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Marco Faimali is a researcher affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy, with a focus on environmental science and engineering. Their research primarily addresses microplastics, pollution, and the environmental and toxicological impacts of contaminants in marine ecosystems.

The main fields of study for Marco Faimali include Environmental Science and Engineering, with a particular emphasis on several subfields:

  • Pollution
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

Marco Faimali's research topics cover the following areas:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
  • Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition

Key recent publications include:

  • Trophic Transfer of Microplastics From Copepods to Jellyfish in the Marine Environment, 2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Chemicals sorbed to environmental microplastics are toxic to early life stages of aquatic organisms, 2020, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • Ecosafety Screening of Photo-Fenton Process for the Degradation of Microplastics in Water, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Ecotoxicity of Polyvinylidene Difluoride (PVDF) and Polylactic Acid (PLA) Microplastics in Marine Zooplankton, 2022, Toxics
  • Microplastics in the Mediterranean: Variability From Observations and Model Analysis, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Marco Faimali include:

  • Francesca Garaventa
  • Chiara Gambardella
  • Verónica Piazza
  • Roberta Miroglio
  • Elisa Costa

Marco Faimali has published extensively in recognized scientific venues with the following standing out for the number of publications:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

In addition to journal articles, Marco Faimali contributed to book publications, including a work published by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel:

  • Marine Science Communication in Europe: A Way Forward, 2022

Best Publications

  • Microplastics in the Arctic: A case study with sub-surface water and fish samples off Northeast Greenland.

    Silvia Morgana;Laura Ghigliotti;Noelia Estévez-Calvar;Roberto Stifanese

  • Effects of polystyrene microbeads in marine planktonic crustaceans

    Chiara Gambardella;Silvia Morgana;Sara Ferrando;Mattia Bramini

  • Environmental impact of antifouling technologies: state of the art and perspectives

    A. Terlizzi;S. Fraschetti;P. Gianguzza;M. Faimali

  • Swimming speed alteration of Artemia sp. and Brachionus plicatilis as a sub-lethal behavioural end-point for ecotoxicological surveys

    Francesca Garaventa;Chiara Gambardella;Alessio Di Fino;Massimiliano Pittore

  • The interplay of substrate nature and biofilm formation in regulating Balanus amphitrite Darwin, 1854 larval settlement

    Marco Faimali;Francesca Garaventa;Antonio Terlizzi;Mariachiara Chiantore

  • Marine aerobic biofilm as biocathode catalyst.

    Benjamin Erable;Ilse Vandecandelaere;Marco Faimali;Marie-Line Delia

  • Trophic Transfer of Microplastics From Copepods to Jellyfish in the Marine Environment

    Elisa Costa;Veronica Piazza;Silvia Lavorano;Marco Faimali

  • Ecotoxicological effects of polystyrene microbeads in a battery of marine organisms belonging to different trophic levels

    Chiara Gambardella;Silvia Morgana;Mattia Bramini;Alice Rotini

  • Toxic effects of harmful benthic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis ovata on invertebrate and vertebrate marine organisms.

    Marco Faimali;Valentina Giussani;Veronica Piazza;Francesca Garaventa

  • Effect of silver nanoparticles on marine organisms belonging to different trophic levels

    Chiara Gambardella;Elisa Costa;Veronica Piazza;Adele Fabbrocini

  • Effects of selected metal oxide nanoparticles on Artemia salina larvae: evaluation of mortality and behavioural and biochemical responses.

    Chiara Gambardella;Chiara Gambardella;Tina Mesarič;Tamara Milivojević;Kristina Sepčić

  • Limited effectiveness of marine protected areas: imposex in Hexaplex trunculus (Gastropoda, Muricidae) populations from Italian marine reserves.

    A. Terlizzi;A.L. Delos;F. Garaventa;M. Faimali

  • The Ligurian Sea: present status, problems and perspectives

    R. Cattaneo Vietti;G. Albertelli;S. Aliani;S. Bava

  • High surface adsorption properties of carbon-based nanomaterials are responsible for mortality, swimming inhibition, and biochemical responses in Artemia salina larvae.

    Tina Mesarič;Chiara Gambardella;Tamara Milivojević;Marco Faimali

  • Swimming speed alteration of larvae of Balanus Amphitrite as a behavioural end-point for laboratory toxicological bioassays

    M. Faimali;F. Garaventa;V. Piazza;G. Greco

  • Chemicals sorbed to environmental microplastics are toxic to early life stages of aquatic organisms

    Bettie Cormier;Bettie Cormier;Chiara Gambardella;Tania Tato;Quentin Perdriat

  • Ecosafety Screening of Photo-Fenton Process for the Degradation of Microplastics in Water

    Unknown

  • Non-toxic antifouling activity of polymeric 3-alkylpyridinium salts from the Mediterranean sponge Reniera sarai (Pulitzer-Finali).

    Marco Faimali;Kristina Sepčić;Tom Turk;Sebastiano Geraci

  • Ecotoxicity of Polyvinylidene Difluoride (PVDF) and Polylactic Acid (PLA) Microplastics in Marine Zooplankton

    Unknown

  • Microplastics do not affect standard ecotoxicological endpoints in marine unicellular organisms.

    Chiara Gambardella;Veronica Piazza;Marina Albentosa;Maria João Bebianno

  • Chemical, molecular, and eco-toxicological investigation of Ostreopsis sp. from Cyprus Island: structural insights into four new ovatoxins by LC-HRMS/MS

    Luciana Tartaglione;Antonia Mazzeo;Carmela Dell’Aversano;Martino Forino

  • Microplastics ingestion in the ephyra stage of Aurelia sp. triggers acute and behavioral responses

    Elisa Costa;Chiara Gambardella;Veronica Piazza;Massimo Vassalli

  • Old model organisms and new behavioral end-points: Swimming alteration as an ecotoxicological response

    Marco Faimali;Chiara Gambardella;Elisa Costa;Veronica Piazza

  • Active role of the mucilage in the toxicity mechanism of the harmful benthic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis cf. ovata

    V. Giussani;F. Sbrana;V. Asnaghi;M. Vassalli

  • Toxicity and transfer of metal oxide nanoparticles from microalgae to sea urchin larvae

    Chiara Gambardella;Lorenzo Gallus;Antonietta M. Gatti;Marco Faimali

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Terlizzi
Antonio Terlizzi Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Peter Vandamme
Peter Vandamme Ghent University
Mariachiara Chiantore
Mariachiara Chiantore University of Genoa
Alberto Diaspro
Alberto Diaspro Italian Institute of Technology
Wafa Achouak
Wafa Achouak French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Paul De Vos
Paul De Vos Ghent University
Bruno Pavoni
Bruno Pavoni Ca Foscari University of Venice
Ricardo Beiras
Ricardo Beiras Universidade de Vigo
Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti
Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti University of Genoa
Antonella Penna
Antonella Penna University of Urbino

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