Giorgio Simone

PhD student of the programme "Innovative Technologies and Sustainable Use of Fisheries and Biological Resources in the Mediterranean Sea (FishMed-PhD)", collaborates with the Institute of Marine Sciences of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-ISMAR) in Bologna. Graduated cum laude in Marine Biology at the University of Bologna, his research focuses on the conservation of deep-sea habitats in the Mediterranean Sea, with particular interest in habitat suitability models and the impact of climate change and anthropogenic pressures.

He participated in several European projects, including REDRESS, LIFE-DREAM and MAELSTROM, collaborating with Italian and foreign scientific institutes, and took part in several oceanographic campaigns. At the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4), he represented Italy as a delegate for a global treaty on plastic pollution, including the marine environment, promoted by UNEP.