Alice Affatati

EXPERTISE

• Marine bioacoustics
• Underwater noise and effects on fauna
• Marine megafauna

PROJECTS

• FENIX Prace call and ISCRA D: “Storage of multi-decadal datasets of underwater global sound speed and derived parameters – SOUND”.
• Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership call- project “BluEcho - From science to policy: assessing impacts and developing solutions for ship traffic and offshore wind farms through detailed soundmaps”.
• PNRR – iNEST Interconnected Nord-Est Innovation Ecosystem, spoke 8, “Modeling of underwater sound propagation” & "Submarine observatory for underwater Noise Detection".
• PNRR-iNEST- giovani ricercatori OGS “SLIPSTREAM- Sourceless seismic: passive acquisition using vessel noise to reduce the impact of geophysical investigation on marine fauna”.
• JPI Oceans project “SONORA, Filling the gap: Thresholds assessment and impact beyond acoustic pressure level linked to emerging blue-growth activities”.    
• PRIN “An innovative enlightening approach to enable the modelling of marine ecosystems by the acoustic 3D field - SEAmPHONIA”.
• COST “CA23124 - Social, biological and climatic impacts of salt ages: SaltAges”.

DATASETS & SCIENCE FRAMEWORKS

• Affatati, A.; Scaini, C.; Salon, S. (2022). Underwater sound speed and sound speed error simulations for present (2006-2016) and future (2090-2100) decades under RCP8.5 climate scenario. (NCEI Accession 0244993). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0244993.

• "Open Science Framework (OSF) to Collaborate on Best Practices in Marine Mammal Neuroscience".