Roberto Cazzolla Gatti

Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Ph.D. is an Italian environmental and evolutionary biologist.

He is an Associate Professor at the Biological Institute and the Head and Scientific coordinator of the International MSc Program in Biodiversity of the Tomsk State University, in Russia.

He also worked as a Research Associate at the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources of Purdue University in the USA, as a Visiting Professor of the Beijing Forestry University in China, and as an environmental advisor at the FAO-UN and WWF. He is a member of the IUCN.

His research occurs at the interface between Evolution, Ecology, and Ethology. He is specialized in Biodiversity (with applications in Conservation Biology), Eco-physiology of animals and plants (with applications in Climate Change Biology), and Theoretical/Experimental Ecology (with applications in Ethology and Evolution).

He also works as a freelance documentary photographer and wildlife filmmaker.

He published an anthropological novel, an essay on animal consciousness, 2 naturalistic guides, 5 wildlife photo-books, and 2 academic textbooks.