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Virginia Sciacca. Completed the Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze ambientali - ambiente marino e risorse in 2016/02 by Università degli Studi di Messina, Laurea Magistrale in Biologia ed Ecologia dell'Ambiente Marino Costiero in 2012/10 by Università degli Studi di Messina, Bachelor (1.º ciclo de estudos) in Biologia ed Ecologia Marina in 2010 by Università degli Studi di Messina, Postgraduate Certificate in International Summer School “Biodiversity and Conservation”. in 2011/07 by Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca, Virginia Commonwealth University and Università degli Studi di Messina, Postgraduate Certificate in "Advanced training for the enhancement of multidisciplinary marine research infrastructures in Sicily, Campania and Puglia as a contribution to ESFRI EMSO" in 2014/12 by Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Dipartimento Scienze del sistema terra e tecnologie per l'ambiente. Is Researcher in Associazione Econscience. Published 16 articles in journals. Participates and/or participated as PhD Student Fellow in 3 project(s) and Supervisor in 1 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Marine Biology and Bioacoustics. In her curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Bioacoustics; Underwater acoustics; Cetaceans; Noise monitoring; Soundscape monitoring.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Virginia Sciacca

Citation names

  • Sciacca, Virginia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
A714-036A-46F3
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7711-1249

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Marine Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Italian (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/01 - 2016/02
Concluded
 Scienze ambientali - ambiente marino e risorse (Dottorato di Ricerca)
Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy
"Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) monitoring in the Ionian Sea: an acoustic approach to evaluate presence and ecological status. " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014/10 - 2014/12
Concluded
 "Advanced training for the enhancement of multidisciplinary marine research infrastructures in Sicily, Campania and Puglia as a contribution to ESFRI EMSO" (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Advanced training course. “Business development manager”.
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Dipartimento Scienze del sistema terra e tecnologie per l'ambiente, Italy
2010/01 - 2012/10
Concluded
 Biologia ed Ecologia dell'Ambiente Marino Costiero (Laurea Magistrale)
Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy
"Comparative analysis of acoustic methods for Sperm whale size estimation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 110/110 cum laude
2011/06 - 2011/07
Concluded
 International Summer School “Biodiversity and Conservation”. (Postgraduate Certificate)
Virginia Commonwealth University, United States

Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy

Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca, Italy
2007 - 2010
Concluded
 Biologia ed Ecologia Marina (Bachelor (1st cycle))
Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy
"Vocal production of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins, in relation to groups size and composition" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/02 - Current Researcher (Research) Associazione Econscience, Italy
2017/10 - 2018/10 Postdoc (Research) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Dipartimento Scienze del sistema terra e tecnologie per l'ambiente, Italy
Istituto per l'ambiente marino costiero Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
2017/03/01 - 2017/05/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy
Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Italy
2017/03 - 2017/05 Contracted Researcher (Research) Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, Italy
Centro Interdisciplinare Bioacustica e Ricerche Ambientali, Università di Pavia, Italy
2013/01 - 2016/06 Visiting Researcher (Research) Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy
Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Italy
2014/12/15 - 2015/03/01 Visiting Researcher (Research) DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), Germany
Alfred Wagener Institute for Polar and Marine Research – AWI, Germany
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/04 - Current M.I.P.A.T. Hydrogeological Mitigation Landscape Environment Territory
2018-AMB-00077
Supervisor
Associazione Econscience, Italy
 Fondazione CON IL SUD
Ongoing
2013/01 - 2017/05 Submarine Multidisciplinary Observatory - SMO
RBFR08NRZE
PhD Student Fellow
Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Italy
 Ministero dell'Istruzione dell'Università e della Ricerca
Concluded
2013/05 - 2014/05 PRIAMO (Planning, Research and Innovation in Marine Oriented Environment)
Codice identificativo 0181
PhD Student Fellow
Regione Sicilia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2013 - 2017 European Multidisciplinary Seafloor Observatory - EMSO-MedIT
PAC01_00044 - EMSO-MedIT
PhD Student Fellow
Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Italy
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Sciacca, Virginia; Viola, Salvatore. "Ship Noise". In Environmental Impact of Ships. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2020.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Distefano, C.; Aiello, S.; Ameli, F.; Anghinolfi, M.; Barbarino, G.; Barbarito, E.; Barbato, F.; et al. "Measurement of the atmospheric muon flux at 3500 m depth with the NEMO Phase-2 detector". 2016.
    10.1051/epjconf/201612105015
  2. Viola, S.; Aiello, S.; Ameli, F.; Anghinolfi, M.; Barbagallo, G.; Barbarino, G.; Barbarito, E.; et al. "Underwater acoustic positioning system for the SMO and KM3NeT - Italia projects". 2014.
    10.1063/1.4902790
Journal article
  1. Giovanni de Vincenzi; Primo Micarelli; Salvatore Viola; Gaspare Buffa; Virginia Sciacca; Vincenzo Maccarrone; Valentina Corrias; et al. "Biological Sound vs. Anthropogenic Noise: Assessment of Behavioural Changes in Scyliorhinus canicula Exposed to Boats Noise". Animals (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010174.
    10.3390/ani11010174
  2. Caruso, F.; Sciacca, V.; Parisi, I.; Viola, S.; De Vincenzi, G.; Bocconcelli, A.; Mooney, T.A.; et al. "Acoustic recordings of rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis) offshore Eastern Sicily (Mediterranean Sea)". Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 146 3 (2019): EL286-EL292. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85072675066&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1121/1.5126118
  3. Aiello, S.; Akrame, S.E.; Ameli, F.; G. Anassontzis, E.; Andre, M.; Androulakis, G.; Anghinolfi, M.; et al. "Sensitivity of the KM3NeT/ARCA neutrino telescope to point-like neutrino sources". Astroparticle Physics 111 (2019): 100-110. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85064211831&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.astropartphys.2019.04.002
  4. Francesco Filiciotto; María Paz Sal Moyano; Giovanni de Vincenzi; Fernando Hidalgo; Virginia Sciacca; Maria Cielo Bazterrica; Valentina Corrias; et al. "Are semi-terrestrial crabs threatened by human noise? Assessment of behavioural and biochemical responses of Neohelice granulata (Brachyura, Varunidae) in tank". Marine Pollution Bulletin 137 (2018): 24-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.07.023.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.07.023
  5. Aiello, S.; Akrame, S.E.; Ameli, F.; Anassontzis, E.G.; Andre, M.; Androulakis, G.; Anghinolfi, M.; et al. "Characterisation of the Hamamatsu photomultipliers for the KM3NeT Neutrino Telescope". Journal of Instrumentation 13 5 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85048030823&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/1748-0221/13/05/P05035
