Topical Advisory Panel

Members

Department of Ecology and Genetics, Animal Ecology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18 D, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Interests: climate change; community genetics; ecological genetics; ecological epigenetics; landscape connectivity; metacommunities; phylogeography; spatial eco-evolutionary modeling
Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 3205 College Ave., Davie, FL 33314, USA
Interests: virus; taxonomy; biodiversity; agriculture; planthopper; palms; phytoplasma; vector

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Department of Agronomy, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
Interests: entomopathogenic fungi; endophytism; insecticidal compounds; growth promotion; mycovirus; multitrophic interactions
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State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
Interests: Lepidoptera systematics and evolution; phylogeny; molecular systematics

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Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
Interests: botanical insecticides; insecticide formulation; synergy; toxicity
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Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Via Lanciola, 12/a, 50125 Florence, Italy
Interests: alien invasive species; biological control; integrated pest management; ethology; biodiversity; conservation; insect behavior; entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes
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Bio21 Institute and the School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville 3052, Australia
Interests: mosquito; Aedes; endosymbiont; Wolbachia; temperature; fitness; adaptation; stress

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Institute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research, Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bozen/Bolzano, Italy
Interests: agroecology; biodiversity; biological control; ecosystem services; landscape ecology; pollination

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Forest Research Institute, Hellenic Agricultural Organization Demeter, Vasilika, 57006 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: forest entomology; biogeography and distribution of forest insects; innovative methods to control the damage caused by forest pests
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Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
Interests: insect symbiosis; insect outbreaks; ecology and control of mosquitoes; biological control of insect pest; systematic; phylogeny and evolution of fruit flies

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Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Newark, DE, USA
Interests: biological control; invasive species; population dynamics; mathematical modeling; trophic interactions; parasitoids; ecological risk assessment; behavioral ecology

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Department of Biology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV 89557, USA
Interests: bee biology and behavior; bee-flower interactions; pollination ecology; nutritional ecology; coevolution

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Assistant Professor of Department of Biology, University of Texas at Tyler, 3900 University Blvd., Tyler, TX 75799, USA
Interests: microbial ecology; molecular ecology; biology of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae); symbiosis
Department of Agriculture, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy
Interests: honey bees; beekeeping; honey bee pests; wild bees; social waps; pollination

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Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology and Zoology, Department of Agricultural Science, University of the Peloponnese, Kalamata Campus, 24100 Antikalamos, Greece
Interests: integrated pest management of insect; biological control; toxicology; insecticide resistance
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Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
Interests: environmental stressors; landscape ecology; insect-plant interaction; mating behaviour; cuticular hydrocarbons
Animal Phylogeny and Systematics Laboratory, Department of Biology, Kunsan National University, Gunsan, Jeonbuk 54150, Republic of Korea
Interests: aphids; braconids; co-evolution; invasive species; molecular ecology; molecular phylogeny; morphometrics; population genetics; systematics
Department of Forest Entomology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Forest Research and Management Organization, Matsunosato 1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan
Interests: pest management; chemical control; chemical ecology; invasive species; social insects; wood-boring beetles
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Department of Pharmacy, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: insect phenology; population modeling; economic entomology; insect bio-demography; insect ecology and sampling; integrated pest management; decision support systems; arthropod-vectors and epidemiology
CREA Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Florence, Italy
Interests: insect sperm ultrastructure; biological control; pest management
Department of Plant Quarantine, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), Gimcheon 39660, Republic of Korea
Interests: insecticide; fumigation; natural substances; and insects and plants interaction
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Firenze, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy
Interests: animal behavior; sexual selection; host-parasite interactions; chemical communication; social insects; social wasps; honey bee

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National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy
Interests: systematics; taxonomy; Hemiptera; aquatic Heteroptera; alien species

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Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli studi della Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
Interests: aphids multitrophic interactions; aphid-parasitoid interactions; entomophagous insects; insect parasitoids; biological control; intraguild predation; aboveground-belowground interactions

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Laboratory of Nutritional Physiology and Feeding, Department of Animal Science, School of Animal Biosciences, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, GR-11855 Athens, Greece
Interests: ethnobotany; volatile organic compounds; natural products; phytochemistry; bioactive compounds
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Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Rome, Italy
Interests: forest ecosystem; citizen science; long term ecosystem research; conservation of Natura 2000 sites; monitoring of endangered species; saproxylic community
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RCIM, UPRES-EA2647 USC INRA 1330, SFR QUASAV 4207, Université d'Angers, 2 Bld Lavoisier, CEDEX 01, 49045 Angers, France
Interests: insect physiology; ion channels and receptors; mode of action of insecticides
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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