PhD Student
Integrative Marine Ecology Department (EMI)

Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Ischia Marine Centre - MEDAS
80077 Ischia - Italia

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Contatto Skype: Gaia Grasso

Curriculum Vitae

Director of Studies: Núria Teixidó
Internal Supervisor: Ulisse Cardini
External Supervisor: Steeve Comeau
Program: Open University, XXVI

Research Interests

My research interests mainly focus on applying remote sensing technologies to benthic fauna and habitats. Through my PhD project, I will work on understanding and assessing how marine biodiversity and ecosystem processes of benthic communities evolve under global environmental change by integrating 3D imaging techniques, machine learning, fieldwork, and environmental data analysis (e.g. temperature, pH, salinity). Specifically, I will investigate the effects of ocean acidification and marine heatwave events (MHWs) on benthic communities associated with volcanic CO2 emission systems on the island of Ischia. In parallel, I am studying the habitat use of some benthic macroinvertebrates (Holothuria tubulosa and Holothuria poli) through the analysis of environmental descriptors derived from high-resolution seabed maps produced with Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry. I am also interested in studying marine litter impacts on benthic communities through visual census techniques (ROV) and the conservation and management of fish resources and small-scale fisheries.

My research interests mainly focus on applying remote sensing technologies to benthic fauna and habitats. Through my PhD project, I will work on understanding and assessing how marine biodiversity and ecosystem processes of benthic communities evolve under global environmental change by integrating 3D imaging techniques, machine learning, fieldwork, and environmental data analysis (e.g. temperature, pH, salinity). Specifically, I will investigate the effects of ocean acidification and marine heatwave events (MHWs) on benthic communities associated with volcanic CO2 emission systems on the island of Ischia. In parallel, I am studying the habitat use of some benthic macroinvertebrates (Holothuria tubulosa and Holothuria poli) through the analysis of environmental descriptors derived from high-resolution seabed maps produced with Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry. I am also interested in studying marine litter impacts on benthic communities through visual census techniques (ROV) and the conservation and management of fish resources and small-scale fisheries.