Martina Gaglioti

Biography:

Dr. Martina Gaglioti is a marine ecologist, but even well-before she’s a diver. She started officially to dive when she was 9 and then on her passion for nature and sea, she developed her academic and professional career. She graduated in Marine Biology in 2015 and specialized in Geospatial Analysis in 2017 and Project Management through a Master in European Studies in 2023. She served as individual consultant and expert for UNESCO and worked for research institutions such as Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, CMCC.  After several collaborations in the academic and research field she decided to focus more on the outreach and educational dimension of the scientific research, paying attention both to formal and informal education to reach as people as possible in what she considers “her educational mission”. She’s also an AIOSS scientific diver and a certified SCUBA Instructor. She conducted research all over the world in Protected Areas, UNESCO Biosphere Reserves and interacted directly with some of the main experts of marine biology, diving and environmental education fields. Currently, her daily work is at the interface between marine and freshwater environments She’s really attracted by children curiosity and observation spirit. She likes arts and in particular drawings techniques to support whenever is applicable her scientific activities and research findings descriptions. She believes in transboundary collaborations and in the power of the sea to link people with different cultures and backgrounds. She published more then 200 research items, contributing even in local newspapers articles, social media information campaigns and public engagement sessions collaborating with NGOs, associations and local authorities even in foreign countries. She’s a reviewer of peer-revieved journals (JMSE, Remote Sensing, Land, Water, Sensors), she co-supervised a MSc thesis and advised some international team works in hackathon competitions (Open Sea Lab 3.0, WeKEO Hackathon).