Topical Advisory Panel

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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
Department of Environmental Biology, University of Navarra, E-31080 Pamplona, Spain
Interests: arthropods; mites; biocontrol

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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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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 (DEFENS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Celoria 2, I-20133 Milan, Italy
Interests: insects for protein production; insect rearing; evaluation of by-products as insect feed; exotic insects; biological control
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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: vector ecology; evolution of vector–phytoplasma–plant associations; biodiversity; field studies of the evolution of host-pathogen systems in natural and agricultural habitats; foundational studies of the ecological theory of community assembly and coexistence; global changes (e.g. land use) and emerging disease
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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
Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Interests: bee pathology; plant–pollinator interactions; host-parasite interactions; pollinator parasite transmission
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Laboratory of Microbial Ecology, University Claude Bernard Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
Interests: gut microbiota; butterfly; mosquito; herbivore
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Department of Entomology, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
Interests: plant-insect interactions; digestive enzymes; herbivory; glycoside hydrolases; insect evolution; beetles

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Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit, USDA-ARS, 115 Coastal Way, Tifton, GA 31793, USA
Interests: sugarcane aphid genetics; pollinators of turfgrass
William R. Maples Center for Forensic Medicine, University of Florida, 4800 SW 35th Drive, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
Interests: forensic entomology; mass fatality management; disaster victim identification; veterinary and wildlife forensic sciences
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Department of Biology, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX 75799, USA
Interests: ants; behavior; fungi; symbiosis; phylogeography; microbial ecology; experimental biology

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Department of Biology and the Environment, University of Haifa-Oranim, 36006 Tivon, Israel
Interests: mosquitoes; habitat selection; kairomones and life history

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Division of Applied Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
Interests: biological control; whitefly management; diapause physiology

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Institute of Biological Basis of Animal Production, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Bioeconomy, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
Interests: apidology; social insects; honey bees; bumble bees; solitary bees; immunity; physiology; bee biochemistry; host-parasite interaction; pathogens; insecticides

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Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Research Centre for Olive, Fruit, and Citrus Crops, Corso Savoia 190, 95024 Acireale, CT, Italy
Interests: invasive species; pollinators; agroecosystems; Lepidoptera; moths; biodiversity and protection

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Department of Zoological Science, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
Interests: insect pathology; microsporidia; noctuid; bacteria and fungi entomopathogen
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General Zoology, Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
Interests: population ecology; honeybee; ant
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, As, Norway
Interests: invasive and alien species; integrated pest management; insect community ecology; canopy arthropods
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