I have been studying the ecology of coastal communities (coral reefs, rocky shores, deep reefs and seagrass) for the past 30 years in many biogeographic regions (Mediterranean, Red Sea, Pacific, Atlantic and Caribbean coasts). My lab currently runs the national monitoring program on rocky shore biodiversity, and investigates the ecology and biodiversity of Mediterranean coastal communities, and the effects of bioinvasions, climate change (warming, acidification, sea level rise and extreme events) and marine protected areas on these communities and their functions.
Selected Awards
1998 Lumpkin Global fellowship for travel, tuition and board to attend a “Conservation Biology and Policy” course in the Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, North Carolina, USA.
1999 Fulbright post-doctoral award in the Environmental Sciences.
2000 Packard Foundation. Travel support to attend the 9th Coral Reef Symposium in Bali, Indonesia.
2002 Andrew Mellon Foundation post-doctoral award.