Summary
I am very passionate about science, its history, and specifically ecology, which fascinates me because of its complexity.
I thrive in multidisciplinary environments, where different fields intersect. In these settings, I enjoy identifying analogies and drawing examples from diverse disciplines to help address my research questions.
Currently, I am a PhD student supervised by Dr Gareth Roberts and Dr Mark Sutton working on new methods to identify interactions between biodiversity and landscape evolution. I'm funded by NERC and part of the SSCP DTP at the Grantham Institute.
I have a BSc in Natural and Environmental Sciences from the University of Pisa (Italy) and a MSc in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation from Imperial College.
Between my MSc and starting my PhD I worked at Springer Nature, contributing to creating some of their SDGs-focused research journals such as Nature Water.
Publications
Journals
Bernardini G, McConville AJ, Castillo Castillo A, 2020, Macro-plastic pollution in the tidal Thames: an analysis of composition and trends for the optimization of data collection, Marine Policy, Vol:119, ISSN:0308-597X