Sergio Castellano

Sergio Castellano is an Associate Professor at the Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Università degli Studi di Torino. His academic work focuses on behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and zoology, particularly amphibian and human behavior.

• Research Themes: Evolution of communication, sexual selection, eco-etology, and animal personality variation.
• Courses Taught: Evolutionary biology, animal biodiversity, biometry, and systematic zoology.

His publications span Behavioral Ecology, Zoology, and Evolutionary Psychology, with a strong emphasis on Bufo viridis complex speciation, anti-predator strategies, and distributed decision-making mechanisms. Recent works (e.g., 2023) analyze predator avoidance in brown frogs, highlighting behavioral and personality-driven ecological adaptations.

While no explicit scientific awards are documented in the provided texts, Castellano leads the "Evoluzione della comunicazione" research group and contributes to conservation biology through habitat analysis and marking techniques for amphibians. His teaching integrates evolutionary principles with environmental biology, shaping curricula in the Master's Degree in Environmental Biology.