ENRICO LUNGHI

President

Tenure-track researcher at the Department of Life health and Environmental sciences at the University of L’Aquila. He is interested in ecology and evolution of subterranean species; his best model species are the European cave salamanders of the genus Speleomantes.

TIZIANA DI LORENZO

Senior Researcher at the Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems of the National Research Council (CNR) of Italy and an associate researcher at the Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) at the University of Lisbon and the “Emil Racovita” Institute of Speleology, Romanian Academy. She has dedicated her research work to subterranean ecosystems, with a particular focus on copepods and functional biodiversity. Her research also includes the analysis of the impacts of climate change on groundwater ecosystems, ecotoxicology, and ecological risk assessment.

STEFANO MAMMOLA

Researcher at the Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy. His research primarily focuses on the ecology and conservation of terrestrial subterranean ecosystems, with a specific emphasis on spiders.

ROBERTO COGONI

Naturalist and speleologist who has directed his professional activity to the study and conservation of cave habitats and species of Sardinia, in particular bats and cave salamanders.

ALEJANDRO MARTíNEZ GARCíA

Researcher at the Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy. His research focuses on the evolution of non-model organisms, mostly using caves and interstitial environments as model systems.

MANUELA MULARGIA

Naturalist and speleologist with strong passion for European cave salamanders. She is the head of CEAS Santa Lucia in Siniscola (Nuoro, Italy) and member of the Biospeleological committee of the Regional Speleolgical Society. 

DANILA CUCCU

Associate Professor in Zoology at Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. Her main researches deal with the evaluation of the exploitation of the marine resources, and on their biology and ecology. Most interest is given to cephalopods.

DAVID BRANKOVITS

He is a biogeochemist studying the past, present, and future of carbon and nutrient cycling to understand ecosystem-level functions in groundwater and other aquatic settings. He works at the Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy.

BRETT GONZALEZ

He is an invertebrate zoologist studying evolutionary processes driving diversity and adaptation across rare and unique taxa inhabiting environments poorly understood and often overlooked. He works at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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