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Marco Francescangeli is a marine robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of autonomous systems and ecological monitoring. His primary research areas include cabled observatory technology, digital twin strategies for marine environments, and the development of robotic platforms for in-situ data collection. Francescangeli’s major contribution is the design and deployment of a novel coastal crawler prototype that extends the monitoring radius of the OBSEA cabled observatory, enabling continuous, real-time, and remote ecological surveying across seasons and years. This work, published in 2023, has already garnered 12 citations, signaling its growing influence in the field. More recently, his 2025 paper on a digital-twin strategy for marine ecosystem monitoring—despite being newly published with 3 citations—introduces a forward-looking framework that integrates robots with virtual models to enhance data collection and analysis. By making all data publicly available and FAIR-compliant, Francescangeli exemplifies open science. His achievements are particularly notable for advancing the practical use of autonomous robots in long-term, high-resolution marine observation, a critical step for understanding and protecting coastal ecosystems.