Laura Scillitani

She has been working on the conservation and management of large mammals for more than fifteen years. She graduated in Biological Sciences from the University of Bologna in 2006 and in 2011 obtained a PhD in Animal Sciences from the University of Padua. She has taken part in projects on the ecology of large mammals in Sweden, Switzerland and France and collaborated with several Italian protected areas at regional and national level (Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park, Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park) as wildlife technician from 2011 to 2023. She worked as communication manager for the Life Wolf Alps EU project at the MUSE in Trento. In 2020 she completed with honours the Master “Science in journalistic practice” at Sapienza University of Rome. She works as a freelance communicator focusing on nature and wildlife conservation.