Dr. Bruna Gumiero has a PhD in Ecology and has been a research assistant (1988 to 1996) and contract professor (since 1996) in River Ecology within the Department of Biology at the University of Bologna. She has gained experience on river ecology particularly on macrobenthic invertebrate communities and leaf breakdown rates working on national and international projects. In September 1995 she was involved in a research concerning the "impact of water supply diversion weirs on the Instream Environment" with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Melbourne. Her research since 1996 has also been focused on dynamics of nitrogen and carbon cycles on river margins within ERMAS II European project (1996-1999) and NICOLAS European project (2000-2002).
From July 1999 to October 2002 she has been placed in charge of a three year research project with Dese Sile Drainage Authority - in collaboration with the European Commission Project NICOLAS (Nitrogen Control by Landscape Structure in Agricultural Environments). Since July 1999 she has been on the list of experts for the evaluation of proposals in the key action SM and Q of Water at the European Commission (r.n. EE19981A13063). From September 2003 she has been involved in an integrated project with hydrologists and geomorphologists on flood risk against river restoration.