DI MURI CRISTINA
Position: TECNOLOGO
Type: T.D.
Location: Lecce
Research Lines: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Ecological processes
Marine biologist by training, specialised in studying population dynamics through the use of molecular markers. The application of molecular tools to population biology and conservation has led me to broaden my interests, first towards freshwater ecosystems and later to terrestrial environments.
My main focus, which has always guided my academic and professional journey, is the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems, with a particular emphasis on population dynamics and their changes driven by climate change and other anthropogenic stressors. Throughout my studies, I have primarily used sequencing techniques applied to archived DNA (aDNA) and environmental DNA (eDNA), adopting a non-invasive approach to studying population biology and ecology.
At the same time, I developed a strong interest in data management and analysis, initially through bioinformatics tools and later through eco-informatics methods. Today, my work focuses on managing research products following the principles of Open and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) science, with a specialisation in the creation, management, and use of semantic artifacts in the field of biodiversity and ecosystems. I collaborate with the scientific community of the LifeWatch Research Infrastructure to make accessible a variety of scientific resources to end-users interested in biodiversity research. This evolution in my career allows me to integrate my passion for biodiversity and conservation with an innovative approach to managing scientific information for various stakeholders.
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Selection of publications (first authorship)
Di Muri C, Pulieri M, Raho D. et al. (2024) Assessing semantic interoperability in environmental sciences: variety of approaches and semantic artefacts. Scientific Data 11, 1055. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03669-3
Di Muri C, Arvanitidis C, Basset A et al. (2023) The validation case on invasive crustaceans of the LifeWatch ERIC Internal Joint Initiative: State of the art and next steps forward. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10:1038635. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1038635
Di Muri C, Lazic T, Rosati I et al. (2023) Alien and native species in Italian marine and transitional waters. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e101464. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e101464
Di Muri C, Rosati I, Bardelli R et al. (2022) An individual-based dataset of carbon and nitrogen isotopic data of Callinectes sapidus in invaded Mediterranean waters. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e77516. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e77516
Di Muri C, Alcorlo P, Bardelli R et al. (2022) Individual and population-scale carbon and nitrogen isotopic values of Procambarus clarkii in invaded freshwater ecosystems. Biodiversity Data Journal 10: e94411. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e94411
, , et al. (2023) Spatio-temporal monitoring of lake fish spawning activity using environmental DNA metabarcoding. Environmental DNA, 5, 849–860. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.343
Di Muri C, Lawson Handley L, Bean CW et al. (2020) Read counts from environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding reflect fish abundance and biomass in drained ponds. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 4: e56959. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.4.56959
Di Muri C, Vandamme SG, Peace C et al. (2018) Biodiversity defrosted: Unveiling non-compliant fish trade in ethnic food stores. Biological Conservation, 217, 419-427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.11.028
Complete list of publications
Research fields
- Biodiversity and ecosystem dynamics
- Population biology and ecology
- Conservation biology
- Molecular biology
- Data management and semantics