Group Members
We are looking for new PhD students, Postdocs, and Master students to join the team (see openings) !
Jump to staff, postdocs, PhD students, graduate students, current visitors, alumni, undergraduate alumni, high school alumni, past visitors. Read more about each staff member by clicking on their name!
The Giovannelli Lab team during a field excursion to the hot springs of Mondragone (Campania) in Summer 2021!
Staff
Postdocs
Marco Giardina
Diversity of microbial communities in geothermal environments
email: marco.giardina@unina.it
Alessia Benedicta Bastianoni
Biometals availability and cycling in geothermal environments
email: alessiabenedicta.bastianoni@unina.it
PhDs
Matteo Selci
Diversity of microbial communities in geothermal environments
email: matteo.selci@unina.it
Martina Cascone
PON funded project on the microbiology of Undeground Hydrogen Storage
email: martina.cascone@unina.it
Graduate Students
Ottavia Iacovino
Master student
project: Isolation and characterization of the etiological agents of seaurchins infections
Co-Advisor: Dr. Francesca Carella
Feliciana Oliva
Master student
project: Microbial diversity of the hot springs of the Campania region
Co-Advisor:
Emanuele Nappo
Master student
project: Microbial diversity of the alkaline shallow water idrothermal vents of Strytan, Iceland
Co-Advisor: Dr. Roy Price (SUNY, USA)
Nunzia Nappi
Master student
project: Microbial diversity associated with the acidophilic algae of the Galderia genus
Co-Advisor: Prof. Antonino Pollio (UNINA)
Mariavittoria Brandi
Master student
project: Spore abundance in geothermal environemnts
Co-Advisor: Prof. Ezio Ricca (UNINA)
Elena Panariello
Master student
project: Isolation of new chemolithoautotrophic strains from geothermal environments
Co-Advisor:
Alessandro Masi
Master student
project: Caraterization of the PrtC-like protein of Sulfurovum riftiae
Co-Advisor: Prof. Marco Moracci (UNINA)
Flavia Migliaccio
Master student
project: ERASMUS
Co-Advisor: Prof. Kasper Kjeldsen (Denmark)
Luigi Gallucci
Master student
project: Interaction microbiome of posidonia and its associated sponges
Co-Advisor: Dr. Ulizze Cardini (SZN, Naples)
Current Visitors
Valentina Marcheselli
Postdoc
visiting from: University of Trento, Italy
Collaborating on: Sociology of science
Luca Tonietti
PhD Student
visiting from: University of Napl;es “Parthenope”
Collaborating on: In situ resource utilization in Astrobiology and microbial metal mining
Jacopo Brusca
Master student
visiting from: Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
Collaborating on: Cambialistic metalloenzymes
Alumni
Michela Piegari
In the lab from Apr 2021 - Feb 2022
as a: Master student in Biology @ Unina (Italy)
Last we checked was a:
Carmela Celentano
In the lab from May 2020 - Apr 2021
as a: Master student in Marine Biology @ Unina (Italy)
Last we checked was a: PhD Student at the Uni versity of Naples Federico II
Giacomo Fabozzi
In the lab from Mar 2020 - Jul 2021
as a: Master student in Biology @ Unina (Italy)
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Antonio Cascone
In the lab from Mar 2020 - Apr 2021
as a: Master student in Biology @ Unina (Italy)
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Raffaella Postiglione
In the lab from Mar 2020 - Apr 2021
as a: Master student in Biology @ Unina (Italy)
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Deborah Bastoni
In the lab from MAr 2020 - Apr 2021
as a: Master student in Natural Sciences @ Unina (Italy)
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Rosanna Bossa
In the lab from Oct 2019 - Apr 2021
as a: Master student in Biology @ Unina (Italy)
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Angelica Severino
In the lab from Oct 2019 - Apr 2021
as a: Master student in Biology @ Unina (Italy)
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Alessandro Coppola
In the lab from Oct 2019 - Apr 2021
as a: Master student in Biology @ Unina (Italy)
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Sonia De Rosa
In the lab from Oct 2019 - Apr 2021
as a: Master student in Biology @ Unina (Italy)
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Martina Cascone
In the lab from Apr 2019 - Dec 2020
as a: MSc student in Biology @ UNINA (Italy)
Last we checked was a: Project Manager in our Lab!
Michele Intoccia
In the lab from Apr 2019 - Dec 2020
as a: MSc student in Biology @ UNINA (Italy)
Last we checked was a: Graduate Assistant at the CNR-ISA
Alessandra Ferrillo
In the lab from May 2019 - Nov 2020
as a: MSc student in Marine Biology @ UNINA (Italy)
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Rosaria Capuozzo
In the lab from May 2019 - Nov 2020
as a: MSc student in Biology @ UNINA (Italy)
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Matteo Selci
In the lab from Jan 2018 - Feb 2019
as a: MSc student in Marine Biology @ UNIVPM (Italy)
Last we checked was a: PhD Student @ UNINA (Italy)
Marco Basili
In the lab from Feb 2018 - Feb 2019
as a: MSc student in Marine Biology @ UNIVPM (Italy)
Last we checked was a: Graduate Assistant @ CNR-IRBIM (Italy)
Maria Magliulo
In the lab from Jun 2017 - Sept 2018
as a: MSc student in Marine Biology @ UNINA (Italy)
Last we checked was a: PhD student @ Essex University (UK)
Undergraduate Alumni
- Natalia Russo, UNINA, 2020
- Emanuela Mastromo, UNINA, 2020
- Teresa Femiano, UNINA, 2020
- Martina Tirelli, UNINA, 2020
- Valentina Morgera, UNINA, 2020
- Rosa Mesidoro, UNINA, 2020
- Teresa Iovino, UNINA, 2020
- Carmen Arpaia, UNINA, 2020
- Emanuela Peluso, UNINA, 2020
- Emanuele Galatola, UNINA, 2020
- Benedetta Sasso, UNINA, 2020
- Enza Canonico, UNINA, 2020
- Vincenzo Abbagnale, UNINA, 2020
- Ilaria di Biase, UNINA, 2020
- Elena Panariello, UNINA, 2020
- Alessandra Palazzi, UNINA, 2020
- Mariacarmen Del Mondo, UNINA, 2020
- Mattia Acunzo, UNINA, 2020
- Simona Piccolo, UNINA, 2020
- Mariavittoria Brandi, UNINA, 2020
- Andrea Campanile, UNINA, 2020
- Lucia Di peso, UNINA, 2020
- Simone De Meo, UNINA, 2019
- Raffaele Nocera, UNINA, 2019
- Antonio Nappo, UNINA, 2019
- Andrea Campanile, UNINA, 2019
- Mariavittoria Brandi, UNINA, 2019
- Nunzia Nappi, UNINA, 2019
- Alessia Masella, UNINA, 2019
- Angelica De Rosa, UNINA, 2019
High School Alumni
- Francesca Cafiero, Liceo Statale "Fonseca", Napoli, Summer 2019
- Domenico Mazza, Istituto Istruzione Superiore "Giancarlo Siani", Napoli, summer 2019
Past Visitors
- Marina Viggiani, visiting graduate assistant, CNR ISMAR Venezia, Summer 2021
- Costantino Vetriani, visiting professor, Rutgers University, Fall 2019
- Matteo Selci, visiting student, Politechnic University of Marche, Spring 2019
- Joy Buongiorno, visiting postdoc, Carnegie Institution of Washington (USA), Jan-Feb 2019