Whenever I work with the Natural History Museum in Milan, or for
the
Biology department of the University of Milan, I cooperate directly with researchers.
While following their direction, I decipher natural shapes and structures, with the aim
to transform them into an artistic drawing, while respecting the original function
of scientific illustration.
The ultimate goal is to create an image that clearly illustrates the scientific text that will accompany it,
as our work will be part of scientific publications that will reach scholars in every corner of the world.






Anatomy of dolphins
Bruno Cozzi, Stefan Huggenberger,
Helmut Oelschläger (2016)
Anatomy of Dolphins
Insights into Body Structure and Function

Illustrations by Massimo Demma, Uko Gorter,
Jutta Oelschläger
Elsevier

“Kudos to Massimo Demma, Uko Gorter,
and Jutta
Oelschläger for their impressive
contributions”
Sam Ridgeway
National Marine Mammal Foundation
San Diego, CA, United States




Cetacean's strandings
Sandro Mazzariol, Bruno Cozzi,
Cinzia Centelleghe
Illustrations by Massimo Demma (2016)
“Handbook for Cetacean’s Strandings”
The Coffee House




Fauna-d'Italia
Luigi Cagnolaro, Bruno Cozzi,
Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Michela Podestą
Illustrations by Massimo Demma (2015)
“Mammalia IV- Cetacea”
collana “Fauna d’Italia”
Edagricole-New Business Media



NHS_minicover1
Michele Povinelli, Mattia Panin, Sandro Mazzariol,
Maristella Giurisato, Cristina Ballarin, Giulia Roncon,
Michela Podestą, Massimo Demma, Bruno Cozzi
“Notes on the brain and encephalization quotient of two sperm whales
with a synthesis of the literature and indications of a new method of extraction”

november 2014, Vol.1 n°2




The-claustrum-of-the-bottlenose-dolphin
Cozzi et al (2014)
“The claustrum of the bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Montagu 1821)”
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
March 2014 Vol. 8 Article 42
www.frontiersin.org




Pasted Graphic
ISPRA (2013)
Istituto Superiore per la Protezione
e la Ricerca Ambientale
Ministero dell’Ambiente e della tutela
del territorio e del mare
“Linee Guida per il recupero, soccorso, affidamento
e gestione delle tartarughe marine ai fini della riabilitazione
e per la manipolazione a scopi scientifici”




N.-G.-feb-12

Sinapside
Under the scientific direction of the paleontologist dr. Simone Maganuco I reconstructed Cotylorhynchus, a synapsid reptile from the Sardinian Permian.
The drawing was published in the Italian edition of National Geographic Magazine, Dec. 2011.



Nothobranchius-D'Angelo

Nothobranchius-brain
UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II
Department of Biological Structures, Functions and Technologies
PhD in
MODEL ORGANISMS
IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND
VETERINARY RESEARCH
XXIV CICLO
a.a. 2008/2009-2010/2011
PhD THESIS
ANATOMIC BRAIN ATLAS AND
BRAIN MAP OF NEUROTROPHINS
EXPRESSION IN A NEW MODEL
ORGANISM:
Nothobranchius furzeri
Advisor Prof. Paolo de GIROLAMO
Author Dr. Livia D’ANGELO




Homolidae-
Alessandro Garassino (2009)
The thoracic sternum and spermatheca
in the extant genera of the family Homolidae De Haan, 1839
(Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)

Memorie della Societą Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Volume XXXVI - Fascicolo III

Milano

“It's a real pleasure to see all this big work, so well illustrated, published.
It will be a great help for all future studies on the Homolid family”.

Bertrand Richer De Forges



Natura
Stefania Nosotti & Giorgio Teruzzi (2008)
I rettili di Besano-Monte San Giorgio
Natura - Rivista di Scienze Naturali

Societą Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Milano




memorie-Tanys
Stefania Nosotti (2007)
Tanystropheus longobardicus
(Reptilia, Protorosauria):
re-interpretations of the anatomy based on new specimens
from the Middle Triassic of Besano
(Lombardy, northern Italy)

Memorie della Societą Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Volume XXXV - Fascicolo III
Milano
go to the Tanystropheus page

"This monograph is dedicated...
to Massimo Demma, whose generosity, patience and extreme professionalism
made an important contribution to this publication..."
Stefania Nosotti, researcher, Paleontology department
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milano

"It's a great paper, and magnificently illustrated. A landmark study!"
Olivier Rieppel, The Field Museum, Chicago, Stati Uniti

"I'm also very impressedby the quality of the figures and the production.
It's a work of both art and science"
Richard Forrest, New Walk Museum, Leicester, Regno Unito

"... my congratulations also to your excellent team of art workers"
Hans Hagdorn, Muschelkalkmuseum, Ingelfingen, Germania

"...this is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful pieces of work I've ever seen,
especially the foldout plates"
Michael P. Taylor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences,
University of Portsmouth, Regno Unito


"
La veste del volume č splendida!"
Rudolf Stockar, Museo cantonale di storia naturale, Lugano, Svizzera

