Elisa Falasco

Elisa Falasco is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Turin, affiliated with the Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology. She specializes in benthic diatom ecology, focusing on environmental monitoring, ecotoxicology, and impacts of hydrological intermittency on Alpine and Mediterranean freshwater ecosystems.

• Alpine stream ecology
• Diatom-based biomonitoring
• Drought resilience studies
• Ecotoxicological indicators
• Environmental stress response
• Community assembly patterns

Her research spans systematic taxonomy, functional trait analysis, and ecological indicator development, particularly for diatom communities under climate change and anthropogenic stressors. Key projects include studies in the Bossea show cave and the NOACQUA PRIN project.

Scientific awards include the Premio Marchetti 2018 for oral presentation at the XXVII S.It.E. Congress. She has contributed to national and international conferences on diatom ecology, drought impacts, and benthic community dynamics.