Natale Emilio Baldaccini
Chairman of the Scientific Committee
Former Professor of Ethology and Conservation of Zoocenotic resources at University of Pisa. Author of over 200 scientific papers on national and international journals. He is active in the field of scientific education, and co-author of academic textbooks of Ethology, General and Systematic Zoology, Comparative Anatomy.
Marcella Camici
Treasurer and member of the Scientific Committee
Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Biology of University of Pisa. Teaching activity: Biochemistry for degree courses in Biological Sciences and Natural Sciences. Research activity: 85 publications in international journals, 130 abstracts and 20 proceedings of national and international Congresses. Member of the Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Research topics: molecular aspects of purine compound metabolism.
Federica Diana
Member of the Executive Board
Student of Natural Sciences at the University of Sassari. She is the Provincial Delegate of Lipu, the Italian League for the Protection of Birds. His interests include environmental education, scientific study and protection of biodiversity. He attended the course of bird-ringing for scientific purposes in the island of Asinara; she took part in the conference on the frenzied exploitation of resources in Kusadasy (Turkey, 2015). Presently, she is conducting studies about the sponge distribution in Sardinia.
Anna Lacci
President
Freelance professional, responsible for Studio Daphne. Project manager, consultant, educator. Expert on environmental education, sustainable development, environmental communication, landscape-reading education, ecological reconversion. She organizes events, sets up exhibitions and educational spaces. She is the author of documentaries, books and interdisciplinary didactic notebooks, multimedia educational materials. She has participated as a speaker in conferences and national and international conventions. Former member of the “Commissione Italiana UNESCO” for DESS, now “Comitato Nazionale per l’Educazione alla Sostenibilità” (CNES AGENDA 2030). She madly loves cats and books. She adores traveling the world.
Maria Beatrice Lupi
Secretary
Naturalist for passion and training, she studied Natural Sciences at University of Pisa. From 2001 to 2011 she was the legal representative and project manager of Laguna srl, services for sustainable development. She is an expert on education, participatory methodologies, European planning and sustainable development planning. She collaborates with public and educational organizations in complex planning which may generate synergic networks with experts of renowned experience and competence. Besides acting as a speaker and moderator in local and national events, she is currently interested in the promotion of local communities.
Fabrizio Piredda
Member of the Executive Board
He graduated in Graphics at IED (European Institute of Design) with a thesis on the etnographic culture of rural areas and specialized in digital printing. Since 1992 he has worked at online/offline communication projects both in regional and national areas. Since 2009 he has been a freelance expert and art director and has collaborated in several events and publications in the field of environmental communication, including the “Manuale di Sopravvivenza Energetica” (Handbook of Energetic Survival) written for ScienzaExpress by Andrea Mameli, with whom he supervises “Autopsia della pubblicità” (Autopsy of advertising), a series of educational conferences on the ethics of advertising language.
Lina Podda
Member of the Executive Board
She holds a degree in Natural Science and PhD in Applied Environmental Botany. She is currently working on a research grant awarded by the Life and Environmental Sciences Department, University of Cagliari. Since 2003 she has worked in the Biodiversity Conservation Center (BCC) and was involved in several research projects related to conservation in situ and ex situ of invasive alien species. She is a member and founder of the Diomedea Cooperative, since 1999 she deals with environmental education and information. She collaborates with the Marine Protected Area Capo Carbonara and with the Botanical Garden of Cagliari on education services and guided tours.
Maria Antonietta Sessa
Vice president
An English language and literature teacher, she is also interested in web developing and video editing; she has been the chief coordinator of many European and international projects and, by working at close contact with foreign schools for more than ten years, she has got in touch with many best practices which have given her the opportunity and motivation to innovate her didactic methodology. She coordinated several projects included in the program of ASEF Classroom Network, an international organization which promotes friendship relationships between Asian and European schools. From 2001 to 2014 her projects were included among the six finalists of the year and were awarded with Merit and Gold prizes. Lately she has been involved in experimenting the educational uses of Advanced Reality.
Francesco Sgarrella
Member of the Executive Board
He obtained the degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Pisa. At present he’s Full Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Sassari, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy. Member of the Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, he is coauthor of many scientific publications. His main research topic is the regulation of metabolism of nucleic acids as energy source. He is passionate about nature, history and archeology. He loves birdwatching and excursions, particularly when carried out in places interesting from a naturalistic and archaeological point of view.
Irene Testoni
Member of the Scientific Committee
Feline relationship and ethology Consultant, SIUA’s (School of Human-Animal Interaction) Referee for CRF (Consultancy in Feline Relationship). Zooanthropologist and Zooanthropology Educator, SIUA’s Referee of ZD (Zooanthropology Education). Founder and President of the Zooanthropology’s Association “ZOETICAMENTE”. Deals with: cat’s behavior, rehabilitation and education, human vs animal relation, ethology, ethics of human-natural environment relation. LIPU (Italian League Birds Protection) member and collaborator. She integrates her multidisciplinary training and her passion for natural sciences with the study of Literature and Philosophy at the University of Sassari.
