Barbara Valle, coordinator of the CollembolICE project, is a naturalist and researcher at the University of Siena and the National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC). She studies the taxonomy and ecology of cryophilic species, particularly in glacial and periglacial environments. She has been investigating the biodiversity of “glacier fleas” for several years.

Email: barbara.valle@unisi.it

Mauro Gobbi is a researcher at MUSE – Science Museum of Trento. He specializes in the ecology of glacial environments and the conservation biology of cryophilic species.

Email: Mauro.Gobbi@muse.it

Marco Caccianiga is an associate Professor of Botany at the University of Milan. His/her research focuses on Systematic Botany, Geobotany, and Plant Ecology, with particular attention to flora and vegetation and their relationships with climate and its variations.

Email: marco.caccianiga@unimi.it

Arianna Crosta is naturalist and ecologist at the University of Innsbruck and the Austrian Polar Research Institute. Her main focus are contaminants in glacial areas.

Email: arianna.crosta@uibk.ac.at

Jacopo Alberti is alpine guide from the Aosta Valley.

Email: j.kob.alberti@gmail.com

Gabriele Silvestri is alpine guide from the Aosta Valley.

Email: gabriele-silvestri@hotmail.it

Chiara Fedrigotti, ecologist at MUSE – Science Museum of Trento, where she coordinates citizen science activities applied to conservation biology.

Email: chiara.fedrigotti@muse.it

Roberto Ambrosini is an associate professor at the University of Milan.

Email: roberto.ambrosini@unimi.it

Gentile Francesco Ficetola is professor of Zoology at the University of Milan. He studies biodiversity and the impacts of human activities at both local and global scales. His interests include vertebrate diversity (especially amphibians and reptiles, which are among the most endangered animals) and the effects of glacier retreat on ecosystems, also using innovative methods such as environmental DNA

Email: francesco.ficetola@unimi.it

Francesco Frati is a full professor of Zoology in the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Siena. He is also the head of Spoke 3 at the National Biodiversity Future Center.

Email: francesco.frati@unisi.it

Andrea Sforzi is the director of the Natural History Museum of Maremma. He is one of the founding members of the European Citizen Science Association and Citizen Science Italia ETS, of which he is currently President. He also coordinates the Citizen Science Working Group of the National Biodiversity Future Center.

Email: info@citizenscience.it