Lecturer in Environmental Management
Biological and Environmental Sciences Stirling
After completing my MRes in Marine Biology at the University of Trieste in Italy, I moved to Scotland for a PhD at the University of Glasgow in 2011. My PhD project looked into the role of marine mammal carrion on the ecology of coastal systems. As post-doctoral researcher I collaborated with colleagues from the University of Glasgow, the Australian National University and the University of Granada and worked further on carrion ecology, but also fish cognition. I gained much teaching experience working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Lecturer in Animal Biology at the University of Glasgow. I am now Lecturer in Ecology at the University of Stirling where I became Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Teaching is my passion and inspiring students to learn and love what they study is my priority.
My research focuses on the influence that marine and terrestrial carrion has on the vertebrate and invertebrate scavenging communities and soil properties. I am also interested in the past and current ecosystem services associated with animal carcasses. Finally, I have also worked on fish cognition in the ecological and behavioural contexts producing both reviews and educational resources.
Honourable Mention - Inspirational Women Awards
Award granted by the Student Union of the University of Stirling.
Winner - RATE Awards
Category: Dedication to sustainability
Category: Dedication to equality, diversity and inclusion
Award granted by the Student Union of the University of Stirling.
Winner - Inspirational Women Awards
Category “Staff member”
Award granted by the Student Union of the University of Stirling.
Highly commended - Research Culture Awards
One highly commended with Dr Jo Clarke
Category: Outstanding research activity dedicated to enhancing EDI. Award granted by the University of Stirling
Developing a skill-based pedagogical framework for sustainability
PI: Mr Neil McDonald
Funded by: The British Ecological Society
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Amplifying our students' voice: the co-production of undergraduate field courses (residential and non-residential) to address EDI
PI: Dr Martina Quaggiotto
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Article
Burns NM, Hopkins CR, Quaggiotto MM, McCafferty DJ & Bailey DM (2022) Grey seal Halichoerus grypus breeding sites contribute substantial carrion biomass to the Firth of Forth. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 691, pp. 191-201. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14053
Article
Past, present and future of the ecosystem services provided by cetacean carcasses
Quaggiotto M, Sánchez-Zapata JA, Bailey DM, Payo-Payo A, Navarro J, Brownlow A, Deaville R, Lambertucci SA, Selva N, Cortés-Avizanda A, Hiraldo F, Donázar JA & Moleón M (2022) Past, present and future of the ecosystem services provided by cetacean carcasses. Ecosystem Services, 54, Art. No.: 101406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101406
Article
Redondo-Gómez D, Quaggiotto M, Bailey DM, Eguía S, Morales-Reyes Z, López-Pastor BdlN, Martín-Vega D, Martínez-Carrasco C, Sebastián-González E, Sánchez-Zapata JA & Moleón M (2022) Comparing scavenging in marine and terrestrial ecosystems: a case study with fish and gull carcasses in a small Mediterranean island. Basic and Applied Ecology, 59, pp. 92-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2022.01.006
Article
Behavioural fever, fish welfare and what farmers and fishers know
Huntingford F, Rey S & Quaggiotto M (2020) Behavioural fever, fish welfare and what farmers and fishers know. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 231, Art. No.: 105090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2020.105090
Other
Echoing the Need to Quantify Carrion Biomass Production
Bump JK, Barton PS, Evans MJ, Foster CN, Pechal JL, Quaggiotto M & Benbow ME (2020) Echoing the Need to Quantify Carrion Biomass Production. Trends in Ecology & Evolution Elsevier BV, pp. 92-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.11.003
Book Chapter
Carrion Availability in Space and Time
Moleón M, Selva N, Quaggiotto MM, Bailey DM, Cortés-Avizanda A & DeVault TL (2019) Carrion Availability in Space and Time. In: Carrion Ecology and Management. Springer International Publishing, pp. 22-44. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16501-7_2
Book Chapter
Vertebrate Scavenging Communities
Selva N, Moleón M, Sebastián-González E, DeVault TL, Quaggiotto MM, Bailey DM, Lambertucci SA & Margalida A (2019) Vertebrate Scavenging Communities. In: Carrion Ecology and Management. Springer International Publishing, pp. 71-99. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16501-7_4
Article
Dynamic soil nutrient and moisture changes under decomposing vertebrate carcasses
Quaggiotto M, Evans MJ, Higgins A, Strong C & Barton PS (2019) Dynamic soil nutrient and moisture changes under decomposing vertebrate carcasses. Biogeochemistry, 146 (1), pp. 71-82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-019-00611-3
Book Chapter
Invertebrate Succession in Natural Terrestrial Environments
Barton PS, Archer MS, Quaggiotto M & Wallman JF (2019) Invertebrate Succession in Natural Terrestrial Environments. In: Forensic Entomology. 3rd ed. CRC Press, pp. 141-153. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351163767-6
Article
Towards Quantifying Carrion Biomass in Ecosystems
Barton PS, Evans MJ, Foster CN, Pechal JL, Bump JK, Quaggiotto M & Benbow ME (2019) Towards Quantifying Carrion Biomass in Ecosystems. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 34 (10), pp. 950-961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.06.001
Article
Nutrient and moisture transfer to insect consumers and soil during vertebrate decomposition
Barton PS, Strong C, Evans MJ, Higgins A & Quaggiotto M (2019) Nutrient and moisture transfer to insect consumers and soil during vertebrate decomposition. Food Webs, 18, Art. No.: e00110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2018.e00110
Article
Seal carrion is a predictable resource for coastal ecosystems
Quaggiotto M, Barton PS, Morris CD, Moss SEW, Pomeroy PP, McCafferty DJ & Bailey DM (2018) Seal carrion is a predictable resource for coastal ecosystems. Acta Oecologica, 88, pp. 41-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2018.02.010
The appraisal of knowledge, development and application of skills and formation of personal competencies fed by curiosity and enthusiasm are part of what I consider good learning and the bases of my pedagogical philosophy. Also, as a researcher myself, I find almost impossible to disentangle teaching from research, simply because at the higher education level teaching would not exist without research and vice versa. I have therefore always appreciated the importance of research-led teaching. Finally, my teaching practice fulfils the aims of the Learning & Teaching Quality and Enhancement Strategy of the University of Stirling.
I teach on a range of modules:
Biology Field Course (SCIU3FB, coordinator),
Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach (GEOU3BE),
Conservation Biology (BIOU7CB, coordinator),
Statistical Techniques (SCIU4T4),
Honours Project Programme (BIOU9PR/GEOU9PR/ENVU9PR)
MSci Dissertation (ENMPG18/30)
