Erlisiana Anzalone, geologist and researcher at the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), has built a career marked by a wide range of studies and projects in the field of Earth Sciences. She graduated in Geological Sciences from the University of Naples Federico II and earned a PhD focusing on Pleistocene travertine deposits in central-southern Italy, used as climate indicators.

Since 2003, she has carried out sedimentological and stratigraphic-isotopic (O, C) research and contributed to ministerial projects and oceanographic campaigns related to climate change and environmental monitoring. She has collaborated with Italian and international universities, participated as a speaker at numerous international conferences and seminars, and worked with oil companies such as STATOIL and PETROBRAS. She has conducted geoarchaeological studies—particularly on the travertines of Paestum with historical and archaeological implications—and research in geotourism, also focusing on sites in Umbria. Her experience includes a long career in teaching and science outreach, organizing events, workshops, courses for schools, and school-to-work transition programs. She has co-supervised undergraduate and doctoral theses and internships and authored numerous scientific publications in international journals, as well as geological guides with educational and social purposes.

A researcher at the CNR since 2011, initially under a fixed-term contract and, from 2018, as a permanent staff member, she has consolidated her expertise in environmental sustainability, circular economy, and integrated territorial management, while maintaining strong ties with the local community through associations and voluntary initiatives. She is currently a researcher at the IRISS-CNR in Naples and takes part in projects on sustainable development, geotourism, and urban regeneration.