GUGLIANDOLO Concetta

CURRENT POSITION
From 2014 to date Full Professor of Ecology
From 2015 Director of the "Research Centre of Extreme Environments and Extremophiles" at the Dip CHIBIOFARAM, UNIME)

EDUCATION
2008-2014 Researcher, University of Messina
-2001-2005 Post-doc “Marine bacteria of biotechnological interest”
-1992 Ph. D. in Environmental Sciences: Marine Environment and Resources
-1985 Specialization in Marine Biochemistry
-1982 Doctoral degree, Biological Sciences

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Microbial Ecology, Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Geomicrobiology, Environmental Biotechnology, Marine Biotechnology. The aims include: taxonomic aspects, spatial patterns in microbial communities, relationship of microbial community structure and function, research of novel biomolecules of interest in biotechnology.
Topics:
-Microbial community distribution and diversity in different aquatic environments (brackish lakes and marine coastal zone) and extreme environments (desert, Antartic and shallow marine hydrothermal vents)
-Microbial quality of water, sediments and shellfish
-Relationships among planktonic organisms and bacterial pathogens
-Diversity of marine luminescent bacteria
-Marine microorganisms and macroalgae producing new biomolecules of biotechnological interest
-Microbial resistance to stresses and astrobiological implications
European Research Council, Life Sciences:
LS8 Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
-LS8-10 Microbial ecology and evolution
-LS8-11 Marine biology and ecology
LS9 Applied Life Sciences, Biotechnology, and Molecular and Biosystems Engineering
-LS9-1 Applied biotecnology
-LS9-7 Environmental biotechnology
-LS9-9 Marine biotechnology

RESEARCH ACTIVITY Her research is documented by 208 scientific papers:
Scientific peer-rewieved international -articles in Scopus/WOS 80
Book chapters: 4
National and International not- indexed Articles: 20
Articles in extenso in Conference proceedings: 7
Abstract in National and International Journals: 11
Abstract in National and International Conference proceedings 86

Publication impact:
-articles in Scopus/WOS 80
-H index: 28 (Scopus)
-N° of citations 2063

TEACHING ACTIVITY
From 2021 Microbial Ecology and Biotechnologies for Environment and Human Health (CdM Biologia della Salute, delle Technologie Applicate e della Nutrizione)
2015 -2020 Microbial Ecology (CdM Biologia)
from 2015 Marine Biotechnologies (CdM Biologia ed Ecologia dell'ambiente Marino Costiero)
from 2016 Microbial Ecology and Protection of Marine Environment (CdL Scienze Biologiche)
2015-2016 Ecology, (CdLTriennale in Tecniche della Prevenzione nell'ambiente e nei luoghi di lavoro)
From 2013 Environmental Biotechnologies (CdM Biologia)
2014-2015 Microbial Ecology (CdLT Scienze dell’Ambiente e della Natura)
2009-2014 Geomicrobiology (CdM Tutela e Gestione dell'Ambiente)

MEMBER OF PH.D COURSES
From 2013 to date Appied Biology and Experimental Medicine
2012-2013 Environmental Sciences: Marine Environment and Resources
2009-2012 Biology and Cellular Biotechnologies.

TEACHING AT FOREIGN OR INTERNATIONAL -UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES
2021 June 9 “Ciarla Magistral: Bacilli from Shallow hydrothermal vents of Eolian Islands (ITaly) and their biotechnological potential” (online: https://cienciasbiologicasudec.cl/curso-en-experimentos-en-microbiologia-realizo-charla-inaugural-con-dra-concetta-gugliandolo/)
2017 January 14-24, Escuela de Verano “Microorganisms from Extreme Environments and their biotechnological potential” Faculty of Biological Science, Department of Microbiology, University of Concepción, Chile
2015 October 29-November 3, Lectures for graduate students of Bioremediation Laboratory and Environmental Microbiology Laboratory. Faculty of Biological Science, Department of Microbiology, University of Concepción, Chile.
2011 June Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond (USA), International Summer School "Biodiversity and Conservation", lectures on “Bioindicators and water quality” collaborative program with the University of Messina "Ecological water quality assessment of the Alcantara and James rivers using bioindicators".

