Research output per year
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BS8 1TQ
My research focuses on understanding the evolutionary relationships at the root of the animal tree (i.e. Porifera, Ctenophora, Cnidaria, and Placozoa), including the evolution of the cell types and body plan of these taxa, in a molecular framework. These early-splitting lineages diverged over at least 650 million years ago, in the Cryogenian period, developing very different body plans, ecological strategies and morphologies. The relationships of the early metazoans and animal diversification patterns are a long debate topic in the scientific community. They are fundamental to reconstruct the evolution of key animal traits and their last common ancestor. I am interested also in understanding the processes of biomineralization in sponges to better understand the fossil record of this phylum.
MSc in Ecobiology , Sapienza University of Rome
Award Date: 23 Mar 2018
BSc in Natural Sciences , Sapienza University of Rome
Award Date: 13 Oct 2015
Research Assistant , Natural History Museum
10 Apr 2018 → 15 Jul 2019
Research output: Other contribution
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)