  6. Aguzzi, J; Fanelli, E; Ciuffardi, T; Schirone, A; Craig, J; KM3NeT-Italia/NEMO Collaboration; Aiello, S; et al. "Inertial bioluminescence rhythms at the Capo Passero (KM3NeT-Italia) site, Central Mediterranean Sea.". Scientific reports 7 (2017): 44938-44938. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=MEDLINE&KeyUT=MEDLINE:28332561&KeyUID=MEDLINE:28332561.
    10.1038/srep44938
  7. Adrian-Martinez, S.; Ageron, M.; Aiello, S.; Albert, A.; Ameli, F.; Anassontzis, E. G.; Andre, M.; et al. "Intrinsic limits on resolutions in muon- and electron-neutrino charged-current events in the KM3NeT/ORCA detector". Journal of High Energy Physics 5 (2017): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000401072300004&KeyUID=WOS:000401072300004.
    10.1007/JHEP05(2017)008
  8. Viola, S; Grammauta, R; Sciacca, V; Bellia, G; Beranzoli, L; Buscaino, G; Caruso, F; et al. "Continuous monitoring of noise levels in the Gulf of Catania (Ionian Sea). Study of correlation with ship traffic.". Marine pollution bulletin (2017): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=MEDLINE&KeyUT=MEDLINE:28559054&KeyUID=MEDLINE:28559054.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.05.040
  9. Caruso, Francesco; Alonge, Giuseppe; Bellia, Giorgio; De Domenico, Emilio; Grammauta, Rosario; Larosa, Giuseppina; Mazzola, Salvatore; et al. "Long-Term Monitoring of Dolphin Biosonar Activity in Deep Pelagic Waters of the Mediterranean Sea". Scientific Reports 7 (2017): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000404268900009&KeyUID=WOS:000404268900009.
    10.1038/s41598-017-04608-6
  10. Adrian-Martinez, S.; Ageron, M.; Aharonian, F.; Aiello, S.; Albert, A.; Ameli, F.; Anassontzis, E.; et al. "Letter of intent for KM3NeT 2.0". Journal of Physics G-Nuclear and Particle Physics 43 8 (2016): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000381686700001&KeyUID=WOS:000381686700001.
    10.1088/0954-3899/43/8/084001
  11. Sciacca, Virginia; Viola, Salvatore; Pulvirenti, Sara; Riccobene, Giorgio; Caruso, Francesco; De Domenico, Emilio; Pavan, Gianni. "Shipping noise and seismic airgun surveys in the Ionian Sea: Potential impact on Mediterranean fin whale". Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 27 1 (2016): 040010-040010. http://asa.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1121/2.0000311.
    10.1121/2.0000311
  12. Adrian-Martinez, S.; Ageron, M.; Aiello, S.; Albert, A.; Ameli, F.; Anassontzis, E. G.; Andre, M.; et al. "A method to stabilise the performance of negatively fed KM3NeT photomultipliers". Journal of Instrumentation 11 (2016): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000395732500014&KeyUID=WOS:000395732500014.
    10.1088/1748-0221/11/12/P12014
  13. Adrian-Martinez, S.; Ageron, M.; Aharonian, F.; Aiello, S.; Albert, A.; Ameli, F.; Anassontzis, E. G.; et al. "The prototype detection unit of the KM3NeT detector". European Physical Journal C 76 2 (2016): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000369007300001&KeyUID=WOS:000369007300001.
    10.1140/epjc/s10052-015-3868-9
  14. Adrian-Martinez, S.; Aiello, S.; Ameli, F.; Anghinolfi, M.; Ardid, M.; Barbarino, G.; Barbarito, E.; et al. "Long term monitoring of the optical background in the Capo Passero deep-sea site with the NEMO tower prototype". European Physical Journal C 76 2 (2016): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000375280600001&KeyUID=WOS:000375280600001.
    10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-3908-0
  15. Caruso, Francesco; Sciacca, Virginia; Bellia, Giorgio; De Domenico, Emilio; Larosa, Giuseppina; Papale, Elena; Pellegrino, Carmelo; et al. "Size Distribution of Sperm Whales Acoustically Identified during Long Term Deep-Sea Monitoring in the Ionian Sea". PLoS ONE 10 12 (2015): e0144503-e0144503.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0144503
  16. Sciacca, Virginia; Caruso, Francesco; Beranzoli, Laura; Chierici, Francesco; De Domenico, Emilio; Embriaco, Davide; Favali, Paolo; et al. "Annual Acoustic Presence of Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) Offshore Eastern Sicily, Central Mediterranean Sea". Plos One 10 11 (2015): http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000365154600024&KeyUID=WOS:000365154600024.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0141838
  17. Aiello, S.; Ameli, F.; Anghinolfi, M.; Barbarino, G.; Barbarito, E.; Barbato, F.; Beverini, N.; et al. "Measurement of the atmospheric muon depth intensity relation with the NEMO Phase-2 tower". Astroparticle Physics 66 (2015): 1-7. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84921422712&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.astropartphys.2014.12.010