Francesco Sciuto
Palaeoecological Research Group
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Science
Catania University
Corso Italia, 55
Catania 95129
Italy

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.