1. Date:	May 1994 – Jun 1997
Location	Marine Preserve “Estacion Costera de Investigaciones Marinas” (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), Pacific coast, Chile
Institution	University of Florence and European Union (EU)
Position	Ph.D researcher
Job Description	Researched behavioural ecology of two marine invertebrate species of conservation concern (Serra et al. 1997; Serra et al. 2001). Exposition and experience in community-based conservation and management
2. Date:	Sept 1997 – Sept 1998
Location	Hopland Field Research Station of California University (Mendocino Co., CA) and Grey Davis Dye Creek Preserve of the Nature Conservancy (Northern Sierra Nevada mountain range, CA), USA
Institution	University of California at Berkeley and US Fish and Wildlife Service
Position	Post-doc conservation researcher (1-year appointment)
Job Description	Surveying and monitoring populations of mid- and large-sized carnivores using non-invasive techniques in the framework of a federal program aimed at managing and controlling predators; intensive experience in camera trapping, mark-resight statistical models, power analysis, GPS navigation and mapping, GIS spatial analysis, live trapping and animal handling, radio-telemetry
3. Date:	Apr 1999 – Mar 2000
Location	Marine National Park of the Tuscany Archipelago, Italy
Institution	Italian National Institute for Wildlife Conservation (INFS) and EU
Position	Post-doc conservation researcher (2-year appointment)
Job Description	Implementation of EU project LIFE97NAT/IT/4153 aimed at the conservation and management of insular bird species. Intensive experience in designing and implementing bird surveying and monitoring programs, and in GPS/GIS mapping and spatial analysis; upon request of the Environment Ministry, drafted, discussed with stakeholders and produced the “National Action Plan for the Audouin’s Gull (Larus audouinii)” - a species “conservation dependent” according to EU
4. Date:	Apr 2000 – Jun 2004
Location	Al Talila Natural Reserve, Palmyra (Syria)
Institution / Organisation	Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and Italian Development Cooperation Program (DGCS, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Position	UN associate professional officer (Wildlife and Protected Area Management)
Job Description	biodiversity inventorying, surveying and monitoring; searching rare and threatened wildlife using local traditional knowledge; socio-economics and land use surveying; addressing threats and conservation issues; preparing local red lists, recommendations, action plans and protected area management plans (through a participatory approach); in-service training Govt. staff and locals, provision of guidelines about protected area staff cadre and institutional development, conservation advocacy, involving and benefiting local indigenous communities; planning responsible eco-tourism and alternative income; raising public awareness and preparing conservation education material; scientific and technical reporting; staff coordination
5. Date	Jan – Sept 2004
Location	Fir-Cedar Reserve, Northern Alawite mountain range (Syria)
Organisation / Company	Arca Consulting, Global Environmental Facility (GEF), World Bank (WB)
Position	Biodiversity conservation consultant
Job Description	Fauna inventorying, training reserve rangers and guards in detecting, identifying and monitoring fauna, raising awareness and conservation education of local school children, preparing management plan of the protected area and recommending its staff cadre
6. Date	Jan 2004 – Feb 2006
Location	Palmyra and Damascus (Syria), Florence (Italy), Cambridge (UK)
Organisation	BirdLife International (BLI), BirdLife Middle East (BLME), Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
Position	Consultant and technical advisor on N. Bald Ibis
Job Description	Consulting and advising on preparation of a viable protection and conservation program for the critically endangered N. Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita in Syria; project proposal preparation, fund raising, advocacy and institutional negotiations and arrangements
7. Date	Aug - Sept 2005
Location	Florence (Italy)
Organisation	European Commission (EU)
Position	Evaluator of project proposals
Job Description	Evaluation of grant proposals submitted to EU in response to “Co-financing with European development NGOs actions in development countries” (Budget Line 21-02-03; Calls for Proposals 2004)
8. Date	Sept 2005 – Oct 2006
Location	Florence (Italy), Damascus (Syria)
Organisation	BLI, BLME and RSPB
Position	Consultant and technical advisor on N. Bald Ibis
Job Description	Institutional facilitation and advocacy culminated in the organization of a photo-exhibition (titled “Cultural and Natural Heritage of Syrian Desert under Threat”), held at the Danish Cultural Institute in Damascus, inaugurated by H.E. the Syrian First Lady on 9 October 2006
9. Date	Jan – Feb 2006
Location	Damascus (Syria)
Organisation	Fund for Integrated Rural Development Of Syria (FIRDOS)
Position	Biodiversity conservation consultant
Job Description	Preparation of a project proposal (and related feasibility study) combining biodiversity conservation and rural sustainable development, titled “Improving the living conditions of mobile indigenous people of Syrian arid steppe land through sustainable development and nature conservation”
10. Date	Feb – Jul 2006
Location	Palmyra (Syria)
Organisation	National Geographic’s Research and Exploration Committee, BLI, BLME, and RSPB
Position	Project team leader and NG grantee researcher
Job Description	Coordinated and leaded the field team engaged in protecting, preparing trapping, trapping and satellite tagging three individuals of N. Bald Ibis.