"The illustrations are phenomenal and so helpful"
Nicholas C. Fraser, Keeper Natural Sciences
National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, Scozia


Tanys-Jack-Horner
Massimo, this is great art! I hope to see other things you do, especially dinosaurs.
All the best”
John "Jack" Horner, Curator of Paleontology,
Museum of the Rockies and Regents Professor, Montana State University



Delphinus-Bearzi2
Giovanni Bearzi, Randall R. Reeves, Giuseppe Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, Elena Politi,
Ana Cańadas, Alexandros Frantzis & Barbara Mussi (2003)
Ecology and conservation status of Short-beaked Common Dolphins
(
Delphinus delphis) in the Mediterranean Sea
Mammal Review
Volume 33 Issue 3-4 Page 224 




Memorie-Eusaurosphargis2
Stefania Nosotti & Olivier Rieppel (2003)
Eusaurosphargis dalsassoi n. g. n. sp., a new, unusual diapsid reptile
from the middle Triassic of Besano (Lombardy, N. Italy)

Memorie della Societą Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
(Memories of the Italian Society of Natural Science and of the Civic Museum
of Natural History)
Volume XXXI - Fascicolo III
Milano




Spermatozoon3
A. Corbelli, M. Avian, R. Marotta and M. Ferraguti (2003)
The spermatozoon of Carybdea marsupialis (Cubozoa, Cnidaria)
Invertebrate Reproduction and Development
Balaban, Philadelphia / Rehovot

"...thank you for the drawing, it seems beautiful to me..."
Marco Ferraguti
Professore di Evoluzione Biologica
Laboratorio di Zoologia e Citologia
Dipartimento di Biologia
Universitą degli Studi di Milano

"I have just seen your Corbelli et al paper.
It contains the best
sperm drawing that I have ever seen".
Barrie Jamieson Ph.D., D.Sc.
Emeritus Professor
Department of Zoology and Entomology
University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia




memorie-Placodus2
Stefania Nosotti & Olivier Rieppel (2002)
The braincase of Placodus Agassiz, 1833 (Reptilia, Placodontia)
Memorie della Societą Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
(Memories of the Italian Society of Natural Science and of the Civic Museum
of Natural History)
Volume XXXI - Fascicolo I
Milano




Paleont.-Lomb.-Protenodont2
Stefania Nosotti e Giovanni Pinna (1999)
Skull anatomy of Protenodontosaurus italicus Pinna 1990 (Reptilia, Placodontia)
Paleontologia Lombarda, nuova serie, Volume XI
Societą Italiana di Scienze Naturali (Italian Society of Natural Science)
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Milano




Paleont.-Lomb.-Cyamodus2
Stefania Nosotti e Giovanni Pinna (1996)
Osteology of the skull of Cyamodus kuhnschnyderi Nosotti & Pinna 1993 (Reptilia, Placodontia)
Paleontologia Lombarda, nuova serie, Volume VI
Societą Italiana di Scienze Naturali (Italian Society of Natural Science)
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Milano




Paleont.-Lomb.-crustacean2
Alessandro Garassino e Giorgio Teruzzi (1993)
A new Decapod Crustacean assemblage from the Upper Triassic of Lombardy (N. Italy)
Paleontologia Lombarda, nuova serie, Volume I
Societą Italiana di Scienze Naturali (Italian Society of Natural Science)
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Milano



Evolution-Triassic-Reptiles
Jean Michel Mazin e Giovanni Pinna (1993)
Evolution, ecology and biogeography of the Triassic Reptiles
Societą Italiana di Scienze Naturali
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Milano




Cyamodus-hildegardis
Giovanni Pinna (1992)
Cyamodus hildegardis Peyer, 1931
(Reptilia, Placodontia)
Memorie della Societą Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Volume XXVI - Fascicolo I
Milano




Memorie-Psephoderma2
Giovanni Pinna e Stefania Nosotti (1989)
Anatomia, morfologia funzionale e paleoecologia del rettile placodonte Psephoderma alpinum Meyer, 1858
(Anatomy, functional morphology and paleoecology of the placodont
Psephoderma alpinum Meyer, 1858)
Memorie della Societą Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
(Memories of the Italian Society of Natural Science and of the Civic Museum
of Natural History)
Volume XXV - Fascicolo II
Milano




Memorie-Drepanosaurus2
Giovanni Pinna (1984)
Osteologia di Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus, Lepidosauro triassico del sottordine Lacertilia
(Osteology of
Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus, Lepidosaur from Triassic, suborder Lacertilia)
Memorie della Societą Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
(Memories of the Italian Society of Natural Science and of the Civic Museum
of Natural History)
Volume XXIV Fasc. I
Milano




Cetacei2
Luigi Cagnolaro, Antonio di Natale, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara (1983)
Cetacei (Cetaceans)
Guide per il riconoscimento delle acque lagunari e costiere italiane
(Recognition guides for lagoon and coastal waters of Italy)
vol. 9
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
(National Council of Researches)