Dr Maria Cristina Bruno’s CV

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

1993-1997: PhD in Evolutionary Biology and Biochemistry. University “della Tuscia”, Viterbo, Italy.

1984-1989: degree in Biological Sciences University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy.

 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

September 2008 to present: Researcher, aquatic ecologist. Fondazione E. Mach, Research and Innovation Centre.

June 2006 to August 2008: Researcher, aquatic ecologist, The Natural Sciences Museum of Trento.

Academic year 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007. Adjunct Professor, University “della Tuscia”, Viterbo, Italy. Teaching courses: “Laboratory of techniques for the study of biological systems” Laboratory of animal taxonomy”; “Biology and taxonomy of freshwater animals”, “zoogeography”.

May 1998-May 2004. Aquatic Ecologist, Everglades National Park, Homestead, Florida, USA. in Cooperative agreement with Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.

PUBLICATIONS

Proceeding and abstracts in international meetings: 38

Proceeding and abstracts in national meetings: 19

Publications without impact factor: 18

Total peer reviewed publications: 32 (29 recorded in ISI, 30 in SCOPUS); sum of the Times Cited: 135; Average Citations per Item: 4.66; h-index: 7

Most significant publications of the last 3 years:

Bruno M. C., Siviglia A., Carolli M., and Maiolini B, 2012. Multiple drift responses of benthic invertebrates to interacting hydropeaking and thermopeaking waves: Ecohydrology, DOI: 10.1002/eco.1275. IF 2011: 2.133.

Carolli M., Bruno M. C., Siviglia A., and Maiolini B. 2012. Responses of benthic invertebrates to abrupt changes of temperature in flume simulations. River Research and Application, 28(6): 678-691. DOI: 10.1002/rra.1520. IF 2011: 2.028

Cottarelli V., Bruno M. C. and Berera R. 2010. First record of a Parastenocarididae from Thailand and description of a new genus (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 30 (3): 478-494. DOI: 10.1651/09-3201.1. IF 2011: 1.116

M. C. Bruno, B. Maiolini, M.Carolli, L. Silveri: 2009. Hydropeaking impact on hyporheic invertebrates of an Alpine stream (Trentino, Italy). Annales de Limnologie – International Journal of Limnology, 45 (2009) 1–14. IF 2011: 1.207

Zolezzi, G., A. Bellin, M. C. Bruno, B. Maiolini, and A. Siviglia (2009), Assessing hydrological alterations at multiple temporal scales: Adige River, Italy, Water Resour. Res., 45, W12421, doi:10.1029/2008WR007266. IF 2011: 2.957

M. C. Bruno, B. Maiolini, M. Carolli, L. Silveri. 2010. Short time-scale impacts of hydropeaking on benthic invertebrates in an Alpine stream (Trentino, Italy). Limnologica, 40: 281–290. doi: 10.1016/j.limno.2009.11.012. IF 2011: 1.527

Memberships:

AGU American Geophysical Union from April 2013

CIRF Centro Italiano Riqualificazione Fluviale from june 2012.

International Society for River Science from July 2009

International Society for Subterranean Biology from September 2008

Crustacean Society from July 1998

Società Italiana di Ecologia (S.It.E.) from September 1996

World Association of Copepodologist from July 1999

National Order of Biologists n° 39723 from April 1991