Ph.D. Student
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Sicily Marine Centre
Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Marine Ecosostenibili (BLUBIO)
Villa Pace - C.da Porticatello 29, 98167 Messina – Italia

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Università degli Studi di Palermo

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Ph.D. Coordinator: dott. Gianluca Sarà
Internal Supervisor: dott.sa Rizzo Carmen
External Supervisor: prof. Danovaro Roberto
Program: National Biodiversity Future Center - Università di Palermo, Dottorato di Interesse Nazionale (DIN) in Biodiversity, XXXIX ciclo

Curriculum vitae

Research interests
Through a multidisciplinary approach, I investigate the ecological role of microbial communities: symbionts, food webs element cyclings and their biotechnological potential. I mainly use molecular and microbiological techniques, together with a bioinformatics approach for data processing and for a better understanding of their intrinsic value.

Principali Pubblicazioni
• E. Arcadi, C. Rizzo, R. Calogero, V. Sciutteri, F. Fabiano, P. Consoli, F. Andaloro, T. Romeo. (2023). Microbial communities inhabiting shallow hydrothermal fields as sentinels of acidification processes Keywords: shallow hydrothermal vents, acidification effects, microbial communities, redox potential, extremophiles. Frontiers. (DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1233893)

• R. Calogero; E. Arcadi; F. Fabiano; C. Rizzo; Teresa Romeo; Silvestro Greco. PCB bioremediation potential of thermophilic strains from shallow hydrothermal vent (Vulcano Island) (2024) Keywords: Marine hydrothermal vents, Bioremediation Hydrocarbons Polychlorinated biphenyls Thermophilic Clean-up strategies. Marine Pollution Bulletin. (DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.105330)