ANCILLOTTO LEONARDO

PhD. Master’s degree in Ecobiology obtained in 2010 from the University of Rome La Sapienza; PhD in Animal and Human Biology from the University of Rome La Sapienza. From 2013 to 2023, I conducted research at the University of Naples Federico II, where I worked on projects on behavioural ecology and bat conservation in forest, urban and agroecosystem environments. I have also been involved in conservation and monitoring under the Habitats Directive, participating in the updating of Standard Forms and the drafting of Management Plans and conservation measures for over 25 SCIs in Campania, Lazio, and Abruzzo. Since 2021, I have contributed to the drafting of the National Monitoring Plan for species protected by the Habitats Directive in collaboration with ISPRA and the University of Turin. In 2019 and 2025, I assisted and supported the drafting of the IV and V national reports for the Habitats Directive (Art. 17) relating to bats. I am a member of the Italian Teriological Association (A.T.It.) and the Italian Bat Research Group, which I coordinated from 2018 to 2021, and the Small Mammals Group.

Currently, I am mainly involved in ecology and urban wildlife monitoring as part of Spoke 5, within the National Biodiversity Centre (NBFC).