Dr Luca Polimene is a marine ecosystem modeller who has been working at PML since 2008. He started his career at the University of Bologna (Italy) working on the effect of heavy metals on phytoplankton in the framework of his master thesis in marine environmental science. He started to use and develop biogeochemical models in his PhD (University of Bologna) dealing with the dynamics of dissolved organic matter in the north Adriatic Sea. As a senior scientist, Luca is currently leading the PML model development in terms of the fundamental representation of physiological and biogeochemical processes regarding bacteria, phytoplankton and zooplankton. More specifically, his research activity mainly concerns the modelling of photo-protective and antioxidant compounds production, photo-acclimation, bacteria-dissolved organic matter (DOM) interactions and grazing. He is involved in national and international projects (e.g. FP7 MyOcean, NERC-Shelf Seas Biogeochemistry programme) and has presented his research ats several international conferences. During his career, Luca has supervised two BSc, two masters and one PhD student.

Modelling of photo-protective and antioxidant compounds production, photo-acclimation, bacteria-dissolved organic matter (DOM) interactions and grazing.