Talks and conferences

Summary: 17 conference presentations across 10 conferences in 6 countries (2013–2025), of which 10 oral (including 1 invited), 6 posters and 1 speed talk. Plus 12 invited talks (7 seminars, 1 invited conference speaker, 4 invited outreach presentations) across 5 countries.

 

Invited seminars and lectures

  • 2025 — Altissime Voci Festival, Rimini, Italy (19/07/2025) — outreach.
  • 2024 — University of Padova, Biology Department, Italy (04/06/2024).
  • 2024 — Swifts of Campiglia Festival, Italy (15/06/2024) — outreach.
  • 2024 — University of Strasbourg, Biology Department, France (15/02/2024).
  • 2023 — Swiss Ornithological Institute, Switzerland (13/06/2023).
  • 2023 — Carmagnola Swift’s Day, Italy (01/07/2023) — outreach.
  • 2023 — University of Ottawa, Biology Department, Canada (02/02/2023).
  • 2023 — “Women in Natural Sciences” — Piedmont Society of Natural Sciences (ANP, online, 07/02/2023) — outreach.
  • 2022 — University of Lausanne, Biology Department, Switzerland (24/05/2022).
  • 2021 — Swiss Ornithological Institute, Switzerland (07/06/2021).
  • 2021 — Bielefeld University, Biology Department, Germany (online, 13/01/2021).

 

Conference presentations (as presenting author)

Recent (2023–2025)

  • CIO Lecce (Italy, Sep 2025) — Oral: “Impact of extreme temperatures on an urban-nesting insectivorous bird, the Alpine swift”.
  • EOU Bangor (UK, Aug 2025) — Poster: “Impact of extreme climatic events on an urban-nesting insectivorous bird, the Alpine swift”.
  • International Swift Conference, Trieste (Italy, May 2024) — Oral: “Changes in body size and shape of Alpine swifts under climate change”.
  • EOU Lund (Sweden, Aug 2023) — Oral: “Body size and shape change in aerial migrants under climate change”.

Selected earlier presentations (international reach and invited)

  • ESA-CSEE Montreal (Canada, Aug 2022) — Oral: “Demography, plasticity and microevolution drive body size and shape change”.
  • SQEBC Gatineau (Canada, Nov 2021) — Oral: “Nestling growth explains adult size change”.
  • Nordic Oikos Reykjavík (Iceland, Mar 2020) — Oral: “Climate effects on pygmy owl food stores”.
  • CIO Napoli (Italy, Sep 2019) — Invited oral: “Climate change and pygmy owl food stores”.
  • International Ornithological Congress, Vancouver (Canada, Aug 2018) — Speed talk: “Food hoarding strategies”.

 

Conference organisation

  • Scientific Committee (4 times) — EOU conferences (Bangor 2025, Lund 2023); Italian Ornithology Congress (Lecce 2025, Varese 2023).
  • Organising Committee (2 times) — Italian Ornithology Congress (Torino 2017); 1st Meeting for Young Italian Ornithologists (Torino 2017).
  • Local Organising Committee — EOU conference (Turku 2017).
  • Symposium organiser (2 times):
    • “Avian shape in a warming world: unravelling the impact of temperature on bird morphology” — EOU Bangor 2025.
    • “Phenotype and climate change: how are birds coping?” — EOU Lund 2023.
  • Workshop organisation — “Advancing open, reliable, and transparent science — Insights from SORTEE”, EOU Bangor 2025 (co-organised with Matthieu Paquet).
  • Online outreach event — "Women in Ornithology" (CISO, 2021): co-organiser and host of a multi-session online lecture series highlighting women’s contributions to ornithological research and conservation.

 

Full list of presentations available on request.