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Curriculum Vitae Last update: 08 February 2017

Fiorella Prada Coral Ecology & Biology Lab Marine Science Group Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences University of Bologna Via F. Selmi 3, I-40126 Bologna, Italy, European Union Tel: +39 051 2094176; Mobile: +39 333 4873391 E-mail: fiorella@marinesciencegroup.org Home: Via Guelfa 44, CAP 40138, Bologna, Italy, European Union Nationality: Italian Date of Birth: 07 July 1984 Place of Birth: San Jose’, Costa Rica Gender: Female Marital Status: Single

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Education 2016 – today Post-doctorate, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences,

University of Bologna (Italy). Research project: “Effects of seawater warming and acidification on the growth and physiology of Mediterranean corals”. Funds by the European Research Council (FP7 – IDEAS programme), European Union, for the project “Corals and Global Warming: the Mediterranean versus the Red Sea” (CoralWarm).

2014 – 2015 Post-doctorate, Institute for Coastal Marine Environment – National Research Council (Italy). Research project: “Ecology, biology and morphometry of Astroides calycularis”. Funds by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (PRIN 2010-2011 programme) for the project ”Biocostruzioni costiere: Struttura, Funzione e Gestione”.

2014 Ph. D. in “Biodiversity and Evolution”, University of Bologna, (Italy). Ph.D. Thesis: Effects of temperature and acidity on Mediterranean benthic calcifiers,

in the face of global climate change. Supervisor: Prof. Stefano Goffredo 2010 Master Degree in Ecology, University of Parma. Thesis conducted in the laboratories

of the Marine Science Group, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences of Bologna entitled: “Relationship between environmental and skeletal parameters in corals from the Mediterranean Sea.”

2007 Bachelor Degree in Natural Sciences, University of Parma. Thesis conducted at the Laboratory of Molecular and Biochemical Zoology at the Department di Functional and Evolutionary Biology (University of Parma) entitled: “Analysis of mitochondrial haplotypes for the taxonomic classification of Cyprinid hybrids (Teleostei – Cyprinidae).”

2003 Scientific High School Degree at the Liceo Scientifico Statale G. Ulivi di Parma.

1990 – 2000 Primary schools attended in different countries (Costa Rica, Italy, Mozambique, USA) because of family working activities with the UN and World Bank.

Areas of scientific interest Biometry, mechanical properties, skeletal parameters, growth rates and stable isotopes in temperate and subtropical corals, and their relationship with environmental parameters such as temperature, solar radiation and pH. Global climate change and its effect on temperate and tropical coral-reef communities; the use of contemporary corals in predictive models concerning ocean warming and acidification.

Academic professional experience 2016 – today Postdoctoral fellowship. “Effects of seawater warming and acidification on the growth and

physiology of Mediterranean coral”. Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (Italy). Funds by the European Research Council (FP7 – IDEAS programme), European Union, for the project “Corals and Global Warming: the Mediterranean versus the Red Sea” (CoralWarm).

2014 – 2015 Postdoctoral fellowship. “Ecology, biology and morphometry of Astroides calycularis”. Institute for Coastal Marine Environment – National Research Council (IAMC-CNR). Funds by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (PRIN 2010-2011 programme) for the project ”Biocostruzioni costiere: Struttura, Funzione e Gestione”.

2011 - 2014 Ph.D research conducted under the EU Project “Corals and Global Warming: the Mediterranean versus the Red Sea” (CoralWarm; www.coralwarm.eu), coordinated by Dr Stefano Goffredo, Prof. Zvy Dubinsky and Prof. Giuseppe Falini, funded by the European Research Council (FP7 – IDEAS programme), European Union.

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2009 – today Research support. Marine & Freshwater Science Group Association, Bologna (Italia). Social Advancement Association devoted to the support and development of the research in the fields of marine and freshwater, bio-ecology and environmental education (www.msgassociation.org).

Other professional experience

2014 Assessor of the status of conservation of Mediterranean corals. On the behalf of the Red List of Threatened Species (www.iucnredlist.org) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (www.iucn.org)

International Advisory

2016 Referee: “PLoS ONE” Public Library of Science, San Francisco, USA (2 manuscript: August 2, 2016; 28 Gennaio 2017)

2015 Assistant referee: “Water”. MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland (1 manuscript: September 14, 2015).

