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Andrea Bonisoli Alquati

Andrea Bonisoli Alquati’s research examines the effects on environmental contaminants on wild animals to understand the impacts through physiological and genetic responses. His work has included examining landscape-level conditions created by environmental disasters, particularly the nuclear accidents of Chernobyl and Fukushima, and on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

 

His work has recently expanded to emerging contaminants and urban development. One project involves a multi-university team sampling microplastic levels in the ocean along the Southern California coast. A second project is measuring the physiological response of birds to urbanization-related contaminants in the Santa Monica Mountains

 

To assess the impact of the contaminants, the team assesses the response of individual organisms using genetic, physiological and behavioral analyses. Variation across species in their exposure and sensitivity to contamination is analyzed in relationship to the ecological traits of the different species and used to predict their responses to contamination over time.

 

Bonisoli Alquati is currently serving as the general secretary of the International Union of Radioecology (IUR) and is an associate editor for the journal Ecotoxicology. He has served as vice president of the Southern California chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) and is a founding member of the National Center for Radioecology.

Recent Grants and Fellowships:

  • CSU COAST (co-PI; PI: Erika Holland, CSULB), with S. Anderson, M. Paig-Tran, M. Woo,”Microplastic Sampling, Processing and Detection Workshop,” $29,194, 2019
  • Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) (co-PI; PI: Nancy Rabalais, LSU), with P.C. Stouffer, S.S. Taylor, E. Turner, and others,Oil Spills as Stressors in Coastal Marshes: The Legacy and the Future (CWC)”, $32,005, 2017
  • National Institutes of Health/Columbia University, (co-PI; with T.A. Mousseau, PI; W. Karmaus, co-PI), “Biodosimetry of Children Exposed to Low-level Radioactive Contamination,” $64,132

Selected Publications:

  • With J. Ferrer Obiol, A. Bounas, M. Brambilla, et al, “Range-wide genomic, demographic, and distributional responses to climatic fluctuations in an Afro-Palearctic migratory bird of prey,” Nature Communications (In press)
  • With E. Gould, H.S. Fraser, T.H. Parker, et al, “Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology,” BMC Biology 23: 35, 2024
  • With S. Secomandi, G.R. Gallo R. Rossi, C. Rodríguez Fernandes, E. Jarvis E., L. Gianfranceschi and G. Formenti, “Pangenome graphs and their applications in biodiversity genomics,” Nature Genetics 57: 13–26, 2024
  • With M.D. Saggese, PH. Bloom, G. Kinyon, N. Overby, A. Eagleton, A.B. Koedel, N. Overby, E. Blumhagen, J. Maestas, L. Casalins, V. Ojeda and R. Poppenga, “Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) from Southern California are exposed to anticoagulant rodenticides after a recent ban,” Journal of Raptor Research 58: 1-8, 2024
  • With A.M. Snider, A.A.  Perez-Umphrey, C. Eagles-Smith, A. Jackson, S. Moyo, M. Polito, P.C. Stouffer and S.S. Taylor, “Mercury concentrations and stable isotopes in Seaside Sparrows and Marsh Rice Rats differ across the Mississippi River Estuary,” Ecotoxicology. 33: 959–971, 2024
  • With S.M. Brander, K. Senathirajah, M. Fernandez, et al, “The time for ambitious action is now: Science-based recommendations for plastic chemicals to inform an effective global plastic treaty,” Science of the Total Environment 949: 174881, 2024
  • With A.A. Perez-Umphrey, A.E. Settlecowski, J.P. Elbers, S.T. Williams, C.B. Johnson, A.M. Snider and S.S. Taylor, “Genetic variants associated with hantavirus infection in a reservoir host are related to regulation of inflammation and immune surveillance,” Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 116: 105525, 2023
  • With K. Theissinger, C. Fernandes and G.Formenti… [as part of the ERGA Consortium], “How genomics can help biodiversity conservation,” Trends in Genetics 39: 545-559, 2023
  • With A.M. Snider, A.A. Perez-Umphrey, S. Woltmann, P.C. Stouffer and S.S. Taylor, “Diet and Disturbance: Seaside Sparrow Resource Use Driven by Oiling and Hurricane Isaac,” Frontiers in Environmental Science 10: 978325 (Special Issue on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill), 2022
  • With G. Lombardo, N. Rambaldi Migliore, G. Colombo, et al, “The mitogenome relationships and phylogeography of barn swallows (Hirundo rustica),” Molecular Biology and Evolution. 2: 39:msac113., 2022
  • With G. Formenti, K. Theissinger and C. Fernandes, et al. “The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics,” Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37: 197–202, 2022
  • With A.A. Perez-Umphrey, C.B. Johnson, A.M. Snider, P.C. Stouffer and S.S. Taylor, “Sex and habitat drive hantavirus prevalence in marsh rice rat populations impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill,” Ecosphere 13: e3929, 2022
  • With M.E. Hart, A.A. Perez-Umphrey, P.C. Stouffer, C. Bergeon-Burns, S.S. Taylor and S. Woltmann, “Nest survival of Seaside Sparrows (Ammospiza maritima) in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill,” PLoS One 16(10): e0259022, 2021
  • With C. Mothersill, D.H. Oughton and P.N. Schofield, et al. 2022. “From tangled banks to toxic bunnies; a reflection on the issues involved in developing an ecosystem approach for environmental radiation protection,” International Journal of Radiation Biology 98: 1185–1200, 2021
  • With O.E. Rhodes Jr., F. Bréchignac, C. Bradshaw, et al, “Integration of Ecosystem Science into Radioecology: A Consensus Perspective,” Science of the Total Environment 740: 140031, 2020
  • With W. Xu, P.C. Stouffer and S.S. Taylor, “Transcriptome analysis indicates a broad range of toxic effects of Deepwater Horizon oil on Seaside Sparrows,” Science of the Total Environment 720: 137583, 2020

Interviews:

Education:

B.S., Natural Sciences; M.S., Analysis and Management of Natural Populations; Ph.D., Ecology, Università degli studi di Milano

Languages:

English, Italian, Spanish

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