Description

SILVIA CAFARIELLO
Address: via Roma 36 – 24020 Parre (BG) – Italy
Tel: +39 329.0069643
Email: silvia.cafariello@gmail.com
Skype: silvia_cafariello
Nationality: Italian

Education
09/2009 – 12/2011
Master’s Degree with First Class Honours (110 cum laude/110) in Evolution of Animal and Human Behaviour
University of Torino, faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences,
via P. Giuria 15 – 10126 Torino (Italy)
Modules covered: Ethology, ecology and evolution; Mathematical models and Biometry; Comparative Physiology and Neurobiology; Techniques, methods and applications in Ethology
Final year dissertation: “Distribution and spatial behaviour of the wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris) in the alpine and prealpine area of Friuli Venezia Giulia”.
University supervisor: Prof Cristina Giacoma.
External supervisors: Prof Stefano Filacorda, Dr Andrea Caboni.

09/2006 – 09/2009 Bachelor’s Degree with First Class Honours (110 cum laude/110) in Science and Technology for Nature
University of Pavia, faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, viale Taramelli 24 – 27100 Pavia (Italy)
Modules covered: Zoology; General Physiology; Chemistry; Ecology; Fundamentals of Genetics; Mathematics and Statistics for Natural Sciences.
Final year dissertation: “Use of phototraps to estimate the density of a population of marten (Martes martes)”.
University supervisor: Prof Giuseppe Bogliani.
External supervisor: Dr Paola Bartolommei.

Conferences and Courses Attended
01/04/15 Causal inference in ecology
This short course introduced recently developed statistical tools which allow to disentangle direct and indirect relationships and thus to infer causality in observational ecological studies.
Held by: Achaz von Hardenberg (PhD), Biologist, Alpine Study Centre, Gran Paradiso National Park.

05/2012 VIII Italian Congress of Teriology (VIII Congresso Italiano di Teriologia), Piacenza.
Poster presentation: “Distribution, density and spatial behaviour of the wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris) in the alpine and prealpine area of Friuli Venezia Giulia”
Silvia Cafariello, Alessandro Visintin, Stefano Pesaro, Andrea Caboni, Stefano Filacorda.

04/2012 Course on Open Source GIS applied to the fauna
The course was structured in theoretical lessons on Cartography and Geographic Information Systems and practical classes on the use of an open source GIS for a total of 22 hours.
Held by: Mauro Fabrizio, director of the Regional Natural Reserve Monte Genzana Alto Gizio, Abruzzo, Italy.

Funding and Academic Awards
2009/2011
Scholarship: Conferred by EDISU Piemonte (Ente Regionale per il Diritto allo Studio Universitario – Agency for the Right to University Study).
Assessment based on: Academic merit, Income.

2006/2009
Scholarship: Conferred by EDISU Lombardia (Agency for the Right to University Study).
Assessment based on: Academic merit, Income.

Relevant Work Experience
07/2014 – 09/2014 (three weeks)
07/2013 – 09/2013 (four weeks)
Research assistant
Tethys Research Institute, c/o Acquario Civico, viale G. B. Gadio 2 – 20121
Milano, Italy.
Cetacean Sanctuary Research Project in the Ligurian Sea
Main activities:
– Sighting cetaceans on board of a motorsailer, acoustic and behavioural data collection, recording of respiration patterns, photo-identification
– The software we worked on were Logger 2000, Rainbow Click and SeaPro
– I was responsible for the logistics and the daily organisation of the volunteers’ duties on board. During the last week I covered the role of instrumentation responsible

09/2012 – 05/2013
Research assistant
Fondazione Ethoikos – Centro Studi Etologici, Convento dell’Osservanza, I- 53030 Radicondoli – Siena, Italy.
Mustelid Project: spatial behaviour of martens (Martes martes and Martes foina) in an area of Tuscany
Main activities:
– Live trapping
– VHF radio-tracking
– Data were reworked in GIS software and then filled into a database
Micromammals Project: demography cycles of various species of Micromammals (Apodemus sylvaticus, Apodemus flavicollis, Myodes glareolus)
Main activities:
– Live trapping
– Marking individuals through toe-clipping
– Collecting biological data and morphological measurements

05/2012 – 07/2012
Research assistant
CIRCE Conservación, Investigación y Estudio sobre los Cetaceos, Calle Cabeza de Manzaneda 3, Pelayo, Algeciras, 11390 – Cádiz, Spain.
Conservation of large cetaceans in the southern Iberian Peninsula: interactions between large cetaceans (fin whale Balaenoptera physalus and sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus) and vessels in the Strait of Gibraltar
Main activities:
– Operating a theodolite connected to a computer running Cyclops software
– Tracking of respiration patterns
– Filing photo-ID catalogue of pilot whales (Globicephala melas) with ACDSee

02/2011 – 09/2011
Field internship: I joined a research group that studied various wild carnivorans in an alpine area of Italy
University of Udine – via Palladio 8, 33100 Udine – Italy
Main activities:
– live trapping
– VHF radio-tracking
– snow-tracking
– jackalhowling
– photo-traps
– hair-traps

03/2009 – 06/2009
Field internship: I helped studying a population of martens in Tuscany.
Fondazione Ethoikos – Centro Studi Etologici, Convento dell’Osservanza, I-53030 Radicondoli – Siena, Italy
Main activities: The monitoring was conducted using three non-invasive methods: phototraps, hair-traps and line transect surveys

Other Work Experience
05/2015 – 10/2015
Tour guide
Fondazione PIME Onlus, Ufficio Educazione Mondialità, via Mosè Bianchi 94, 20149 Milano
EXPO Milan 2015
Main activities:
– Deciding the appropriate itinerary for every group I led, scholars or adults
– Giving explanations about the topics of the exposition and about the contents of the pavilions

28/11/2015 – 20/12/2015
05/12/2014 – 24/12/2014
Fundraiser
Fondazione PIME Onlus, Ufficio Educazione Mondialità, via Mosè Bianchi 94, 20149 Milano
Main activities:
– Fundraising and promotion of the activities of the charitable association
– Gifts packaging

Skills
Languages
– English: Advanced written and spoken. TOEFL test: 110/120
– German: Basic written and spoken
– Spanish: Basic written and spoken

Computational skills
– Effective use of Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel, Power Point)
– Good knowledge of Windows and Mac OS
– Good knowledge of QGIS, ArcView and Locate III
– Basic knowledge of SPSS and R

Team-work and leadership skills
I work well in a team as well as independently. I am usually supportive and open minded. As logistic responsible on board with Tethys, I spent a lot of time interacting with the participants, making sure they carried out the tasks
they were given while respecting the timetable, however maintaining a friendly and pleasant atmosphere.

Time-management skills
I am used to manage independently my working hours, providing the right amount of time for every different task. Working in Tuscany I was able to optimise my time so as to work in two different projects at the same time.

Personal Interests
Hobbies
– I am an enthusiastic reader, both of literature and scientific papers
– I attended various courses, such as naturalistic drawing and photography
– I’m currently studying to become dog trainer
– I love swimming, hiking and baking cakes

Driving licence B