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Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information:

 

Name: Paolo M.

Title: PhD  

Nationality: Italian                                       

Date of birth: 17/03/1976

E-mail:  mylobatis@inwind.it

 

 

 

 

 

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

 

Spirit of flexibility and adaptation, capacity to organize and to manage exploratory trips also prohibitive conditions, predisposition to the ability to communicate and coordinate; breadth of interest, enthusiasm, imagination and spontaneity, ability to organize and manage the work; generalist skills rather than specialist, ability to identify problems, ability to organize in a balanced way its time.

 

 

Research Interests:

Subterranean Biology, larval morphology of troglobitic beetles, Conservation Biology, subterranean monitoring, Entomology, Zoology, troglobitic invertebrates morphology, Ecology, Speleology.

 

Education:
January 2009: PhD degree in Environmental biology, title of thesis: Strategies for monitoring and conservation of troglobitic endemic fauna in some subterranean sites of Sardinia. Tutor: Prof. Achille Casale Supervisor: Prof. Marco Apollonio.

 

November 2003:  Laurea in Natural Sciences at the University of Sassari, Sardinia, (Equivalent to MSc&BSc) thesis title: (Italian): Zoocenosi ad invertebrati di cinque aree forestali della Sardegna nord-occidentale. (English): Zoocenosis of invertebrates in five forest areas of north-western Sardinia

 

1996: Istituto Tecnico Industriale (Italian high school) experimental electrotechnology.

 

 

Training:

 

2001: Second level in the Course of Geology of karst environment, organized by the Regional School of Speleologic Federation of Sardinia. 1999: Course of the second level of technical caving, by the National School of Speleology.

1998: Stage of marine and terrestrial ecology of the Mediterranean in the Oceanographic Observatory of Banyuls-Sur-Mer, Laboraratoire Arago, University Pierre et Marie Curie (ParisVI).

 

1998: Course of Birdwatching, by WWF Sassari.

 

1997: Course of Speleology.

 

from 1997: Membership of Environmental Caving Group of Sassari.

 

1997. Course of diver CMAS FIPSAS third level and accompanying underwater at the Marea sub Association of Sassari.

 

Research activities on the field

Actually working for the Oikos Institute in the monitoring of invertebrate fauna of Baratz lake.

 

Temi society for the monitoring of the genus Speleomantes, (Amphibia  Urodela) and many species of bats.

 

 

 

July 2007: Plan and take part in a fieldtrip in Greece (Peloponnese and Crete) in search of endemic troglobitic species, in anticipation of  future study on the molecular distance between species Sardinian troglobitic beetles and Mediterranean, in collaboration with the University of Sassari, Roma Tre and Tor Vergata.

 

Sept 2006: Work for the creation of the first Red List of “Carabidofauna Italiana”.

2006: Co-author in the description of new species of Isteridae Beetle of north-western Sardinia, Sardulus sacerensis, Casale & Marcia.

 

2005 Creation of new  S.I.C for the presence of Urodela and bats for the Department of Zoology and Biological Anthropology, University of Sassari

 

August-September 05: Organize and go on in an explorative mission in the territories of Central and Southern Madagascar, in search of new species of subterranean fauna and new karstic cavity.

 

Since 2003: Collaborates with researchers from around the country for the study and preservation of Subterranean fauna.

 

Since 1999: Collaborates with the Department of Zoology and Biological Anthropology, University of Sassari, in the studying of the Subterranean fauna of Sardinia.

 

Since 1996: Weekly, exploring new cave, search and discover new species of underground fauna in the many cave of Sardinia.

 

Other experiences on wildlife conservation and ecology:

2005- 2 weeks: Field work on the mouflon project (Montes Forest, Sardinia)  

2005- 2 weeks: Captures of Sardinian mouflon (vertical drop nets) in the Montes Forest, Sardinia (the mouflon project).

2004- 2 week Sardinia: censuses of Sardinian red deer (southern Sardinia), fallow deer (northern Sardinia), wild goats and mouflons (Asinara island), and mouflons (Montes)

2002- 2 week: Captures of Sardinian red deer (vertical drop net and pens) in Sardinia (project: the reintroduction of Sardinian red deer in northern Sardinia).

 

 

Teaching experience

Since 1999: Teacher of Biospeleology in the primary and secondary schools in the city of Sassari.

Since 1999: Teacher of Marine Biology in the diver courses of Mareasub, Sassari.

 

Since 2003: Zoology laboratory lessons for many courses in the Department of Zoology and Biological Anthropology, University of Sassari.

 

Since 2003: supports the teacher of Vertebrate Zoology in the section of amphibians and Bats.

 

Sept. 2008: 7 hours of teaching in the Master in Management and Conservation of wildlife Fauna.

Jan-Dec 2007: Teacher of Zoology at vocational training expert for environmental restauration of underwater and land, natural-archeological sites.

 

May 2007:Teacher of Museology from the Parnaso project 2007.

 

Sept. 2006: 24 hours of teaching in the Master in Management and Conservation of wildlife Fauna.

Jan.-Dec: 2006 Teacher of Botany and Zoology in the course of training in “Expert in nature routes”.

 

Since 2005: Teaching on sampling methodologies in the course of bioindicators.

 

Other Work Experience:

Since 2003: Actively participates in census of: Sus scrofa meridionalis, Vulpes vulpes, Cervus elaphus corsicanus, Dama dama, Ovis orientalis musimon, Lepus capensis, Alectoris barbara, conducted by the Department of Zoology and Biological Anthropology, University of Sassari, in the study of water birds in two ponds near Sassari (Sardinia Italy).

 

2001: Collaborates with the Department of Zoology and Biological Anthropology, University of  Sassari

 

1999: Contract worker of Librarian in the Library of Natural Science, University of Sassari.

 

 

Supervisor of undergraduate students by the University of Sassari:

Thesis entitled:

 

2006-2007:Application of sampling and analysis, aimed at studying the population and the cycle of Speleomantes flavus. 2005-2006: Application of IUCN criteria for the Red List of Italian Carabidofauna.

2005-2006: Methodology of sampling and analysis of invertebrates Zoocenosis of a pool of Pilo. Sassari Sardinia Italy.

2005-2006: Application of Extended Biotic  index (EBI) in the area of Rio Bunnari.

2005-2006: Health status of Bunnari river through the analysis of some abiotic and biotic components

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

- Advanced knowledge of Office package: Word, Excel and Access

- Configuration and installation of Hardware and Software

- Configuration of LANs

- Knowledge about Windows operating systems (95, 98, NT, Me, 2000, XP)

- Use digital cameras and processing images for web publishing

- Image manipulation using Photoshop and Fireworks CS3

- Recording and processing of sound in digital format (Real Audio, Mp3, Wave)

- Knowledge of GIS-type programs.

 

 

LANGUAGES:

Italian: mother tongue.

English: good in reading, writing, speaking and listening.

French: basilar in reading, writing, speaking, and listening..

HOBBIES AND SPORTS

Nature photography, trekking, mountaineering, climbing, canyoning, scuba diving, snorkeling, Squash, Speleology.

 

 

TRAVEL

Austria, France, Greece, England, Spain, Madagascar, Australia.