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Behind MVIF: People and Structure

Board and Committee members

MVIF thrives thanks to the dedication of many individuals who contribute their expertise in academia, research, and science communication. Their commitment is essential to advancing our mission. You can learn more about the people involved below.


Organizational Structure

Board of Directors

  • President: Serena Manara
  • Vice President & Secretary of the Board: Moreno Zolfo
  • Treasurer: Nadia Andrea Andreani
  • Board Member: Edoardo Pasolli
  • Advisory Founding Members: Levi Waldron, Nicola Segata

Organizing Committees

  • Atlantic Committee – Leads programming and event coordination for Atlantic-first events.
  • Pacific Committee – Leads programming and event coordination for Pacific-first events.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors ensures the smooth operation of the MVIF Association and contributes to its scientific direction, in close collaboration with the local committees, who play a key role in shaping the forum’s programming.

Serena Manara, President

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Moreno Zolfo, Vice president and Board Secretary

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Japan

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Nadia Andrea Andreani, Treasurer

Sapienza University of Rome

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Edoardo Pasolli, Board Member

University of Naples, Italy

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Levi Waldron, Founder and Advisor

City University of New York (CUNY), USA

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Nicola Segata, Founder and Advisor

University of Trento, Italy

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Atlantic Organizing Committee

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Tosin Adeshile, Technical Manager

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Alessandro Rossi

Humanitas University, Italy

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Anna Cusco

Fudan University, China

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Antonia Bruno

University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

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Christian Hoffmann

University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Christina Pavloudi

European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC)

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Felix Salim

EMBL, Germany

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Francesco Asnicar

University of Trento, Italy

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Kate Rasheed, Social media Team

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Khalid Ibrahim

University of Zakho, Iraq

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Luigi Borruso

Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy

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Maria Carmen Collado

University of Turku, Finland

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Maria Elena Martino

University of Padua, Italy

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Marianna Bergamaschi, Content Manager

Trento, Italy

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Merel van Gogh, MVIF Podcast Coordinator

University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands 

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Muhammad Shahzaib

University of Trento, Italy

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Mohsen Hegab

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany

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Roberta Raffaetà

Ca' Foscari University of Venice.

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Stefanie Malan-Müller

University Complutense of Madrid (UCM)

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Svetlana Ugarčina Perović, Social media Team

University of Trento, Italy

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Tommi Vatanen

University of Auckland, New Zealand

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Victoria Poromon, Social media Team

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Pacific Organizing Committee

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Andrea Silverj, Program Team

University of Calgary, Canada

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Balqis Arche Nofinska

Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

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Celio Dias Santos Junior

Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, China

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Hein Tun

Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Jose Caparros Martin

The Kids Research Institute, Australia

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Kate Lagerstrom

Princeton University

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Lisa Karstens

Oregon Health & Science University, USA

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M Nithya Kruthi, Social media Team

Queensland University of Technology, Australia

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Pamela Ferretti

University of Chicago, USA

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Samuel Aroney

Queensland University of Technology, Australia

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Serena Fraraccio, Program Team

Oath Inc., USA

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Sayaka Mizutani

The Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

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Takuji Yamada

The Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

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Tenghao Zheng

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Australia

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Yiting Liu

The Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

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