Diliberto Santi

– Postgraduate training in “Marine environmental assessment”:
SEAS (Scottish Environmental Advisory Services), Oban, Scotland, U.K., 1992

– Postgraduate Diploma in “Marine and Fisheries Science”, University
of Aberdeen, U.K., 1992:

– BSc (Hons) “Biological Science”, University of Palermo, Italy , 1988

Professional profile

– 2001-ongoing: research assistant and environmental trainer: HCMR, Gournes, Crete, Greece:

– 2000: tutor in the vocational training course“ Expert in Aquaculture”: MATHESIS S.c.r.l (Vocational Training Centre), Termini Imerese (Sicily), Italy.

– 1997 -1998: research assistant: ICRAM (National Institute of Researches Applied to the Sea), Palermo, Italy

– 1994- 1997: Research technician: IMBC (Institute of Marine Biology of Crete), Heraklion, Greece:

– 1992-1993: research assistant during the practical training period: SEAS (Scottish Environmental Advisory Services), Oban, Scotland, U.K.

– 1989-1990: Secondary School Teacher in Biology, Geography and Chemistry Secondary State School “Pietro Paleocapa”, Bergamo, Italy.

Scientific and Professional Memberships

National Register of Biologists (in Italy)

Awards and Recognision

– 2008: Admission for doctoral studies in “Environmental Science”,University of Venice, Italy

– 2006: Scientific diver (first level): H.C.M.R.and dive centre “European diving Centre” of Agia Ligaria (Crete)

– 1990: Scholarship by the Italian Ministry of the Education for postgraduate studies abroad, Rome, Italy.

Research and scientific interests

Santi Diliberto research interests are concerned with the morphological analysis and the identification of the marine macro- and mega-benthic organisms, the investigations of the benthic ecosystems of the coastal waters and their spatial and temporal changes and the analysis the benthic feeding relations in the coastal food web.
In addition his interest are also concerned with the teaching of biological and ecological topics and in particular with activities and initiatives related to the marine environmental training for the school students and the dissemination of scientific information to the public.

– Smith C.J., Papadopoulou K.N., Kallianiotis A., Catalano B., Diliberto S. (1997):
“The interaction between otter trawling and the marine environment”
The 5th Panellenic Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries – Vol. II.

– Smith C.J., Papadopoulou K.N., Diliberto S. (2000):
“Impact of otter trawling on an eastern Mediterranean commercial fishing ground” – ICES Journal of Marine Science 57(2000): in press

– Castriota L., Sinopoli M.,Falautano M., Diliberto S. (2001):
“Feeding ecology of Xyrichthys novacula (Osteichthyes, Labridae) in Sicily Island (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea)”: I Symposium Island Ecosystems. A Conservation and molecular approach. – Centro de Ciensas Biologicas e Geologicas, Universidade de Madeira (march 2001).

Posters:

– Diliberto S., Maidanou Μ. , Κoulouri P. , Koutsoubas D., Dounas C
ΕΠΟΧΙΚΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΜΑΚΡΟΠΑΝΙΔΑΣ ΤΩΝ ΜΑΛΑΚΙΩΝ ΣΤΟΝ ΟΡΜΟ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΟΥΝΤΑΣ (ΚΡΗΤΗ, Α. ΜΕΣΟΓΕΙΟΣ) – (Seasonal Study of the Molluscan Macrofauna in Elounda Bay (Crete, E. Mediterranean); Patras: “Oceanography and Fishery annual Symposium 2009.

– W. Πλαϊτη, N. Σύμπουρα, M. Ναλετάκη, M. Σαλωμίδη, S. Diliberto, M.A. Pancucci (2006):ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΒΕΝΘΙΚΩΝ ΒΙΟΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΩΝ ΣΚΛΗΡΟΥ ΥΠΟΣΤΡΩΜΑΤΟΣ ΣΤΟ ΝΑ ΑΙΓΑΙΟ (Study of the benthic communities of the hard substrates on the south-eastern Aegean Sea): Salonicco: “Oceanography and Fishery annual Symposium 2006”