Francesco MasnadiPostdoctoral researcher

About me

I am a marine biologist with knowledge and skills related to fish population dynamics and stock assessment. I was born in Sarzana (Italy) where I started to cultivate interest in the marine environment, in particular  fishing practices and fishing resources. I graduated from the University of Bologna and I won a scholarship with the National Research Council of Italy where I came into contact with the complex but intriguing world of sustainable fisheries management. I have just completed my PhD at the University of Bologna with a thesis on the evaluation and management of demersal stocks in the Adriatic Sea. During my PhD, I spent a semester abroad at the Department of Aquatic Resources of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences where I helped the team in several official ICES assessments expanding my expertise to the Baltic Sea ecosystem.

At Stockholm University, I joined the Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Science in Dr. Agnes Karlsson Lab (co-advised by Valentina Di Santo) to study the links between cyanobacteria blooms and fish ecology focusing on the three-spined stickleback. I love playing the guitar, hiking, picking mushrooms and I am quite into fishing.

My publication list can be found on my Research Gate or Scopus profile (see links)