2015 Assistant referee: “Functional Ecology”. Journal of the British Ecological Society, London, United Kingdon (1 manuscript: August 18, 2015).

2015 Assistant referee: European Science Foundation (ESF). 2015 AXA Research Fund Junior Research (Post-Doctoral) Fellowship Scheme (http://www.axa-research.org/post-doctoral-fellowships). (1 project review: April 14, 2015).

2015 Assistant referee: “Biology Letters”. The Royal Society Publishing, United Kingdon (1 manuscript: July 21, 2015).

2014 Assistant referee: National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate of Geosciences Division of Ocean Sciences Biological Oceanography Program Arlington (http://www.nsf.gov). (1 project review: September 25, 2014).

2011-2014 Assistant referee: “Coral Reefs”. Journal of the International Society for Reef Studies, Springer, New York, USA. (2 manuscripst: June 13, 2011; May 12, 2014)

2014 Assistant referee: Zoological Society of London (ZSL). EDGE (Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered) Fellows Programme, UK (www.zsl.org; http://www.edgeofexistence.org/). (1 project review; May 1, 2014)

2014 Assistant assessor: “Marine Biodiversity”. Springer, Dordretch, Netherlands. (1 manuscript: January 20, 2014).

2013 Assistant assessor: “Journal of The Royal Society Interface”. Royal Society, London, United Kingdom. (1 manuscript: May 23, 2014)

Awards

2015 – Premio ricerca scientifica e innovazione tecnologica "Claudio Bonivento", awarded by Lions Club Bologna, Bologna (Italy), 11 May 2015. Honorable mention, PhD thesis entitled: “Effects of temperature and acidity on Mediterranean benthic calcifiers, in the face of Global Climate Change”.

2013 – Student award: awarded at the ICCB 2013: The international conference on coelenterate biology, Eilat (Israel) 1-5 December 2013. Awarded as one of the 15 qualifying and selected (non-Israeli) PhD students whose abstracts were accepted for oral or poster presentation at the Conference.

Other qualifications

2014 TOEFL iBT Certificate (score: 99 out of 120).

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2010 Rescue Diver. Scuba Nitrox Safety International (SNSI) 2008 Advanced Open Water Diver. National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) 2003 Driving License 2002 Open Water Diver. Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI)

Membership in professional societies

2016 International Society for Reef Studies

2014 - today Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography

Funding ID

2016 - today Postdoctoral fellowship. Funds (100%) by the European Research Council (FP7 – IDEAS programme; Grant Agreement no: 249930), European Union, for project “Corals and Global Warming: the Mediterraenan versus the Red Sea” (CoralWarm). (amount: € 19.367,00).

2014-2015 Postdoctoral fellowship. Funds (100%) by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (PRIN 2010-2011 programme; Grant Agreement no: F81J 120003 80001), for the project ”Biocostruzioni costiere: Struttura, Funzione e Gestione”. (amount: 27.437,00 €).

2013 Abroad research fellowship: Marco Polo program for research abroad, Department Integrated Budget, University of Bologna, Ministry of Education, Universities and Research for the project “Response of the symbiotic system of the temperate coral Balanophyllia europaea to pH and temperature levels predited for the end of this century”. Coordinators: Dr Fiorella Prada and Dr Stefano Goffredo, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna. (amount: 2,487.00 €)

2011-2013 PhD Scholarship. Funds (100%) by private donation (Costa Rica) on climate change and coral biodiversity. (amount: 62,061.00 €)

Participation to research projects

2011 – today Researcher. “Corals and Global Warming: the Mediterranean versus the Red Sea” (CoralWarm; www.coralwarm.eu), coordinated by Dr Stefano Goffredo, Prof. Zvy Dubinsky and Prof. Giuseppe Falini, funded by the European Research Council (FP7 – IDEAS programme), European Union.

2014 - 2015 Researcher. ”Biocostruzioni costiere: Struttura, Funzione e Gestione”, coordinated by Prof. Ferdinando Boero, funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, (PRIN 2010-2011 programme).

Research abroad Nov 2016 Spent one month at Weizmann Institute of Science (Rehovot) working on stable isotopes of

Mediterranean corals under the supervision of Prof. Aldo Shemesh.

