ecology. doi:10.1111/maec.12455

Lucey N.M., Lombardi C., Florio M., De Marchi L., Nannini M., Rundle S., Gambi M.C., Calosi P. (2016). An in situ assessment of local adaptation in a calcifying polychaete from a shallow CO2 vent system. Evolutionary Applications doi:10.1111/eva.12400

Nannini M., De Marchi L, Lombardi C., Ragazzola F. (2015). Effects of thermal stress on the growth of an intertidal population of Ellisolandia elongata (Rhodophyta) from N-W Mediterranean Sea. Marine Environmental Research http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.05.005