Marco PICONE

Born in Venice on 12/06/1977

Formation and current position

• 2002 - Degree in Environmental Sciences - Ca 'Foscari University of Venice
• 2007 - PhD in Environmental Sciences - Ca Foscari University of Venice
• 2017/2022 - Fixed-term researcher, letter a, at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics - Ca 'Foscari University of Venice. SSD: BIO / 07 - Ecology.
• 2022/2023 - Research Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics - Ca 'Foscari University of Venice
• 2023 - Fixed-term researcher, letter b, at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics - Ca 'Foscari University of Venice. SSD: BIO / 07 - Ecology

Research interests

Ecology and ecotoxicology of aquatic ecosystems.

Main research fields

1. Bioaccumulation of priority and emerging contaminants in primary producers (seagrasses and seaweeds), aquatic vertebrates (birds and fish) and terrestrial vertebrates (foxes).
2. Effects of emerging contaminants (pesticides, drugs, fragrances and UV filters) in benthic and planktonic crustaceans of estuarine and coastal ecosystems.
3. Ecology and trophic ecology of larids (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Thalasseus sandvicensis) and waders (Charadrius alexandrinus) nesting in the humid areas of the North Adriatic.
4. Ecology of amphipods and copepods

Activities in national and international research projects over the last 5 years

• “GREENDIGO – Biosolutions for Denim Dyeing within the Planetary Boundaries", HORIZON-EIC-2025-PATHFINDEROPEN.
  “Progetto LIFE-TRANSFER Seagrass TRANSplantation For transitional Ecosystem Recovery”, Grant Agreement LIFE19 NAT/IT/000264, Durata 01/12/2020 - 30/11/2025 finanziato nell'ambito della Call LIFE2019 - LIFE NATURE AND BIODIVERSITY.
  MARICOSTEMS - Neglected microbial diversity of coastal hypersaline environments and marine transition areas: study of its dark matter and hidden treasures”.
  “BioSusTex - Towards absolute safe and sustainable biobased textile”, Grant Agreement number: 101135372, Call: HORIZON-CL6-2023ZEROPOLLUTION-02.
  “SurfToGreen - Bio-based sustainable SURFactants TO foster GREEN industry”, Grant Agreement number: 101157688, Call: HORIZON-JUCBE-2023.
  EMERGE. Evaluation, control and Mitigation of the EnviRonmental impacts of shippinG Emissions (2019-2023). Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 874990, H2020-EU.3.4. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport.

Funding

• 2017 - IRIDE Incentive (Incentive for Individual Research) awarded by the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics - Ca 'Foscari University for the research project "Development of TIE procedures for the characterization of toxicity in lagoon sediments": € 2,400.00
• 2019 - AWExPHARMA project. Assessing Wild-birds Exposure to active PHARMAceutical ingredients (2019). Financed with University funds. SPIN2018, Measure 2, 1st call of proposals (Rector's Decree n. 1065/2018 prot. 67416/2018). Ca 'Foscari University of Venice, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics (DAIS): € 49,500.00

Editorial activity and contributions to scientific organizations

Referee for the following international journals: Science of the Total Environment, Chemosphere, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Journal of Soil and Sediments, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Guest Editor for Toxics and Frontiers in Marine Science - Marine Ecosystem Ecology