Elena Maggi
Dr. Elena Maggi is a senior researcher at the University of Pisa, Department of Biology. Since her PhD, she has gained experience in research on assessment of the consequences of loss of biodiversity, climate changes and anthropogenic impacts on macroalgal, invertebrate and biofilm assemblages. Her present interests are strongly focused on the impact of artificial light at night on coastal habitats. In 2020, she organized in Pisa the Euromarine funded Foresight Workshop “ECOlight - Adding the role of light pollution to the management and protection of ocean commons”. She is the promoter of GLOW.
Iacopo Bertocci
Dr. Iacopo Bertocci is currently employed as a senior researcher at University of Pisa, Department of Biology. He is interested in assessing the effects of natural and anthropogenic perturbations on coastal marine systems, with special focus on benthic assemblages from temperate habitats and their responses to factors such as harvesting of target species, coastal urbanization, environmental contamination and meteorological events. This matches some of the main themes of current ecological research, including the evaluation of the effects of climate change, the understanding of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, the analysis of the success and impact of invasive species, and the assessment of the effectiveness of marine protected areas.
Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi
Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi (LBC) is Professor in Ecology and Vice-Rector for European and International Research at the University of Pisa. LBC’s lab uses marine coastal plants and animals as experimental model systems to address fundamental ecological questions, including the causes and consequences of loss of biodiversity and the ecological impacts of climate change and species invasions. A major goal is to provide experimental tests of theories that are rarely examined in the field, such as the role of environmental variance and regime shifts in shaping biodiversity. LBC has published +150 papers in peer reviewed ecological journals and several chapters in books. He is member of the Editorial Board of the ISI Journal Marine Ecology Progress Series and past member of the Editorial Board of Marine Ecology an Evolutionary Perspective, Estuaries and Coasts and Phycologia. LBC has served in the ERC Review Panel LS8 of the IDEAS program (starting and consolidator grants) and in the Review Panel of the European Science Foundation for the EuroDeep programme. LBC is member of the Biology & Ecosystem Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and represents CoNISMa in the University Consortia Panel of the European Marine Board. In 2019, LBC has received the International Temperate Reef Symposium award for lifelong contribution to marine sciences.
Our GLOW site is located in the maritime harbour of Marina di Carrara (Tuscany, Italy). Sampling is conducted along the external side of a concrete wall, some hundreds of meters long, on assemblages colonizing white marbles blocks. Portions of the blocks are lit by the presence of strong LED lampposts.
