Erik Francesco Ferrara
Erik Francesco Ferrara, Ph.D. student
Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics
Justus Liebig University
Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32 IFZ
D-35392 Giessen
Phone: +49 (0) 641 99-35713
E-Mail: Erik.Ferrara
Fields of interest and focus of work
- Coral stress-hardening approaches
- Coral microbiome and heat tolerance
- Coral-associated microbiome structure and dynamics
- Assisted evolution
Research and Projects at the Marine Holobiomics Lab
Scientific career
- since 2021: Ph.D. student at Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany.
- 2017-2018: Postgraduate student (Master 2), Sapienza University, Rome (Italy) and, Geomar, Kiel (Germany). Thesis: "Bioactive secondary metabolites from mussels-associated marine-derived Cyphellophora reptans and Aspergillus sp."
- 2014-2015: Postgraduate student (M.Sc Biology and Ecology of the Coastal Marine Environment), Messina University (Italy). Thesis: "Biological effects induced by Benzo(a)pyrene in cell cultures of Mytilus galloprovincialis."
- 2009-2014: Undergraduate student (BSc Marine Biology and Ecology), Messina University (Italy). Thesis: "DNA barcoding to assist in the resolution of taxonomic problems."
Publications
Conference contributions
2023: ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting 2023: Resilience and recovery in aquatic systems, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Oral presentation.
2022: ICYMARE International Conference for YOUNG Marine Researchers 2022, Bremerhaven, Germany, Oral presentation.
2019: ICYMARE International Conference for YOUNG Marine Researchers 2019, Bremen, Germany, Oral presentation.