Carmelo Fruciano

Carmelo Fruciano is an Associate Professor of Zoology at the University of Catania, Italy, specializing in evolutionary biology with a focus on phenotypic evolution and morphometric methods. His research integrates genomic and transcriptomic data with advanced morphological analysis, primarily using bony fishes as model organisms. Recent work spans adaptive radiation, hybridization in marine fish, and regulatory evolution in cichlid species.

• Current research emphasizes combining phenotypic data with genomics.
• Organized geometric morphometrics courses and symposia.

Key Publications (2025–2018) address adaptive radiations, functional trade-offs in carnivores, chromosomal evolution in mice, and miRNA roles in cichlid diversification. His methodological expertise includes handling measurement error in morphometric datasets.

Professional Activities include editorial roles at BMC Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, and organizing symposia on regulatory evolution. He hosts HPC Europa researchers for computational projects in phenotypic evolution.