Matteo Cammarata

Matteo Cammarata is a Full Professor (BIOS-03/A) in Earth and Marine Sciences at the Department of Land and Sea, University of Palermo. He maintains regular office hours on Mondays from 9:00 to 11:30 at Viale delle Scienze ED 16. His research focuses span marine immunology, environmental stressor impacts, bioactive molecule discovery, and climate change adaptation mechanisms in marine organisms.

Professor Cammarata's work explores:

• Immune responses in corals and mussels under pollution and temperature stress
• Multi-stressor effects on cnidarians and ascidians
• Antimicrobial peptides from marine species for biotechnological applications
• Evolutionary aspects of invertebrate defense systems
• Environmental monitoring using marine bioindicators

His recent publications (2021-2025) demonstrate expertise in:

• Thermal tolerance in Mediterranean corals
• Microplastic-salinity interactions in bivalves
• Heavy metal toxicity in marine invertebrates
• Inflammatory signaling pathways in tunicates
• Paleontological studies of Pleistocene Sicilian fauna