Chiara Gardenghi

Master's Degree in Natural Systems Sciences at the University of Turin in the A.Y. 2020/2021, defending an experimental thesis on the study of ancient biomolecules and archaeozoology entitled "Faunal characterization of the Upper Pleistocene site of Ex Cava a Filo (Bo): the contribution of biomolecular analyses using the ZooMS (Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry) technique”. PhD student in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology (XXXIX cycle), University of Rome Tor Vergata. The research project is aimed at understanding - through a multidisciplinary approach based on metagenomic (NGS), chemical (RAMAN spectroscopy) and physical (LTA) analyzes - the degradation process dynamics of ancient documents from the Archivio Apostolico Vaticano (ex-Archivio Segreto) and the responsible of the biodeterioration.

 

Antea Portanova

Master's Degree in Eco-biology at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" in the academic year 2013/2014 with an experimental thesis in behavioural ecology entitled "Factors influencing the ability to use new food resources in an omnivorous passerine". Since 2014 she is the coordinator of the microbiology and ecotoxicology laboratory of a private company. PhD student in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology (XXXIX cycle), University of Rome, Tor Vergata in collaboration with the laboratory of ecotoxicology by ISPRA. The research project is aimed to re-define the boundaries of the National Interest Site (SIN) of "Orbetello – Area ex Sitoco" The research project is aimed to re-define the boundaries of the National Interest Site (SIN) of "Orbetello – Area ex Sitoco", by implementing the chemical and ecotoxicological investigations envisaged for the determination of the reference values of contaminants in the lagoon area.