Short bio
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Environmental Microbiology at Eawag (Switzerland) in the Microbial Specialized Metabolism led by Dr. Serina Robinson investigating the role of secondary metabolism in microbial environmental adaptations.
I obtained both my bachelor and my master degree in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering from Politecnico di Milano respectively in 2016 and 2019, completing part of my M.Sc. thesis at Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (Denmark) under the supervision of Dr. Luca Vezzaro and Dr. Stefan Trapp.
I carried out my Ph.D. at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) under the supervision of Dr. Manuela Antonelli focusing on developing monitoring strategies for drinking water distribution systems and the characterization of the drinking water microbiome and its dynamics. During this period I also visited the Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) to carry out research under the supervision of Dr. Ameet Pinto, applying metagenomics for the characterization of eukaryotic communities in drinking water systems.
After my Ph.d., I worked with Dr. Frederik Hammes at Eawag to investigate the genomic diversity of Legionellaceae species and to elucidate the eukaryotic and prokaryotic microbial ecology of drinking water biofilms and its impacts on Legionella spp. survival.
I obtained both my bachelor and my master degree in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering from Politecnico di Milano respectively in 2016 and 2019, completing part of my M.Sc. thesis at Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (Denmark) under the supervision of Dr. Luca Vezzaro and Dr. Stefan Trapp.
I carried out my Ph.D. at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) under the supervision of Dr. Manuela Antonelli focusing on developing monitoring strategies for drinking water distribution systems and the characterization of the drinking water microbiome and its dynamics. During this period I also visited the Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) to carry out research under the supervision of Dr. Ameet Pinto, applying metagenomics for the characterization of eukaryotic communities in drinking water systems.
After my Ph.d., I worked with Dr. Frederik Hammes at Eawag to investigate the genomic diversity of Legionellaceae species and to elucidate the eukaryotic and prokaryotic microbial ecology of drinking water biofilms and its impacts on Legionella spp. survival.
Research interest
My research focuses on how microbes adapt to their environments and how these adaptations shape community assembly in both natural and engineered systems. I pursue this along two main lines: investigating the ecological role of secondary metabolites in helping microbes survive extreme environments, and exploring the ecology of Legionella in drinking water systems to support the development of novel ecologically-sound management strategies.
My previous work centered on optimizing monitoring strategies and on agricultural wastewater reuse, with a particular focus on modelling the fate of contaminants of emerging concern across wastewater treatment plants, receiving waters, and agricultural fields.
My previous work centered on optimizing monitoring strategies and on agricultural wastewater reuse, with a particular focus on modelling the fate of contaminants of emerging concern across wastewater treatment plants, receiving waters, and agricultural fields.
Contacts
Email: marco.gabrielli at eawag.ch
Blue Sky: mgabrielli
Github: mgabriell1