PhD candidate in Conservation Biology at the BIOME Lab with a project focused on understanding biodiversity tipping points caused by anthropogenic activities.
2022 M.Sc. Global Change Ecology and Sustainable Development Goals, Alma Mater
Studiorum University of Bologna
Thesis title: Exploring the sources of sampling bias in the database sPlotOpen across Europe.
2020 B.S. Biology, University of Parma
Pubblications
R. Cazzolla Gatti, J. Iaria, G. Moretti, V. Amendola, F. M. Cassola, P. Cerretti, M. D. Musciano, L. Francesconi, A. R. Frattaroli, M. Livornese, M. Martini, D. Nania, M. Pacifici, G. Piovesan, S. Prandelli, D. Rocchini, and A. Chiarucci, “Eu2030 biodiversity strategy: Unveiling gaps in the coverage of ecoregions and threatened species within the strictly protected areas of italy,” Journal for Nature Conservation,
p. 126 621, 2024, issn: 1617-1381. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2024.126621.
E. Marchetto, M. Livornese, F. M. Sabatini, E. Tordoni, D. Da Re, J. Lenoir, R. Testolin, G. Bacaro,
R. Cazzolla Gatti, A. Chiarucci, G. M. Foody, L. Gábor, Q. Groom, J. Iaria, M. Malavasi, V. Moudr´y,
D. Santovito, P. Šímová, P. Zannini, and D. Rocchini, “Addressing multiple facets of bias and
uncertainty in continental scale biodiversity databases,” Biodiversity Informatics, vol. 18, Sep. 2024. doi: 10.17161/bi.v18i.21810.
M. Martini, S. Patelli, F. M. Cassola, J. Iaria, M. Livornese, S. Prandelli, F. Santi, D. Rocchini, M. Muraro,
P. Angelini, et al., “A case study on the impact of coppicing on small mammal diversity: First evidence
from the high agri valley in the basilicata region, italy,” Journal for Nature Conservation, p. 126 732, 2024.
Conferences
66th IAVS Annual Symposium Funchal, Madeira.
Poster: "Monitoring the Health of Global Forest Ecosystems" M. Livornese, GFBI Consortium & R. Cazzolla Gatti.
Challenging conservation adattarsi al cambiamento - Prima Conferenza di Biologia della Conservazione per ECR — Roma 19 Apr 2023 – 21 Apr 2023
Talk entitled "Detect disturbance in Global forest ecosystems" M. Livornese, GFBI Consortium & R. Cazzolla Gatti
Carriera Accademica
Aprile 2024 - Agosto 2024 - Visiting PhD presso University of Bristol, Bristol UK.
Agosto 2023 - Una Europa One Health Summer School, KU Leuven.
Attività didattica
2023-2024 Teaching tutor for the course "Principi di Conservazione Biologica"
