Biologist and Environmental Manager at the Agency for the Protection of the Environment of the Puglia Region, Dr Nicola Emanuele Ungaro still holds the position of Director of the “Natural Environments” Operational Unit including the “Regional Sea Center”. From 07/15/2019 to 03/31/2020 he held the position of Technical-Scientific Director of the Environmental Protection Agency of the Basilicata Region and from 02/01/2017 to 07/14/2019 he held the position of Acting Scientific Director of ARPA Puglia.
As Director of the “Natural Environments” Unit, he carries out activities on Marine Biology, Biodiversity, Water Monitoring, Environmental Reporting, Environmental Assessments (EIA/SEA). Many years of work experience (over thirty years) allowed Dr Ungaro to acquire a considerable technical expertise in the above-mentioned fields. The
Mediterranean, and in particular the Adriatic and Ionian seas, have been the most studied basins. These activities have in most cases been developed within more than eighty regional, national and international projects, in which Dr Ungaro has often taken on the role of Coordinator or technical-scientific contact person.
The experience acquired on the aforementioned topics is certified by a significant technical-scientific production (more than 350 documents), with the publication in national and international journals and the drafting of notes, informative texts, technical reports and books, as well as participation in many technical meetings and/or thematic working groups, and in more than one hundred congresses, conventions and seminars (for the latter three types often as a speaker). In consideration of his particular experience, Dr Nicola Emanuele Ungaro was also entrusted with teaching activities in university courses and masters as well as training and refresher courses on environmental topics.