University of Trieste

Annalisa Falace - University of Trieste

Partner Coordinator

Annalisa Falace is Researcher (S.S.D. BIO/03) since 2002 and Aggregate Professor in Marine Algae Taxonomy and Ecology at the University of Trieste. Degree in Biological Sciences and Ph.D in Biomonitoring and Environmental Sciences - University of Trieste (Italy). She had her research  training at the Laboratory of Phycology in Trieste, at the at Station Biologique-Observatoire Océanographique de Roscoff (France), University Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris VI, at the Observatoire Océanologique (Laboratoire ARAGO) di Banyuls-sur mer (France).
Her principal research interest focuses on the “Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function”. Her expertise in this area is related to:

• Taxonomy of marine macroalgae
• Ecology and Conservation of coastal habitats, focusing on processes affecting the spatial and temporal structure of macroalgal assemblages
• Restoration of Cystoseira populations
• Ecology and design of artificial habitats structures

Recent publications relevant to Reef ReseArch:
Pezzolesi L., Peña V., Le Gall L., Gabrielson P.W., Kaleb S., Hughey J.R., Rodondi G., Hernandez-Kantun J.J., Falace A., Basso D., Cerrano C., Rindi F. (2019) Mediterranean Lithophyllum stictiforme (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) is a genetically diverse species complex: implications for species circumscription, biogeography and conservation of coralligenous habitats. Journal of Phycology 55(2): 473-492. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12837
Pezzolesi L., Falace A., Kaleb S., Hernandez-Kantun J.J., Cerrano C., Rindi F. (2017) Genetic and morphological variation in  an ecosystem engineer, Lithophyllum byssoides (Corallinales, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 53(1):146-160. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12488
Falace A., Kaleb S., Curiel D., Miotti C., Galli G., Querin S., Ballesteros E., Solidoro C., Bandelj V. (2015) Calcareous bio-concretions in the northern Adriatic Sea: Habitat types, environmental factors that influence habitat distributions, and predictive modeling. PLoS ONE 10 (11): e0140931. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140931.
Curiel D., Falace A., Bandelj V., Kaleb S., Solidoro C., Ballesteros E. (2012) Species composition and spatial variability of macroalgal assemblages on biogenic Reefs in the northern Adriatic Sea. Botanica Marina 55 (6): 625-38. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2012-0166.

Sara Kaleb - University of Trieste

Dr. Sara Kaleb holds an MD in Environmental Sciences and a PhD in Biomonitoring methods for environmental alterations. She is a post-doc researcher at the University of Trieste.
Her main research interests include taxonomy and ecophysiology of marine macroalgae, ecology and conservation of coastal habitats, restoration of Cystoseira populations.
 
 
Recent publications relevant to Reef ReseArch:
Pezzolesi L., Peña V., Le Gall L., Gabrielson P.W., Kaleb S., Hughey J.R., Rodondi G., Hernandez-Kantun J.J., Falace A., Basso D., Cerrano C., Rindi F. (2019) Mediterranean Lithophyllum stictiforme (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) is a genetically diverse species complex: implications for species circumscription, biogeography and conservation of coralligenous habitats. Journal of Phycology 55(2): 473-492. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12837
Pezzolesi L., Falace A., Kaleb S., Hernandez-Kantun J.J., Cerrano C., Rindi F. (2017) Genetic and morphological variation in  an ecosystem engineer, Lithophyllum byssoides (Corallinales, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 53(1):146-160. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12488
Falace A., Kaleb S., Curiel D., Miotti C., Galli G., Querin S., Ballesteros E., Solidoro C., Bandelj V. (2015) Calcareous bio-concretions in the northern Adriatic Sea: Habitat types, environmental factors that influence habitat distributions, and predictive modeling. PLoS ONE 10 (11): e0140931. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140931.
Curiel D., Falace A., Bandelj V., Kaleb S., Solidoro C., Ballesteros E. (2012) Species composition and spatial variability of macroalgal assemblages on biogenic Reefs in the northern Adriatic Sea. Botanica Marina 55 (6): 625-38. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2012-0166.