Jan-Dec 2013 Spent a period of research and training at the Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences at the Bar-Ilan University (Ramat Gan, Israel) under the supervision of Prof. Zvy Dubinsky and Dr Oren Levy. Conducted a research on the effects of pH on the photosynthetic efficiency in the coral-zooxanthellae symbiotic system of the Mediterranean scleractinian coral Balanophyllia europaea, performed under controlled conditions.

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Moreover, in collaboration with Prof. Aldo Shemesh at Weizmann Institute of Science (Rehovot), worked on stable isotopes. Measurements of δ13C and δ18O were performed on skeletons of B. europaea, Leptopsammia pruvoti (solitary, non-zooxanthellate), Astroides calycularis (colonial, non-zooxanthellate), Caryophyllia inornata (solitary, non-zooxanthellate) and Cladocora caespitosa (colonial, zooxanthellate) collected along a latitudinal gradient from 44°20'N to 36°45'N and on seawater samples collected in the same sites where the corals were sampled. A second collaboration was initiated with Prof. Anders Meibom at the École Poltechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland and Prof. Jaroslaw Stolarski at the Institute of Paleobiology in Poland, to study the micro- and ultra-structural growth dynamics of B. europaea, L. pruvoti, A. calycularis and Galaxea fascicularis (tropical, colonial zooxanthellate species) by means of pulsed 86Sr-labeling and high spatial resolution NanoSIMS isotopic imaging.

Academic-scientific seminars

May 2014, 2015; March 2016 “Effetto di temperatura e acidità su organismi bentonici calcificanti del Mediterraneo, in vista dei cambiamenti climatici globali”. Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (Italy).

Active participation in scientific meetings

Prada F, Caroselli E, Mengoli S, Fantazzini P, Capaccioni B, Pasquini L, Levy O, Weaver JC, Fabricius KE, Dubinsky Z, Falini G, Goffredo S (2016) Ocean warming and acidification synergistically increase coral mortality. 13th International Coral Reef Symposium, Honolulu, Hawai'i (USA), 19-24 June.

Caroselli E, Prada F, Capaccioni B, Levy O, Falini G, Dubinsky Z, Kaandorp J, Goffredo S (2016) Growth and demography of the Mediterranean endemic solitary coral Balanophyllia europaea living along a natural pCO2 gradient. 13th International Coral Reef Symposium, Honolulu, Hawai'i (USA), 19-24 June

Gizzi F, de Mas L, Airi V, Caroselli E, Prada F, Capaccioni B, Levy O, Falini G, Dubinsky Z, Goffredo S (2016) Short-term exposure at CO2 vent affect spermatogenesis in a temperate non-zooxanthellate coral. 13th International Coral Reef Symposium, Honolulu, Hawai'i (USA), 19-24 June.

Musco L, Pipitone C, Agnetta D, Alagna A, D’Anna G, Di Stefano G, Giacalone VM, Gristina M, Prada F, Vega Fernandéz T, Badalamenti F (2016) Distribution of the orange stony coral Astroides calycularis along the italian coasts. 47th Conference for the Italian Society for Marine Biology (SIBM), Turin (Italy), 13-17 June.

Prada F, Caroselli E, Capaccioni B, Zaccanti F, Fantazzini P, Falini G, Dubinsky Z, Goffredo S (2016) The underwater crater of Panarea: a natural laboratory for ocean acidification studies on benthic calcifiers. “BiGeA Day – The researchers tell about BiGeA” – 1st Edition: annual conference of the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna (UNIBO). Bologna, 1 June.

Fantazzini P, Prada F, Caroselli E, Capaccioni B, Mengoli S, Pasquini L, Levy O, Weaver JC, Fabricius KE, Dubinsky Z, Falini G, Goffredo S (2015) Differential synergistic adverse effect of increased sea temperature and acidity on corals. International Scientific Conference "Our Common Future Under Climate Change", Paris (France), 7-10 July.

Caroselli E, Prada F, Capaccioni B, Levy O, Falini G, Dubinsky Z, Kaandorp J, Goffredo S (2015) Growth and population dynamics of the Mediterranean endemic solitary coral Balanophyllia europaea living along a natural pCO2 gradient. 2015 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Granada (Spain), 22-27 February.

