Giovanna Marino: Senior scientist, Head of Aquaculture unit. Research interests: reproduction, physiology and welfare of wild and farmed fish. Coordinator of 21 research programs in aquaculture.	Patrizia Di Marco: Research scientist. Research interests: physiology, biochemistry and flesh quality of cultured fish, stress and welfare in aquaculture.
Silvia Livi: PostDoc Researcher assistant. Research interests: marine biodiversity, population genetics, phylogeography, phylogeny and evolution, gene expression.	Sabina De Innocentiis: Researcher assistant. Research interests: marine biodiversity and conservation. Population genetics, molecular ecology, genetic tagging.
Alessandro Longobardi: Technician. Research interest: Reproduction and larval rearing of aquaculture species.	Silvio Bighi: Lab technician. Histological and histochemical techniques.
Tommaso Petochi: PhD student. Research interests: fish immune system, health and welfare in aquaculture.	Alessandra Priori: Lab technician. Chemical-clinical and immunological analysis.