Topical Advisory Panel

Members

Department of Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Großhaderner Straße 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
Interests: evolution; paleontology; larvae; raptorial insects
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Interests: circular economy; consumer acceptance of insects; rural development; multifunctional agriculture; social innovation

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Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, 41500 Larissa, Greece
Interests: molecular biology; genomics; CRISPR/Cas; RNAi; Tephritidae; olfaction; transgenesis; genome editing

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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
Interests: migration; dispersal; orientation; navigation; flight; animal architecture; cocoon construction; biomimetics
Faculty and Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sceince, The University of Tokyo, Furano 113-8657, Japan
Interests: saproxylic insects; invasive insect species; biological control; insect conservation; sustainable pest management; landscape ecology

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Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02131, USA
Interests: bumblebees; pollinator; social insect; pesticides

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Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA
Interests: integrated pest management; insect ecology; plant–arthropod interactions
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Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Interests: plant-insect interactions; pollination; herbivory; butterflies; functional traits

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Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale F. Stagno d’Alcontres n. 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
Interests: taxonomy; phylogeny; distribution; Coleoptera; soil beetles; wood-boring beetles

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Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
Interests: social insect; ant; life history

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Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
Interests: ant taxonomy; ecology; evolution; Hymenoptera morphology

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Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: IPM; biological control; agricultural entomology; insect ecology; host-parasitoid relationships; chemical ecology; pheromones; mating disruption; citrus pests; scale insects
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Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France
Interests: Coleoptera; ladybirds; crickets

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Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Gent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Interests: leaf miner; plant diversity; forests

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Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Interests: insect-microbe symbioses; microbial ecology; genome evolution

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Department of Biology, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece
Interests: insecticide resistance; crop pests; mite; fruit fly
Department of Environmental Biology, University of Navarra, E-31080 Pamplona, Spain
Interests: arthropods; mites; biocontrol
Institute for Bee Research, 61440 Oberursel, Germany
Interests: honeybee reproductive biology; honeybee reproductive technologies (insemination, cryopreservation, techniques of mating control); honeybee parasitology, especially with regards to mites; insect sociality and biochemical adaptations to caste & task
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Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e della Vita, Università degli studi di Genova, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Interests: Coleoptera; Diptera; beetles

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Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Interests: butterfly; Lepidoptera; genomics; citizen science; phenology

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Mediterranean Institut of Biodiversity and Ecology, Avignon University, 84000 Avignon, France
Interests: restoration ecology; biological invasions; biotic interactions; behavioral ecology; entomology
Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy
Interests: ant ecology; ant communities; behavioral ecology; functional ecology; ecotoxicology

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Research Institute for Natural Science, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
Interests: biological control of crop pest; forest insect pest; gypsy moth; apple ermine moth; Epilachna beetles; parasitoid; life history traits
Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA 31793, USA
Interests: integrated pest management; microbial control; entomopathogen
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National Research Council (CNR), Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, 80055 Portici, Italy
Interests: systematics of aphelinidae; invasive pests; embryonic development of parasitic wasps; detoxifying genes
NLA University College, Bergen, Norway
Interests: insect paleontology; Diptera: Bibionidae; land use and biodiversity
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Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, University of Milan, Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milan, Italy
Interests: insects for protein production; insect rearing; evaluation of by-products as insect feed
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Department of Biosciences, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
Interests: Anopheles gambiae; Bombyx mori; juvenile hormone; gene expression; insect physiology and biochemistry

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Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61821, USA
Interests: Auchenorrhyncha; agroecology; biodiversity; evolutionary ecology; exotic species; functional community ecology; insect conservation; plant-insect-microbe interactions; taxonomy; vector ecology
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
Interests: vector biology; microbiome, microbial symbiosis; transgenesis; vector control tools; host-parasite interactions; arboviruses; microbial ecology; insect-microbiome interactions; CRISPR
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