Gizzi F, de Mas L, Marisaldi L, Lazzari V, Airi V, Caroselli E, Prada F, Falini G, Dubinsky Z, Goffredo S (2015) Effects of ocean acidification on the reproductive output of three Mediterranean corals transplanted at an underwater crater characterized by CO2 emissions. 2015 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Granada (Spain), 22-27 February.

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Prada F, Caroselli E, Capaccioni B, Levy O, Fabricius KE, Weaver JC, Falini G, Dubinsky Z, Goffredo S (2015) Different sensitivity of Mediterranean scleractinian corals to seasonal changes in temperature along a natural CO2 gradient. 2015 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Granada (Spain), 22-27 February.

Prada F, Caroselli E, Capaccioni B, Falini G, Levi O, Dubinsky Z, Zaccanti F, Goffredo S (2013) Different sensitivities among Mediterranean scleractinian corals to enhanced ocean acidification. ICCB 2013: The international conference on coelenterate biology, Eilat (Israel) 1-5 December 2013.

Goffredo S, Prada F, Caroselli E, Capaccioni B, Reggi M, Fermani S, Fantazzini P, Pasquini L, Levi O, Dubinsky Z, Falini (2013) Biomineralization and population density of benthic marine calcifiers along a natural carbon dioxide gradient. ICCB 2013: The international conference on coelenterate biology, Eilat (Israel) 1-5 December 2013.

Prada F, Caroselli E, Capaccioni B, Falini G, Levy O, Zaccanti F, Dubinsky Z, Goffredo S (2013) Ocean acidification effects on benthic Mediterranean organisms along a natural CO2 gradient. 10th Annual Conference of the Israeli Association for Aquatic Sciences, Mikhmoret (Israel), 13-14 March.

Goffredo S, Prada F, Caroselli E, Capaccioni B, Falini G, Levy O, Dubinsky Z, Zaccanti F (2012) Different Sensitivity among scleractinian corals to enhanced ocean acidification. 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns (Australia), 9-13 July.

Goffredo S, Prada F, Caroselli E, Levy O, Falini G, Dubinsky Z (2011) Effects of sea acidification on mediterranean corals in a volcanic site with underwater CO2 emissions. LLXXII National meeting of Italian Zoological Union, Bologna (Italy), 5-8 September (Original language: Italian).

Goffredo S, Caroselli E, Prada F, Pasquini L, Nonnis Marzano F, Zaccanti F (2010) Identification of tolerant/sensible Mediterranean coral species in face of global change. EURO ISRS symposium 2010: Reefs in a changing environment, Wageningen (Netherlands), 13-17 December.

IN EXTENSO CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS Prada F, Caroselli E, Zaccanti F, Capaccioni B, Falini G, Levy O, Dubinsky Z, Goffredo S (2013) Ocean

acidification effects on benthic Mediterranean organisms along a natural CO2 gradient. Joint International Scientific Diving Symposium, American Academy of Underwater Sciences and European Scientific Diving Panel, Curaçao, 24-27 Ottobre 2013. American Academy of Underwater Sciences, p. 231-233

Workshops

2013 – Attended workshop: 1st International Workshop: Impacts of Ocean Acidification and Climate Change on Corals and Coral Reefs (Eilat, Israel).

Papers in impact factor journals * corresponding author

Maor-Landaw K, Ben-Asher HW, Karako-Lampert S, Salmon-Divon M, Prada F, Caroselli E, Goffredo S*, Falini G, Dubinsky Z, Levy O* (2017) Mediterranean versus Red sea corals facing climate change, a transcriptome analysis. Scientific Reports. In press.

Prada F, Caroselli E, Mengoli S, Brizi L, Fantazzini P, Capaccioni B, Pasquini L, Fabricius KE., Dubinsky Z, Falini G, Goffredo S* (2017) Ocean warming and acidification synergistically increase coral mortality. Scientific Reports. In press.

Reggi M, Samori C, Fermani S, Gizzi F, Prada F, Dubinsky Z, Goffredo S*, Falini G* (2017) Influence of intra-skeletal coral lipids on calcium carbonate precipitation. CrystEngComm. In press. DOI: 10.1039/C6CE01939K.

