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XXXVIII CICLO | Favero Marta

FAVERO MARTA

PhD student in Ecology and Sustainable Management of Environmental Resources

Cicle: XXXVIII

Supervisor: Dr. Giovanni Polverino, Dr. Marialetizia Palomba

Thesis title: Empirical study and development of a host-parasite predictive model for monitoring a coastal marine ecosystem

Email: marta.favero@unitus.it

Curriculum Vitae

Keywords: Host-parasite interactions, Behaviour, Ecotoxicology

  • Personal profile and research interests

    My main interests regard behavioural ecology, evolutionary biology, and ecotoxicology. My background is on evolutionary biology, and during my internships I had the opportunity to work with different organisms on various topics, such as cyanobacteria and their photosynthetic efficiency in CO2 enriched environments, sexual-selection processes in freshwater fishes, and mitochondrial diseases in mice. My PhD project aims to study the effects of global chemical pollutants on host-parasites dynamics, with Artemia (as its parasites) as the main model. The final goal of my PhD project is to develop a comprehensive tool to monitor the impacts of global pollutants on coastal marine ecosystems.

  • PhD project

    The aim of the project is to study the effects of some pollutants of ecological relevance on host-parasite dynamics, using Artemia and its parasites (tapeworms of the genus Flamingolepis) as a model organism. Effects on the physiology, life history traits and behavior of Artemia will be evaluated, to develop a useful model for monitoring the coastal ecosystem.

  • Publications