Nicoletta Rita Riccardi

Nicoletta Rita Riccardi
Curriculum vitae
Education
Training and
Upgrading
Position
1993 - PhD. in Environmental Engineering (Polythecnic of Milan,
Italy)
1988 - "Laurea" in Biological Sciences (University of Milan, Italy)
2006 - Course "Statistical analysis of ecological data with R" (13
February – 1 March, 2006)
2005 - Course "Analysing biological and environmental data"Using Univariate Analysis and Multivariate Time Series Analysis”,
ARPAT (Agenzia regionale per la protezione ambientale della
Toscana), Livorno, Italy (24-28 October 2005)
1994-1995 –theoretical and practical stages on marine
zooplankton taxonomy at the: Laboratorio di Biologia Marina,
Aurisina (Trieste, Italy); Observatoire Oceanologique de Banyuls,
CNRS, Banyuls sur Mer (France); Stazione Zoologica di Napoli
(Italy)
1994 - Theoretical and practical course on Algology organized by
the Società Botanica Italiana, Laboratorio di Biologia Marina,
Trieste Aurisina, Italy (15-18 June 1994)
1993 - International course “Estuarine Ecology and Coastal
Management”, La Rochelle (France) (20-23 april 1993) with a
grant of the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water
Management
1991 – stage (1 week) at the University of Marburg Dept.
Biology/Plant physiology, Prof. H. Senger, for improving the
knowledge on techniques for the study of macroalgae physiology
1991 – International course “Risanamento dei Terreni
Contaminati”, Milano, Italy (16-18 gennaio 1991)
1991 – Course “Impianti biologici di depurazione. Corso base
sulla gestione di processo”, FAST, Milano, Italy (27-31 maggio
1991)
1990 - XXXVII Course in Environmental Engineering
“Inquinamento e Protezione dell’Ambiente: Fenomenologia e
Prevenzione”, FAST, Milano, Italy (22-26 ottobre 1990)
1987 - Ispra Course “Ecological Assessment of Environmental
Degradation, Pollution and Recovery”, J.R.C. Ispra, Italy (12-16
ottobre 1987)
Since 2009 - Researcher at the CNR - Istituto per lo Studio degli
Ecosistemi, Sezione di Pallanza (ISE).
1998-2009 - Free lance collaborator in research projects carried
out by CNR – Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia (Pallanza) and
C.E.T.A. (Centre for Theorethical and Applied Ecology, Gorizia,
Italy), Laboratoire de Bactériologie et Ecologie Microbienne de
Main research
topics
l’Université de Genève (Switzerland), Laboratoire Protée de
l’Université du Sud Toulon Var (France).
1994-1997 - Post-doctorate fellowship (University of Venice)
1989-1990 – Free lance collaborator in the research project Evaluation of the impact of copper, lead, nickel and zinc on the
aquatic environment (Project n° 3; CCE – DG XI, 1989)
1986-1989 - Contract with the Councils for the Protection and
Recovery of Lakes Monate and Comabbio (Northern Italy) in
the frame of a contract between the Joint Research Centre
(Ispra, Italy) of the Commission of the European Communities
and the Councils
- Freshwater pollution (eutrophication, radioactive depositions,
trace metals, thermal discharges) and lake restoration
(hypolimentic oxygenation, biomanipulation of the trophic
chain)
- Macroalgae production and decomposition in relation to
environmental conditions;
- Chemical and biochemical composition of zooplankton and
benthos;
- Long term zooplankton dynamics and their relationships with
biotic and abiotic regulating factors in lacustrine and marine
coastal environments;
- Invasion dynamics and impact of non-indigenous zooplankton
and zoobenthos species
- Population dynamics and accumulation of stabile and
radioactive elements in freshwater mussels
Research Projects
2011-2013 – SISTO – (SIstema di Sorveglianza TOssine
algali) Using sentinel organisms to develop an early warning
system for detecting harmful algae blooms (HABs)
1998-2010 - Protection and Conservation of the Natural Park of
Lake Candia (Natural Park of Lake Candia)
2002-2004 - MI.CA.RI: Procedures for the amelioration of the
receptive capacity of surficial water bodies (Project of the Ministry
of University and Research, MIUR)
1996-1998 - Comparison of zooplankton diversity in the Lagoon
of Venice and in the Bay of Toulon (Italy-France cooperation
programme Galileo, project n° 97056)
1997 - Impact of thermal discharges in the Euganea thermal
spring exploited area (contract with Gestione Unica Terme
Euganee)
1990-1996 - Impact of thermal discharges from the power plant
of Fusina on the Venice Lagoon ecosystem (contract between
ENEL and University of Venice)
1990-1993 - Venice Lagoon Ecosystem (UNESCO-MURST Project)
1989-1990 - Evaluation of the impact of copper, lead, nickel and
zinc on the aquatic environment (Project n° 3; CCE – DG XI,
1989)
1987-1988 - Effects of hypolimentic oxygenation in the shallow
eutrophic Lake Comabbio (Northern Italy) (Council for the
protection and recovery of Lake Comabbio)
Teaching activity
1992 – 1996: Collaboration in the courses of Ecology, Applied
Ecology and Analysis of Ecological Systems, Faculty of
Environmental Sciences, University of Venice
1997: Teacher of zooplankton ecology in training courses
organised by the Université International de la Mer, Nice (France)
1994 – 2005: Courses of Ecology at the Popular Universities of
Venice, Sesto Calende and Verbania
1998 – to date: advanced post-graduate (Ecole Polythecnique
Federale de Lausanne; Ecole Doctorale Université de Genève) and
graduate (Université de Genève) seminars in Plankton Ecology
Supervisor of numerous Master (Univ. Milano, Pavia, Parma,
Venice) and DUT Thesis (IUT de Toulon et du Var, France;
University of Parma, Italy)
Member of the Jury of PhD thesis (University of Clermont Ferrand,
France; University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Memberships
Aknowledgements
Papers
Italian Ecological Society (S.IT.E.), Parma
Italian Association of Oceanography and Limnology (AIOL),
Genova
- ERNAIS (Expert Database of European Research Network on
Aquatic Invasive Species)
- DAISIE (Delivering Alien Invasive Inventories for Europe)
expertise registry.
In acknowledgement of her work on zooplankton a new species
was named after her as Cymbasoma nicolettae, (Suarez-Morales,
E., 2002. A new species of Cymbasoma (Copepoda: Monstrilloida)
from the Mediterranean Sea with remarks on the female of C.
tumorifrons (Isaac). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fuer
Naturkunde in Berlin Zoologische Reihe, 78(1): 87-96.)
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Author or co-author of about 50 scientific papers and technical
reports published on international and national journals, congress
proceedings, books chapters and technical reports.