11. Date	Nov – Dec 2006
Location	Ethiopian highlands
Organisation	BLI, RSPB
Position	Expedition team leader
Job Description	Field surveying of the sat-tagged N. Bald Ibises at their recently discovered wintering grounds, assessing potential threats in place, habitat reconnaissance and searching for additional ibises on the Ethiopian central plateau; providing conservation recommendations to stakeholders
12. Date	Feb 2007
Location	Florence (Italy)
Organisation	BirdLife International
Position	Biodiversity conservation consultant
Job Description	Preparation of “Ecotourism in the Palmyra Desert, Syria. A Feasibility Study”
13- Date	Mar 2007
Location	Florence (Italy)
Organisation	Provincia di Firenze (Florence Province)
Position	Ornithology expert
Job Description	Remotely monitoring the nest of a pair of Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus, located on the Cathedral of Florence; preparation of scientific texts in a popular format for the related web site
14. Date	Jul 2005 – May 2007
Location	Dolomites and Tuscany (Italy)
Organisation	Naturetrek
Position	Expert tour leader
Job Description	Leading natural history tours (focus on birds, butterflies, flowers, local culture and history)
15. Date	May 2007
Location	Sabkhat Al Jabbul (Aleppo, Syria)
Organisation	Global Environmental Facility (GEF), International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Position	Biodiversity conservation consultant
Job Description	Assisting the Governorate of Aleppo in developing a conservation multi-stakeholder strategic plan for the Ramsar wetland sabkhat al jabbul, using a participatory approach
16. Date	May – July 2007
Location	Damascus (Syria), Florence (Italy)
Organisation	BLI, BLME, RSPB
Position	Consultant and conservation coordinator
Job Description	Remotely coordinating ibis protection and tagging mission in Palmyra, preparation of a Syria National Action Plan for the N. Bald Ibis, negotiating with an intl. oil corporation planning to build infrastructures in ibis desert sensitive areas
17. Date	Apr – Jul 2007
Location	Florence (Italy) - Damascus (Syria)
Organisation	IUCN (The World Conservation Union), Desert Commission
Position	Fund raising consultant
Job Description	Successfully applied for a 160,000 USD project funded by the Italian Cooperation Program, in favour of IUCN, aimed at the conservation of N. Bald Ibis in the Syrian breeding quarters and in the Ethiopian wintering quarters. Another 85,000 USD were raised locally and through the National Geographic Society.
18. Date	Sept 2007 – Aug 2009
Location	Florence (Italy) - Damascus (Syria)
Organisation	IUCN (The World Conservation Union) / Italian Development Cooperation Program (DGCS, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Position	Project director
Job Description	Directing project “Collaborative Management of Natural Resources and Biodiversity in the Palmyra Desert and in the Ethiopian Highlands”.
19. Date	May-Sept 2008
Location	Damascus
Organisation	European Commission
Position	International consultant on biodiversity conservation, protected areas and ecotourism
Job Description	Consultancy to the Municipality Administration Modernization Project ( Med/2004/6264: Europe Aid/119822/Sv/Sy) relatively to the Palmyra region.
20. Date	November 2008 – January 2009
Location	Ethiopia and Djibouti
Organisation	IUCN
Position	Research expedition leader
Job Description	Leading N. Bald Ibis expeditions in Ethiopia and Djibouti
21. Date	February-March 2010
Location	Yemen and Saudi Arabia
Organisation	National Geographic Society
Position	NG grantee – research expedition leader
Job Description	Leading N. Bald Ibis expedition in Arabia