Born in Vinadio (Cuneo), Italy, 02.02.1955. Doctoral Thesis in Entomology and first-class degree in Natural Sciences at the Rome University “La Sapienza”, Italy.

Assistant Professor at Naples University, Italy (Department of Zoology)(1983/1992). Associate Professor in Animal Biology at Rome University “La Sapienza”, Italy (1992/2005) and Full Professor of Zoology (2005-present). Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy (2005/2006). Vice-president of the CAD in Nature Sciences (2018-present).

Author of some 350 scientific papers mostly published on international journals, and dealing with taxonomy, biogeography, evolutionary genetics, ecology and conservation biology of Coleoptera and Insects, including two important monographs on beetle taxonomy and two monographs on Animal Conservation Biology.

Group Coordinator of beetles in the Fauna Europaea EU project (http://www.fauna-eu.org/), and Member of the Steering Commettee. Responsible and Scientific Supervisor for the Sapienza Rome University of two EU LIFE Projects (2010-2017).

Since 2013 Editor-in-chief of the international journal “Fragmenta entomologica”, indexed by SCOPUS and Clarivate Analytics.

SABATELLI S., LIU M., BADANO D., MANCINI E., TRIZZINO M., CLINE A.R., ENDRESTØL A., HUANG M. & AUDISIO P. 2020. Molecular phylogeny and host plant use of Thymogethes pollen beetles (Coleoptera) on Lamiaceae. Zoologica Scripta, 49: 28-46. doi: 10.1111/zsc.12384.

ZAPPONI L., CINI A., BARDIANI M., HARDERSEN S., MAURA M., MAURIZI E., REDOLFI DE ZAN L., AUDISIO P., BOLOGNA M.A., CARPANETO G.M., ROVERSI P.F., SABBATINI PEVERIERI G., MASON F., CAMPANARO A., 2017. Citizen science data as an efficient tool for mapping protected saproxylic beetles. Biological Conservation, 208: 139-145. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.04.035

CLINE A.R., SMITH T.R., MILLER K., MOULTON M., WHITING M. & AUDISIO P., 2014. Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification and formalization of the family Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Systematic Entomology, 39(4): 758–772. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12084.

FONTAINE B., van ACHTERBERG K., ALONSO-ZARAZAGA M.A., ARAUJO R., ASPÖCK H., ASPÖCK U., AUDISIO P., AUKEMA B., BAILLY N., BALSAMO M., BANK R.A., BELFIORE C., BOGDANOWICZ W., BOXSHALL G., BURCKHARDT D., DEHARVENG L., DUBOIS A, ENGHOFF H., FOCHETTI R., FONTAINE C., GARGOMINY O., GOMEZ LOPEZ M.S., GOUJET D., HARVEY M.S., HELLER K.-G., van HELSDINGEN P., HOCH H., de JONG Y., KARSHOLT O., LOS W., MAGOWSKI W., MASSARD J.A., MCINNES S.J., MENDES L.F., MEY E, MICHELSEN V., MINELLI A., NIETO NAFRIA J.M., van NIEUKERKEN E.J., PAPE T., de PRINS W., RAMOS M., RICCI C., ROSELAAR C., ROTA E., SEGERS H., TIMM T., van TOL J. & BOUCHET P., 2012. New Species in the Old World: Europe as a Frontier in Biodiversity Exploration, a Test Bed for 21st century Taxonomy. PLOS Biology, 7(5): e36881. doi: 10.1371/ journal.pone.0036881

AUDISIO P., 1993. Coleoptera Nitidulidae – Kateretidae. Fauna d’Italia, vol. 32, Calderini ed., Bologna, XVI + 971 pp.