Mattia Mosconi is a PhD student in Marine Biology and Ecology at the Polytechnic University of Marche (UNIVPM), working on integrated eDNA-based approaches for biodiversity analysis within the European project DIVERSEA (Integrated Observation, Mapping, Monitoring and Prediction for Functional Biodiversity of Coastal Seas). His research focuses on microbial and molecular ecology, using environmental DNA to monitor and map marine biodiversity.