Topical Advisory Panel

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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
Interests: virus-vector interactions
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School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
Interests: social insects; behavior; complex systems; inactivity; task allocation; division of labor; flexibility; robustness; big data

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The Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory (HBREL), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Interests: honey bees; Apis mellifera; commercial beekeeping; honey bee virology; molecular biology

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Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
Interests: arthropod genomics; arthropod physiology; vector biology; vector-pathogen interactions
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Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Via G. Marinuzzi 3, 90129 Palermo, Italy
Interests: vectors; vector-borne pathogen; zoonosis; ticks; mosquitoes; molecular biology; diagnosis
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Institute for Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris, Sorbonne Universite, Paris, France
Interests: taste; nectar foraging; learning and memory; behavior; neuropharmacology
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Department of Ecological Sciences, Animal Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Interests: reproductive strategies; mate choice; sex-pheromone; life-history traits; soil arthropods; climate warming; thermal stress adaptations; phenotypic plasticity
Research Group of Molecular Developmental Physiology and Signal Transduction, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Interests: insects; RNA interference; small RNAs (micro RNAs, small interfering RNAs and PIWI-interacting RNAs); systemic RNA interference; RNAi-based pest management; RNAi-based antiviral immunity; small RNA-based transposon control; insect-virus interactions
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CREA-AA, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics—Agriculture and Environment Research Centre, Via di Corticella 133, 40128 Bologna, Italy
Interests: insect immunity; molecular biology; immunosuppression; honey bee; pollinator; insect nutrition; side effects; biomonitoring

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NSW DPI, Central Coast Primary Industries Centre, University of Newcastle Ourimbah Campus, NorthLoop Road, Ourimbah NSW 2258, Locked Bag 26, Gosford, NSW 2250, Australia
Interests: applied entomology; behavioral ecology; SIT; spatial ecology; insect rearing technology; Diptera; fruit flies
Department of Entomology and the Nematology and Chemistry Units, Volcani Center, HaMaccabim Road 68, P.O. Box 15159, Rishon LeZion 7505101, Israel
Interests: entomopathogenic fungi; fungus-host interaction; microbial pest control
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Interests: biodiversity; community structure; braconids parasitoids; biocontrol; funerary archaeoentomology
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SAAF - Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 13, 90128, Palermo, Italy.
Interests: Biodiversity; Cultural Heritage; Insect pests; Risk Assessement; Art
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1. Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
2. The Global Change Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Interests: disease ecology; vector-borne zoonotic disease; arboviruses, mosquito- and tick-borne pathogens; deforestation and conservation ecology
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School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo 6997801, Israel
Interests: metabolic adaptations in nectar feeding animals; the effect of environment and climate on the body lipids of animals; amino acids as fuel source for animals; extreme metabolic rates (high and low); bats ecology and physiology; insect migration; ecotoxicology; nutrition
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
Interests: stored-product pest; integrated pest management; agriculture; entomology; biological control
Applied Genomics and Molecular Biology, Laimburg Research Center, 39040 Auer-Ora, Italy
Interests: phytoplasma; effector biology; pathogenicity; virulence; insect-plant-microbe interaction; pathogen detection
Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben‐Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben‐Gurion, Israel
Interests: insect behavioral and evolutionary ecology; insect endosymbionts; conservation; biological control; parasitoid wasps
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Biocenter, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 47b, 50674 Koeln, Germany
Interests: arthropod movements; biomechanics; polypedal locomotion; force generation; functional morphology; biting

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Department of Biology, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA
Interests: mosquitoes; disease vectors; population genetics; comparative genomics

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Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Interests: physiology; toxicology; modes of action, discovery and development, resistance of drug and insecticide chemistries


Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
Interests: systematics; taxonomy; morphology; phylogeny; biogeography; x-ray microtomography; 3D modeling; Formicidae; Hymenoptera

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John Muir Institute of the Environment, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Interests: coarse woody debris; deserts; forests; queen butterfly; pollination services; renewable energy ecology; trophic interactions
UMR 7618 Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris, Department of Sensory Ecology, Sorbonne University, 4 Place Jussieu, Tour 44-45, 3ème étage, 75005 Paris, France
Interests: crop pests; drosophila; heavy metals; insecticides; endocrine disruptors; post-embryonic development; behavior; olfactory; biocontrol
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Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte (UMR CNRS 7261), University François Rabelais, 37200 Tours, France
Interests: thermal biology; climate change; microclimate; phenotypic plasticity; ecophysiology; endosymbionts; aphid
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Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
Interests: pesticides; Aedes albopictus; monitoring and control; Blattella germanica

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Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309, USA
Interests: chemical ecology; plant-insect interactions; biodiversity conservation; global change biology
Applied BioSciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
Interests: spatial ecology; applied entomology; behavior; sterile insect technique; fruit fly
Department of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Torino, I-10123 Torino, Italy
Interests: Coleoptera; phylogeny; geometric morphometrics; evolutionary biology; sound communication; morphology; dung beetles; ground beetles

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School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, James Parsons Tower, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK
Interests: insect conservation; biological control; wetlands; forest entomology; entomopathogenic nematodes; Sciomyzidae; Carabidae
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