Francesca is a Post Doctoral Fellow at UGent. She is an experienced Marine Scientist with a demonstrated history of working in marine research, on the field and capable of delivering high level content lectures fit to different publics (academic students, high school students, general public). She is also working on International Development (academic capacity building) in Cambodia since 2018 (VLIROUS - GMF projects. At the moment she working on deep-sea mining and benthic biodiversity of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone.
She has a deep knowledge in Antarctic systems, Deep sea, Marine Biology, Ecology, Biodiversity, Capacity Building, Conservation, Development, Environmental Awareness and Climate Change. I am a skilled professional (Advanced Belgian Scientific Diver) diver.