Environmental Biology Dep.

 

Rome 3 University

 

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Riccardo Santoro

Curriculum vitae

Riccardo Santoro
Address: Via Vincenzo Ciaffi 22, 00142 Roma
Telephone: (H) +3906-5413904 / Mobile phone: +393387669820
rsantoro@uniroma3.it
Born in Rome 21.10.1982
Italian citizen

Educational background:

  • November 2005: I achieved a college degree having completed the 3-year course in Biological Science at Rome University (Università degli Studi “Roma Tre”).

  • June 2006: I completed a course in Laboratory Safety at “Roma Tre” University.

  • December 2007: I graduated in Biological Science at “Roma Tre” University (Department of Environmental Biology).

  • October 2008 - October 2011: I attended a PhD in “Biodiversity and ecosystem analysis” at “Roma Tre” University (Department of Environmental Biology). The project focused on the effects of an exotic species on dune ecosystems in Central Italy (Plant assemblages and Carpobrotus invasion on coastal sandy ecosystems in Central Italy).

  • December 2011: I achieved the PhD in Biology.

  • January 2012: As a scholarship holder, I am presently employed at the Department of Environmental Biology at “Roma Tre” University, where I am working on diachronic changes in coastal dune landscapes in Central Italy and cartography of psammophilous plant communities.

Professional background:

  • February 2008: I collaborated to the course of “Landscape Ecology” at the Department of Environmental Biology at “Roma Tre” University (practical activities with the students).

  • April 2008: I carried out, on behalf of the Rome provincial administration, the eradication of an alien plant (Carpobrotus acinaciformis) in the coastal-dune system of the ZPS “Torre Flavia swamp”.

  • May 2010: I collaborated to the course of “Applied Ecology” at the Department of Environmental Biology at “Roma Tre” University (practical activities with the students).

  • November 2010 and November 2011: I collaborated to the course of “Ecology” at the Department of Environmental Biology at “Roma Tre” University (practical activities with the students).

Publications:

- Carboni M., Santoro R., Acosta A. (2010). Are some communities of the coastal dune zonation more susceptible to alien plant invasion? Journal of Plant Ecology 3(2): 139-147.

- Carboni M., Santoro R., Acosta A. (2011). Dealing with scarce data to understand how environmental gradients and propagule pressure shape fine-scale alien distribution patterns on coastal dunes. Journal of Vegetation Science 22: 751-765.

- Santoro R., Carboni M., Carranza M.L., Acosta A. (2011). Focal species diversity patterns can provide diagnostic information on plant invasions. Journal for Nature Conservation (Doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2011.08.003).

- Santoro R., Jucker T., Carranza M.L., Acosta A. (2011). Assessing the effects of Carpobrotus invasion on coastal dune soils. Does the nature of the invaded habitat matter? Community Ecology 12(2): 234-240.

- Santoro R., Jucker T., Carboni M., Acosta A. (2011). Patterns of plant community assembly in invaded and non-invaded communities along a natural environmental gradient. Journal of Vegetation Science (Doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01372.x).

- Santoro R., Prisco I., Carboni M., Battisti C., Acosta A. (2012). Effects of trampling limitation on coastal dune plant communities. Environmental Management 49: 534-542.

Languages:

Good command of English (read, spoken, written).
Basic knowledge of French.

IT competence:

Good knowledge of the Windows Operating System. Knowledge of the following applications: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point. Basic knowledge of GIS software (ArcView GIS 3.2, DIVAgis).
 

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