Daniele Romeo

I am from Reggio Calabria, one of the most beautiful cities you can find in Italy (and in the world!).

I am a PhD student from Swire Institute of Marine Biology - The University of Hong Kong, supervised by Dr Celia Schunter (more info here: https://www.schunterlab.com). I'm currently a external PhD student at MARE and the BEE Group in Portugal, where I'm  carrying out the behavioural tests for my second chapter.

Since I was a child, the sea has been my passion. I spent every single day of my summer holidays with my dad, enjoying the amazing landscape that Calabria can offer.

I am super happy to have the possibility to study one of the most interesting aspects of underwater life: fish behaviour! I am currently working on cleaner fishes, and I am astonished by the complexity of their behaviour. Their ability to act in the best way in all the social interactions they have is a skill that I covet so much. 

I love sports, playing soccer whenever I can. I enjoy hiking and the lunches that last more than three hours 😎🍝

Publications

M Ranucci, M Court, BP Pereira, D Romeo, JR Paula (2024) Cleaner gobies can solve a biological market task when the correct cue is larger. Frontiers Ecology & Evolution 12:1375835. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2024.1375835  

Kang, J.,  Chung, A.,  Suresh, S.,  Bonzi, L. C.,  Sourisse, J. M.,  Ramirez-Calero, S.,  Romeo, D.,  Petit-Marty, N., Pegueroles, C., &  Schunter, C. (2024).  Long non-coding RNAs mediate fish gene expression in response to ocean acidification. Evolutionary Applications,  17, e13655. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13655

Daniele's work is supported through a RGC Hong Kong Pos-Graduate Fellowship.