Topical Advisory Panel

Members

DAFNAE-Entomology, University of Padova, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy
Interests: invasive species; surveillance; wood-boring beetles; trapping
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Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Interests: Insecticide toxicology; tick-host interaction; vector-borne diseases; biochemistry and molecular physiology; neurophysiology; neurotoxicology; insecticide resistance; pollinator health; pollinator pests; public/animal pests; natural product chemistry
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Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy
Interests: insects; insect physiology; insect immunity; insect rearing; insect-mediated bioconversion
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Department Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Interests: invasive species; insect-microorganism interaction; mathematical models for IPM
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Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Interests: integrated pest management; structural pests; termites; food safety
Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji 611-0011, Japan
Interests: disease defence mechanism in insects; olfactory; gustatory; immunology; biological control; entomopathogenic fungi; plant-insect interactions
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Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, 1, Sheufu Rd, Neipu, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan
Interests: Integrated Pest Management (IPM); urban insect pests; non-chemical insect pest control; apiculture
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Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Interests: invasive mosquito ecology; species dispersal theory and application; population dynamics and modelling; functional traits and biogeography; ecological informatics
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Department of Agriculture, Veterinary, and Rangeland Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
Interests: insect physiology; neuropeptides; insect olfaction; vector biology
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Epidemiology Unit, Animal Health Laboratory, ANSES (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety), University Paris Est, Maisons-Alfort, France
Interests: bees; ecotoxicology; nutrition; monitoring; animal behaviour; sublethal effects; risk assessment; exposure assessment; interactions; interactive effects; chemical mixtures
Department of the Sciences of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 7122 Foggia, FG, Italy
Interests: electron microscopy techniques applied to mites and insects; mite and insect ultrastructure, functional anatomy and morphology; reproductive system and accessory structures involved in reproduction in Gamasida mites; systematic and taxonomy of Mesostigmata mites and Tarsonemidae (Heterostigmata) mites; sensory organs in insects; scanning electron microscopy images and user-friendly identification keys
Department of Biology, Acadia University, 33 Westwood Ave., Wolfville, NS B4P 2R6, Canada
Interests: insect chemical ecology; olfaction; neuroethology; pheromones; integrated pest management; speciation
Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Universitätsplatz 5, 39100 Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Interests: Wolbachia; endosymbionts; invasive species; Tephritidae; Psyllidae
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CNRS-UMR 6553 ECOBIO, Université de Rennes 1, F-35042 Rennes, France
Interests: diversification; arachnology; salt marshes
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Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department Agriculture, 810 Highway 26 West, Poplarville, MS, USA
Interests: insect cell culture; in vitro systems; insect pathology; honey bee biology
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Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Interests: animal; insect; honeybee; social bees; ants; social wasps
Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas, 319 Agriculture Building, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
Interests: pollinator health; fruit entomology; IPM; toxicology
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USDA-ARS Southern Insect Management Research Unit, 141 Experiment Station Road, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA
Interests: insecticide resistance management; integrated pest management; plant-insect interactions
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Interests: medical entomology; mosquitoes; thermal ecology of malaria transmission; insecticide resistance; chemical ecology; Wolbachia
Institute of Plant Breeding and Genomic Resources, Hellenic Agricultural Organization - "DEMETER", 57001 Thermi, Greece
Interests: chemical ecology; insect-plant-microbes interactions; integrated pest management; invasive species; management of insect vectors; insects as food
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Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, v.le G. Fanin 42, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Interests: conservation biological control; arthropod diversity in agroecosystems; integrated pest management
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Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Interests: Hymenoptera Scelionidae; parasitoids; Bactrocera oleae; insects of olive tree; relationships between arthropodofauna of cultivated plants and the one of the spontaneous flora; phytophagous insects of eucalipts; injury thresholds and sampling methods
Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences—DISTAL, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Interests: biodiversity; entomology; environmental science; organic farming; ecology; farming; soil; biological control; pollinators
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Agroecology and Organic Farming (INRES), University of Bonn, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Interests: agroecology and agroecological pest management; diversification of cropping systems; management of semi-natural habitats; conservation biological control; insect-flower interactions
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Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Interests: aphids; behavioural ecology; biological control; biological invasions; chemical ecology; coccinellidae; community ecology; DNA barcoding; dryocosmus kuriphilus; halyomorpha halys; insect behaviour; integrated pest management; ladybirds; molecular ecology; odour; olfaction; olfactometer; parasitoid efficacy; PCR; RT-qPCR; sanger sequencing; stink bugs; tri-trophic interactions; trophic cascades; UV-light
Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Passage des Déportés, 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
Interests: edible insects; consumer acceptance; insect farming; vector-borne diseases; mosquito; microbiome
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Research Unit of Plant Pathology and Entomology, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Interests: mating disruption; integrated pest management in viticulture; forest entomology; grape entomology; IPM; biological control of grape pests; invasive species
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USDA-ARS, Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
Interests: biochemistry and physiology; toxicology; ecology; host-parasite interactions; seasonality; pollinator health; social insects
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Medical Research Council-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Henry Wellcome Building, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow, UK
Interests: mosquito; physiology; reproduction; immunity; genetics
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