Alessandro De Maddalena backup
ALESSANDRO DE MADDALENA Alessandro De Maddalena (Milan, 1970) is one of the world’s foremost shark experts. He’s a researcher, lecturer, writer, illustrator, photographer and expedition leader. He is ‘Dottore Magistrale in Scienze Naturali’. He earned a ‘Laurea Magistrale’, equivalent to a Master of Science, M.Sc., from the University of Milan. His Thesis was on the presence of the great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea. He is an Adjunct Professor of Vertebrate Zoology (Ichthyology) for the post-graduate course in Marine Sciences at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. Together with his wife, biologist Alessandra Baldi, he created the Shark Museum, located in Simon’s Town, South Africa. He has hosted over 50 expeditions run by Apex Shark Expeditions (South Africa), Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions (South Australia), and Strømsholmen Sjøsportsenter (Norway). During these expeditions he gives courses in biology of sharks (in South Africa and South Australia) and orcas (in Norway). He has also created the Italian Great White Shark Data Bank, he’s a founding member of the Mediterranean Shark Research Group, a Regional Investigator of the Global Shark Attack File, and an Ambassador of the Undersea Soft Encounter Alliance. He is the author or co-author of many publications on sharks: 20 books, 40 research reports in peer-reviewed scientific journals and 83 articles in popular and professional magazines, published in 18 Nations. He authored or co-authored the following books : Sharks Of The Maldives, Biologia Dello Squalo Bianco, Great White Sharks Of South Africa, Mediterranean Great White Sharks, La Baia Degli Squali Volanti, Lo Squalo Bianco Nel Mediterraneo, Sharks Of New England, Great White Sharks In United States Museums, Pesci Martello / Hammerhead Sharks, Sharks – The Perfect Predators, Le Grand Requin Blanc Sur Les Côtes Françaises, Squali Del Mare Mediterraneo, Sharks Of The Pacific Northwest, Mako Sharks, 25 Haie, Great White Sharks Preserved in European Museums, I Grandi Animali Marini del Mediterraneo – Guida Al Loro Riconoscimento In Mare, Sharks of the Adriatic Sea, Lo Squalo Bianco Nei Mari D’Italia, Squali Delle Acque Italiane – Guida Sintetica Al Riconoscimento. His research reports have been published in the following peer-reviewed scientific journals: Annales Series historia naturalis, Museologia Scientifica, Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Bollettino del Museo civico di Storia naturale di Venezia, Thalassia Salentina, Biljeske – Notes, Journal of the National Museum of Prague, South African Journal of Science, Marine Life, Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Journal of the Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment, Cahiers de Biologie Marine, Marine Ecology Progress Series. He has written articles for the following popular and professional magazines: Sub, Mondo Sommerso, Il Pesce, EuroFishmarket, Aqva, SvbAqva, Oasis, Quark, Airone, Rivista Marittima, La Rivista della Natura, Dive New Zealand, Dive Pacific, The World and I, Biologie in unserer Zeit, Unterwasser, Tauchen, Duiken, Apnéa, Plongeurs International, Océanorama, Enviromagazin, Mojesabz. He has acted as a referee for the following scientific journals: Acta Adriatica, Animal Conservation, Annales – Series historia naturalis, Cybium, Journal of Fish Biology, Journal of the Marine Biological Association, Periodicum Biologorum, Italian Journal of Zoology, PLOS ONE, Cahiers de Biologie Marine. His photos and illustrations of sharks and other marine animals have appeared in numerous books, scientific journals, popular magazines and other media, including National Geographic Espana, National Geographic Turkey, National Geographic Indonesia, Dive Magazine, Divers For The Environment, Focus, Geo, BBC Wildlife, Sub, Mondo Sommerso, Il Pesce, SvbAqva, Quark, Airone, Rivista Marittima, Dive New Zealand, Dive Pacific, The World and I, Tauchen, Duiken, Océanorama, Geographical Magazine, Muy Interesante, Boats & Yachting, Annales Series Historia Naturalis, Mojesabz, Biologie in unserer Zeit, Newsweek, Newsweek Japan, Forbes, Esquire, Reader’s Digest, Independent,...
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