Tanita Pescatore has a degree in Ecobiology (LM) at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and is attending a PhD in Ecology and Sustainable Management of Environmental Resources at the University of Tuscia, (Viterbo).
Her research activities are focused on the dynamics and fate of some organic pollutants (anionic surfactants and pesticides) in soils in different exposure scenarios, on their effect on the natural microbial community and on the behaviour of terrestrial organisms, in particular earthworms (E. foetida).
She has gained experience in the study of the occurrence, distribution, persistence and fate of organic micro-pollutants (PAHs, PCBs, NPs, pharmaceutical residues i.e. antibiotics) in different compartments (surface waters, sediments, suspended matter, soils) and on their possible interactions with biota, through the development and validation of selective analytical methodologies (e.g. GC-MS).