Cristina Castracani | University of Parma - People and Organization

Università degli Studi di Parma

Technical administrative staff

Ambito Tecnico Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale

Contract lecturer

Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability

Contacts

E. cristina.castracani@unipr.it

T. +39 0521 906658

Office: Campus Scienze e Tecnologie - Padiglione 02 - Plesso di Bioscienze

Address: Parco Area delle Scienze 11/A, 43124 Parma

Teaching

Academic year of provision: 2026/2027

CITIZEN SCIENCE: NEW APPROACHES AND TOOLS TO INTEGRATE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND SOCIETY

First-cycle degree course in NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Year: 3°

Previous years

Academic year of provision: 2025/2026

CITIZEN SCIENCE: NEW APPROACHES AND TOOLS TO INTEGRATE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND SOCIETY

First-cycle degree course in NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Year: 3°

Academic year of provision: 2024/2025

CITIZEN SCIENCE: NEW APPROACHES AND TOOLS TO INTEGRATE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND SOCIETY

First-cycle degree course in NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Year: 3°

Academic year of provision: 2023/2024

CITIZEN SCIENCE: NEW APPROACHES AND TOOLS TO INTEGRATE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND SOCIETY

First-cycle degree course in NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Year: 3°

Research

Publications

Recycle and reuse: An ethological perspective for citizen science data on Lucanus cervus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

Authors: Gisondi S.; Spotti F. A.; Lenzi A.; Grasso D. A.; Campanaro A.; Castracani C.

Year: 2025
Marine Biodiversity in a Coastal Periphery Revealed by a Community-Based Monitoring Approach Integrating Citizen Science and Environmental DNA Metabarcoding

Authors: Bellardini D.; De Luca D.; Russo L.; Calicchio R.; Castracani C.; Luca P. D.; Capua I. D.; Massimi F.; Raggio A.; Riccardi A.; Vannini J.; Attanasio G.; Vassallo P.; Sandulli R.; Signore M.; Dattolo E.; D'Alelio D.

Year: 2025
First Record of the Exotic Ant Hypoponera ergatandria in Italy: Indoor Alate Swarms and Stinging Queens

Authors: Schifani E.; Pezzin A.; Castracani C.; Grasso D. A.

Year: 2024
Ant diversity along elevational gradients in the European Alps: insights for conservation under a changing climate

Authors: Schifani E; Grasso Da; Gobbi M; Spotti Fa; Pedrotti L; Vettorazzo E; Mori A; Castracani C

Year: 2024
Fight and rescue or give up and flee? Behavioural responses of different ant species tending the mutualist walnut aphid Panaphid juglandis to native and exotic lady beetles

Authors: Schifani E; Giannetti D; Castracani C; Spotti Fa; Mori A; Grasso Da

Year: 2023

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