Postdoctoral researcher
About myself
I am a conservation biologist and postdoctoral researcher at Sapienza University of Rome, focusing on biodiversity conservation, ecological connectivity, and mitigation strategies to reduce the impacts of renewable energy infrastructures on wildlife. My research integrates spatial ecology, GIS, systematic conservation planning, and biodiversity policy to support science-based conservation and sustainable development decisions.
During my Master’s degree in Ecobiology, I investigated the impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires on forest mammals and birds, strengthening my expertise in GIS analyses and IUCN Red List assessment approaches.
About my research
I subsequently completed a PhD on scenarios for Green Infrastructure expansion for European mammals within Horizon-funded projects aimed at enhancing trans-European ecological networks and supporting the EU Biodiversity Strategy. My research has contributed to the definition of mammal conservation targets, the development of European narratives under the IPBES Nature Futures Framework, the identification of ecological corridors and priority conservation areas in Italy, and the design of biodiversity offsetting strategies using systematic conservation planning tools such as prioritizr.
I currently collaborate with energy companies to develop biodiversity mitigation strategies for wind energy infrastructures, including spatially explicit bird and bat turbine shutdown-risk maps with the aim of improving curtailment planning and reducing impacts on wildlife.
Contact
alessandra.dalessio@uniroma1.it
globalmammal.org 
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