Francesco Sciuto
University of Catania
Palaeoecological Research Group
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
Corso Italia, 57. 95129 Catania
fsciuto@unict.it

Palaeoecological Research Group, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Science,
Catania University, Corso Italia, 55, Catania 95129, Italy. E-mail: fsciuto@unict.it. Tel. +39957195769.
Researcher in Stratigraphic Geology at the University of Catania. Member of CONISMA (National Interuniversity Consortium for Marine Sciences) and COCARDE-ERN (Cold-Water Carbonate Mounds in Shallow and Deep Time – The European Research Network).

Experienced in the study of Plio-Pleistocene and Recent marine ostracod associations with special emphasis on taxonomy, stratigraphy, palaeoecological reconstructions and evaluation of climate change.

Antonietta Rosso
University of Catania
Palaeoecological Research Group
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
Corso Italia, 57. 95129 Catania
rosso@unict.it

Palaeoecological Research Group, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Science,
Catania University, Corso Italia, 55, Catania 95129, Italy. E-mail: rosso@unict.it. Tel. +39957195761.
Full Professor in Paleontology and Paleoecololgy.

Experienced in the evaluation of composition and structure of present-day and fossil communities and their changes during time, at long and short term, caused by global change and human activities. The research focuses primarily on: extreme environments, including deep-waters (and mostly Cold Water Coral evivironments) and cave communities; bioconstructions and their guilds; biodiversity and alien species in the Mediterranean, mostly in relation to management and protection in MPAs; bryozoans taxonomy. Interest for popularising science through seminars and exhibitions.