SCIENTIFIC RESPONSIBLE OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES
-2017-2022 International Programmes ERASMUS + UniME University of Concepción (Chile)
-2018-2021 UniME-Lallemand Inc"Antibiofilm activity of the exopolysaccharide produced by Bacillus licheniformis T14 against pathogenic bacteria of the respiratory tract”.
-2018-2021 PO FEAMP SICILIA 2014/2020, Misura 2.56 Misure relative alla salute e al benessere degli animali - art. 56 del Reg. (UE) n. 508/2014, Progetto FISH PATH NET “Sviluppo di antibiotici naturali” (A.3.4)
-2018-2021 PNRA2016 (PNRA16_00020) “Antartic Porifera: Hot-spots for Prokaryotic diversity and biotecnological Potenzialities - P3” (Coordinator Dr A. LoGiudice, IAMC-CNR) (Bando PNRA 5 aprile 2016, n. 651) (RU 3)
-2007-2013 PON02 (00451-3362185) "Innovazione tecnologica a supporto dell'incremento della produttività e della competività dell'acquacoltura siciliana" (OR3, SA 3.1.2)

COMPONENT OF RESEARCH UNIT IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES
from 2021 MISE ORTHOLINE POS 169 Prog. n. F/190169/01-03/X44 - Sviluppo linea di produzione per dispositivi medici impiantabili, (OR4)
-from 2021 BONE++ ARS01-00693 Sviluppo di micro e nanotecnologie per la predittività, la diagnosi, la terapia e i trattamenti rigenerativi delle alterazioni patologiche dell’osso e osteoarticolari (UR3 and OR4)
-2015-2022 PON2 “Marine Hazard "Sviluppo di tecnologie innovative per l’identificazione, monitoraggio e mitigazione di fenomeni di contaminazione naturale e antropica”, Distretto Tecnologico per l’Ambiente Marino della Sicilia (OR1)
-2013-2015 PNRA-MIUR linea A “Ecologia del permafrost a Victoria Land: passato, presente ed evoluzione futura in un contesto di Cambiamento Climatico” (RU3)
-2011-2013 PNRA-MIUR "Studio della diversità microbica (Batteri ed Archea) nel continente antartico
-2010-2012: Virginia Commonwealth University - University of Messina Collaboration Program "Ecological water quality assessment of the Alcantara and James rivers using bioindicators" Operative Unit Microbial Ecology: "Use of microbial community structure, dynamic and diversity as bioindicator of ecological status"
-1996-1999: MAST3-CT95-0034 European project: "Microorganisms in deep sea and marine hot springs as sources of potentially valuable chemicals" (Coordinator Prof. Daniel Prieur)
-1994 Testing and Measuring, European project “MICROBATH Seawater microbiology: Measurement and Testing” (V trial) dal titolo “Intercalibrazione dei metodi per la valutazione dell'inquinamento batterico marino per la messa a punto di metodi per la valutazione della qualità dell'acqua di mare e dolce”, coordinated by Institute Pasteur, Lille (France)

INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2017 27-30 September 45°Congress SIM, Genova “Bacilli from shallow hydrothermal vents of Eolian Islands (Italy) and their biotechnological potential” (Invited speaker)
2015 27-November, University Concepcion, Chile, Lecture “Molecular approaches for studying microbial diversity”

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
From 2020 Editorial Board Member of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, MDPI, Basel
2018-2019 Guest Editor, Special Issue: Microbial Diversity in Extreme Environments: implications for ecological and applicative perspectives Diversity, MDPI
2017 -International Scholarly Research Notices - ISRN Microbiology, Hindawi Publishing Corporation ISSN: 2090-7486 (Online)
2016-Chinese Journal of Biology Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Open Access

OTHER
-2016-2019 Board member of the National Interuniversity Sea Sciences Consortium (CoNISMa)
-Member of the Italian Society of Ecology (SItE)
-Member of Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, University of Messina
-Member of CoNISMA
-Reviewer for the Following Journals: Cahiers de Biologie Marine, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Food Control, Systematic and Applied Microbiology, Current Microbiology, British Biotechnology Journal, Marine Drugs, Microorganisms…
-Reviewer of National research programmes (FIRB, SIR, Marie Curie…)