I’m a zoologist with a multidisciplinary background in both modelling and genetics. I try to combine these two approaches to better understand how environmental systems change, which factors determine their modifications, and which are the consequences across multiple spatial and temporal scales. My current research activities include: 1) Studying the factors that determine biodiversity distribution at broad spatial scale (e.g. macroecological biogeographical); 2) Evaluating how evolutionary processes can be integrated into macroecological analyses; 3) Improving our understanding of biological invasions, and of their impact on native species; 4) Identifying effective strategies for the conservation of animal biodiversity at the local, landscape and national scales scale. 5) Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) for the study of impact of human activities on present and past biodiversity. I’m currently leading the IceCommunities ERC project, which exploits eDNA to assess how species colonize terrains after the retreat of glacier at the global scale. In the long term, I would like to integrate the eDNA-analysis of ecosystems, which provide lot of information over fine spatial scales, with the macroecological approach, in order to obtain results that are more general and that can be applied over broader areas. Despite most of my research activities have been performed in Europe, I’m increasingly interested in the study of tropical and sub-tropical ecosystems in Asia and South America.