Musco L*, Prada F*, D’Anna G, Galasso NM, Pipitone C, Fernández TV, Badalamenti F (2017). Turning casualty into opportunity: fragmenting dislodged colonies is effective for restoring reefs of a Mediterranean endemic coral. Ecological Engineering, 98: 206-212

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Fantazzini P*, Mengoli S, Pasquini L, Bortolotti V, Brizi L, Mariani M, Di Giosia M, Fermani S, Capaccioni B, Caroselli E, Prada F, Zaccanti F, Levy O, Dubinsky Z, Kaandorp JA, Konglerd P, Hammel JU, Dauphin Y, Cuif J-P, Weaver JC, Fabricius KE, Wagermaier W, Fratzl P, Falini G*, Goffredo S* (2015) Gains and losses of coral skeletal porosity changes with ocean acidification acclimation. Nature Communications, 6:7785.

Pasquini L*, Molinari A, Fantazzini P, Reggi M, Goffredo S, Caroselli E, Prada F, Levi O, Dubinsky Z, Falini G* (2015) Isotropic microscale mechanical properties of coral skeletons. Acta Biomateralia, 12:20150168.

Goffredo S*, Mancuso A, Caroselli E, Prada F, Dubinsky Z, Falini G, Levy O, Fantazzini P, Pasquini L (2014) Skeletal mechanical properties of Mediterranean corals along a wide latitudinal gradient. Coral Reefs, DOI: 10.1007/s00338-014-1222-6.

Goffredo S*, Prada F, Caroselli E, Capaccioni B, Zaccanti F, Pasquini L, Fantazzini P, Fermani S, Reggi M, Levy O, Katharina F, Dubinsky Z, Falini G* (2014) Biomineralization control related to population density under ocean acidification. Nature Climate Change, 4:593-597.

Fantazzini P*, Mengoli S, Evangelisti S, Pasquini L, Mariani M, Brizi L, Goffredo S, Caroselli E, Prada F, Falini G, Levy O, Dubinsky Z (2013) Time-Domain NMR study of Mediterranean scleractinian corals reveals skeletal-porosity sensitivity to environmental changes. Environmental Science & Technology, 47:12679-12686.

Caroselli E, Prada F, Pasquini L, Nonnis Marzano F, Zaccanti F, Falini G, Levy O, Dubinsky Z, Goffredo S* (2011) Environmental implications of skeletal micro-density and porosity variation in two scleractinian corals. Zoology, 114:255-264.

Papers in peer-review journals without impact factor * corresponding author

Musco L, Pipitone C*, Agnetta D, Alagna A, D’Anna G, Di Stefano G, Giacalone VM, Gristina M, Prada F, Vega Fernandéz T, Badalamenti F (2016) Distribution of the orange stony coral Astroides calycularis along the italian coasts. Biologia Marina Mediterranea. In press

Disseminating activities

30 September 2016 – “Un Mare da Salvare”, European Researcher’s Night, CUBO – Centro Unipol BOlogna 22 April 2016 – “The underwater crater of Panarea: a natural laboratory for ocean acidification studies on benthic calcifiers”. La Giornata del Clima, Liceo Laura Bassi (Bologna). 15 March 2014 - “The underwater Panarea crater: a natural laboratory for studying ocean acidification”, XXII European Diving Show (EU.DI. Show), Diving Masters, Fiera di Bologna,

1-2 June 2012 - “in piazza tra bolle e coralli”, Researchers Talk to the City, Giardini Margherita, Bologna.

29 November 2010 - “Acidic seas threaten coral reefs”, COSMOS magazine (Australia), by Mico Tatalovic,

Languages

Mother tongue Spanish, Italian Other Languages English: Fluent reading, writing and speaking. Portuguese: Fluent reading and speaking. French: scholastic reading, writing and speaking.

Social and organizational skills and competences Ability to adapt to situations where you meet people of different cultures and ways of thinking and even seemingly contradictory developed during several transfers around the world (South America, Central

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America, Africa and the USA). Ability to work in team, acquired primarily from the experience gained during scientific sampling expeditions during my PhD.

Technical skills and competences I have good knowledge of windows-based softwares, office package, Internet, softwares that perform calculations relating parameters of the carbon dioxide (CO2) system in seawater and freshwater (CO2SYS, PHREEQC), softwares for data acquisition and image processing (Nikon NIS-Elements) and professional softwares for advanced statistics (SPSS) and image editing like Photoshop or Illustrator.