Tullio is an Italian marine biologist who conducted research on ocean acidification for his master thesis at the Passow Lab in 2011. He continued research in this field in Australia, as part of his PhD, before transitioning to science communication.

Tullio is now an award-winning science communicator and the founder of Animate Your Science (https://www.animate-science.com).

Tullio also teaches students and researchers how to become effective communicators using storytelling and new media (https://www.tulliorossi.com/teaching).