In 2017, he earned a PhD in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, specializing in Ecological Sciences. Currently, he is a Researcher at the Department of Environmental Biology of Sapienza University of Rome. His primary research interests encompass the ecology of benthic communities, the impacts of human activities and climate change on marine ecosystems, as well as ecological restoration. Specifically, his work focuses on:
• assessing the distribution, composition, structure, and health status of Mediterranean benthic communities of conservation interest;
• studying and defining the processes of bioconstruction and bioerosion on natural and anthropic substrates, especially concerning submerged archaeological finds;
• evaluating the effects of human disturbance, heat waves, and ocean acidification on benthic communities, with particular attention to the quantification of resistance and recovery processes;
• defining methods for the active and passive restoration of marine ecosystems and new tools useful for evaluating their effects in terms of recovery and state of health.
Since 2015, he has worked as a Scientific Diver and, since 2018, he has also been teaching at the Scientific Diving Summer School in collaboration with researchers from OGS and the University of Genoa.
He has authored or co-authored over 30 indexed papers (SCOPUS) published in international journals.