Summary
Lorenzo Quaglietta is a river restoration and freshwater conservation specialist with a PhD and over 20 years of international research experience focused on semiaquatic mammals and freshwater ecosystems. He combines rigorous academic training and five years of postdoc work with hands-on project delivery—having authored nine river restoration proposals all funded by the Open Rivers Programme and spearheaded Portugal’s NGO-led dam removal movement. As a consultant he designs large-scale participatory restoration processes, leads invasive species control and species recovery efforts (notably for the Iberian desman), and trains teams in telemetry and ecological modelling. Fluent in five languages and comfortable bridging science, advocacy and community engagement, he is particularly known for turning complex ecological research into fundable, actionable nature-based solutions.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree Natural Sciences, Bachelor's degree Natural Sciences at Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Otter Ecology and Behavior, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Otter Ecology and Behavior at Sapienza Università di Roma
POST-DOC Ecology, POST-DOC Ecology at Universidade de Lisboa (University of Lisbon)
Italian, English, Portuguese, French, Spanish