Università Politecnica delle Marche

The Polytechnic University of Marche (UNIVPM) includes 12 Departments in five main research areas spanning from Engineering, Environmental and Life Sciences, Agriculture, Economics and Medicine. UNIVPM staff includes ca 1350 employs and the University enroll almost 20.000 students.

The Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (DISVA) owns highly qualified laboratories operating in the fields of marine ecology, marine biology and nature conservation, marine botany and zoology, environmental microbiology, developmental biology and reproduction, algal physiology, geology and sedimentology, paleoceanography, physical oceanography, and restoration of marine ecosystems. DISVA has been recognized by Ministry of University and Research as “Department of Excellence” with extra funding for the implementation of its infrastructures. DISVA collaborates with many Centers and Academia all over the world (USA, Canada, Belgium, France, Spain, UK, Germany, Norway, Austria, Greece, Croatia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Madagascar, Singapore, Israel, and Japan) in the framework of national and international research projects and networks of excellence. DISVA has participated over the last 15 years in more than 20 EU projects and has a wealth of experience in the coordination and management of EU and international projects, including 3 projects devoted to marine restoration in temperate and tropical seas. DISVA carries out research activities worldwide with specific attention on costal (hard and soft bottom) and deep-sea areas, including the Western and Eastern Mediterranean, Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic and Antarctic Ocean and Sub-Antarctic regions.