Giulia Masoero

Giulia Masoero

Postdoc in Ecology

Swiss Ornithological Institute

About me

I am an ecologist with a particular interest for birds as study species. I aim to answer questions related to the effects of climate change on animals using long-term individual-based datasets. Recently, I have been getting more and more engaged in Open Science and Reproducibility practices.

Currently, I am a postdoc at the Swiss Ornithological Institute (Switzerland) and my project aims at investigating and explaining the recent changes in body size and shape of Alpine swifts (Tachymarptis melba) and assessing the short- and long-term effects of these changes.

I have just finished a Marie Skłodowska-Curie global fellowship, with a project that saw the collaboration between the M.A.D. Lab (Prof. Julien Martin, University of Ottawa, Canada) and the Bize Lab (Dr. Pierre Bize, Swiss Ornithological Institute - Vogelwarte Sempach, Switzerland). This project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101025938, project name CLIMGROWTH. Link to the official page.

Apart from the research work, I am (or have been) involved in the work of some Ornithological Societies, Open Science societies and promoting women in Science. All my activities can be found either in the Open Science or in the Other Activities sections of my website.

In my free time, you can probably find me hiking in a nice forest or up a mountain, watching birds and other animals, or relaxing in the sun while reading a book. Random news and chats on Twitter and GitHub.

Interests
  • Ecology
  • Long-term individual-base datasets
  • Effects of climate change
  • Birds
  • Hiking
Education
  • Ph.D. in Biology, 2020

    University of Turku, Finland

  • M.Sc. in Environmental Biology, 2015

    University of Turin, Italy

  • B.Sc. in Natural Sciences, 2013

    University of Turin, Italy