The biodata of Gabriele Pinto is printed adjacent to his contribution in this book. Biodata of the authors C. Ciniglia, C. Cascone and A. Pollio (with the author Gabriele Pinto) of the chapter “Species Composition of Cyanidiales Assemblages in Pisciarelli (Campi Flegrei, Italy) and Occurrence of Galdieria phlegrea sp. nov.” Claudia Ciniglia works at University “Federico II” of Naples as a researcher. Her research interest is focused on thermoacidophilic algal community, basically on biodiversity of Cyanidiales, their population structure and their phylogenetic relationships. Another research area of interest is in the application of new meth- ods for assessing the geno- and cytotoxicity of xenobiotics on unicellular algae. E-mail: Ciniglia@unina.it Carmela Cascone is a researcher at APAT – Environmental Protection Agency and Technical Services. Her research field deals with Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and particularly with the development of Decoupling and Eco-effi- ciency Indicators. She took her degree in natural sciences working on “Habitat Relationship Model for Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) in the Abruzzo Appennines”. Then she got a PhD in Modelling Environmental System produc- ing Population Dispersion Models in Multi-Patch Environment using Temporal Simulation and GIS Software. E-mail: carmela.cascone@apat.it J. Seckbach (ed.), Algae and Cyanobacteria in Extreme Environments, 487–502. © 2007 Springer. 487 Gabriele Pinto Claudia Ciniglia Carmela Cascone