Erica Carlig is a researcher at the National Research Council (CNR) of Italy. Her main research interest is the biology and ecology of Arctic and Antarctic fish. She works on ecomorphology related to morpho-anatomical structures involved in the feeding activity of polar fish through morphometric analyses (traditional and geometric morphometrics). These studies are important to characterise the feeding strategy of polar fish, with the aim of better understanding their adaptation and potential trophic flexibility, an important aspect in determining their ability to respond to environmental changes due to the rapid climatic warming to which polar ecosystems are subjected. She is currently the scientific leader of the Antarctic project (EMPHASIS) on the ecomorphological analysis of notothenioid fish species within the Italian National Research Programme in Antarctica (PNRA).
