2003 - PhD, University of Messina/Stazione Zoologica A. Dohrn Naples, Italy 1999 - Master in Environmental Science, Istituto Universitario Navale, Naples, Italy 2013 – tenure - Lecturer in BioSystems and Environmental Change, Environmental Genomics Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham. 2012–2013 -senior postdoc, Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, University of Leuven, Belgium 2011–2012- visiting scholar, Centre of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Indiana University Bloomington, IN, USA 2008-2011- postdoc, Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, University of Leuven, Belgium 2004-2008 - postdoc, Metapopulation Research Group, University of Helsinki, Finland 2003-2004- postdoc, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria

Orsini, L. Gilbert, D. Podicheti, R., Jansen, M., Brown, JB, Shams Solari,O. Spanier, K.I., Colbourne, J.K., Rush, D.,Decaestecker, E., Asselman, J., De Schamphelaere, K.A.C., Ebert, D. Haag, C., Kvist, J., Laforsch , C. Petrusek, A. Beckerman, A. Little,T. Pfrender, M.E. De Meester, L. FrilanderM.J. Daphnia magna transcriptome by RNA-Seq across 12 environmental stressors. (2016) Scientific Data, Nature Group In press. Amato, A. and Orsini, L. Rare interspecific breeding in Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae). Phytotaxa, (2015) 217: 145-154 (SCI1.8) Orsini L. Mergeay J. Vanoverbeke J. & De Meester L. (2013) The role of selection in driving landscape genomic structure of the waterflea Daphnia magna. Molecular Ecology (Invited contribution to the special issue on Evolutionary Ecological Genomics) 22: 583-601 (SCI 6.5) D' Esposito D. Orsini L. & Procaccini G. Development of 51 novel EST-linked microsatellites in the threatened seagrass Posidonia oceanica (Posidoniaceae). (2013) Molecular Ecology Resources. (SCI:3.7) Orsini L. Spanier K. I. & De Meester L. (2012) Genomic signature of natural and anthropogenic stress in wild populations of the waterflea Daphnia magna: validation in space, time and experimental evolution. Molecular Ecology 21: 2160–2175 (SCI 6.5). This paper was highlighted in the perspectives of Molecular Ecology with the following commentary: Pfrender, M.E. "Triangulating the genetic basis of adaptation to multifarious selection" (2012) Orsini L. Jansen M. Souche E. Geldof S. & De Meester L. (2011) Single nucleotide polymorphism discovery from expressed sequence tags in the waterflea Daphnia magna. BMC Genomics. 12: 309 (SCI:4.4) This paper has been listed in the F1000 Biology for its innovative approach. It was commented by Van Straalen, N. M. http://f1000.com/12991956. Jansen B., Geldof S., De Meester L. & Orsini L. (2011) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in the waterflea Daphnia magna. Molecular Ecology Resources. 11: 418-421 (SCI:3.7) De Meester L., Van Doorslaer W. Geerts A, Orsini L., & Stoks R. (2011)Thermal genetic adaptation in the water flea Daphnia and its impact - an evolving metacommunity approach. Integrative and Comparative Biology (invited contribution for a special volume on “Integrated analysis of thermal adaptation”). 51: 703–718 (SCI 2.6) Orsini L., Decaestecker E., De Meester L. Pfrender. M. E. & Colbourne J.K. (2010) Genomics in the ecological arena. Biology Letters (SCI:3.8) Wirta H., Viljanen H., Orsini L., Montreuil O. & Hanski I. (2010) Three parallel radiations of Canthonini dung beetles in Madagascar. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57:710-727 (SCI:3.9) Orsini L. Wheat W. C., Haag R.C., Kvist J. Frilander J. M. & Hanski I. (2009). Fitness differences associated with Pgi SNP genotypes in the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 367–375 (SCI:3.5) Orsini L. Corander J. Alasentie A. & Hanski I (2008). Genetic structure in a butterfly metapopulation correlates better with past than present demographic structure. Molecular Ecology 217: 2629-2642 (SCI:6.5) Wirta, H., Orsini, L. & Hanski I.(2008). An old adaptive radiation of forest dung beetles in Madagascar. Molecular Phylogenetic and Evolution 47: 1076-1089. (SCI:3.9) Orsini L. Pajunen M. Hanski I. & Savilahti H. (2007). SNP discovery by mismatch targeting of Mu transposition. Nucleic Acids Research 35 (6) e44. (SCI: 8.3) This paper was in the research highlights of Nature 2007, vol 4(4) doi:10.1038/nmeth0407-299 Orsini L. Koivulehto H. & Hanski I. (2007) Molecular Evolution and Radiation of Dung Beetles in Madagascar. Cladistics 23: 145-168. (SCI: 5.0). Mirol P.M., Sch?fer M.A., Orsini L., Routtu J., Schl?tterer C., Hoikkala A. & Butlin R.K. (2007). Phylogeographic patterns in Drosophila montana. Molecular Ecology 16: 1085-1097. (SCI: 6.5) Sch?fer M.A., Orsini L, McAllister B.F. & Schl?tterer C. (2006). Patterns of microsatellite variation trough a transition zone of a chromosomal cline in Drosophila americana. Heredity 97: 291-295. (SCI: 4.6) Amato A., Orsini L., D′Alelio D. & Montresor M. (2005) Life cycle, size reduction patterns and ultrastructure of the pennate planktonic diatom Pseudonitzschia delicatissima (Bacillariophyceae). Journal of Phycology 41: 542-556. (SCI: 2.2) Cerino F., Orsini L., Sarno D., Dell'Aversano C., Tartaglione L. & Zingone, A. (2005). The alternation of different morphotypes in the seasonal cycle of the toxic diatom Pseudonitzschia galaxiae. Harmful Algae 4: 33-48. (SCI: 4.3) Orsini L. Huttunen S. & Schl?tterer C. (2004) A multilocus microsatellite phylogeny of the Drosophila virilis group. Heredity 93: 161-165. (SCI: 4.1)