Research Projects

 

Projects

since 2015 JPI Ocean Pilot Action – Ecological aspects of deep-sea mining. Project funded by BMBF
2013-2015 ECO2 – Sub-seabed CO2 Storage: Impact on Marine Ecosystems. Project funded by EU FPVII
2007-2010 BIOFUN – Biodiversity and Ecosystem functioning in contrasting southern European deep-sea environment. Project funded by ESF Eurocores EuroDeep. 
2006-2009 VECTOR – VulnErabilità delle Coste e degli ecosistemi marini italiani ai cambiamenti climaTici e loro ruolO nei cicli del caRbonio mediterraneo; sottoprogetto CARPEL – Carbonio in Ambiente PeLagico – “Ambienti profondi come sink di CO2”. Project funded by MIUR
2005-2007 HERMES – Hot-spot Ecosystem Research on the margins of European Seas. Project funded by EU (FPVI)

Expeditions

2016 Expedition at Karasik seamount PS101, RV Polarstern (PS101), 9/10/16 – 23/11/2016, supported by DFG (MARUM Excellence cluster), the ERC Adv. Grant Abyss, and the Helmholtz Association
2014 Expedition at Gakkel Ridge ARK-XXVIII/3, RV Polarstern (PS86), 1/07/14 – 5/08/2014, supported by DFG (MARUM Excellence cluster), the ERC Adv. Grant Abyss, and the Helmholtz Association
2013 Expedition at South-West Indian Ridge ANT-XXIX/8, RV Polarstern (PS81), 9/11/2013 – 16/12/2013, supported by Helmholtz Association, MPG, and Leibniz DFG program
  Expedition at submarine volcanic CO2 vents of Panarea (Italy), 1-13/06/13, supported by ECO2- project
2010 Expedition at Western Mediterranean Sea, RV Urania, 29/04/10 – 17/05/10, supported by BIOFUN project
2008 Expedition at Galicia Bank (North-East Atlantic Ocean), RV Pelagia, 26/09/08 – 17/10/08, supported by BIOFUN project
  Expedition at Eastern Mediterranean Sea, RV Urania, 10-23/06/08, supported by BIOFUN project
2007 Expedition at deep-sea anoxic basins, RV Urania, 11 23/12/07
  Expedition at Eastern Mediterranean Sea, RV Urania (I-leg), 11-28/05/07, supported by VECTOR project
  Expedition at Western Mediterranean Sea, RV Urania (IV-leg), 28/06/07 – 12/07/07, supported by VECTOR project
2006 Expedition at Gulf of Lion (Western Mediterranean Sea), RV Thetys II, 6- 25/08/06. Supported by HERMES project
2005 Expedition at Sicily Channel and Malta Slope (Mediterranean Sea), RV Urania, 10-24/08/05. Supported by HERMES project

 

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