Antonio Biondi

Dr. Biondi got a MS in Agriculture Science and Technology in 2009 and a PhD in Crop protection at the University of Catania in 2012. During the PhD he worked at the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA) (Moncada, Spain) and at the Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA) (Sophia-Antipolis, France). There, he was also a post-doc and visited for six months the Department of Entomology of the University of Minnesota (Saint Paul, MN, USA). A second post-doc was carried out at the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management dell' University of California, Berkeley (USA). From late 2015, Dr. Biondi is Assistant Professor at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment of the University of Catania. There he teaches classes in Applied Entomology and Integrated Pest Management to undergraduate and master students.

Dr. Biondi gave several talks (invited and not) at numerous national and international congresses, and he took part to several national and global research projects on various topics related to the sustainable control of insect pests in agro-ecosystems. Most of the scientific results have been or are going to be published in peer-reviewed journals (h-index: 34) and he got awarded by the title of Highly cited researcher in 2019 and 2020. Dr. Biondi serves as editor for various international journals, as well as peer reviewer of scientific manuscripts and research project proposals. He currently serves ad Editor in Chief for Journal of Pest Science. He is a member of the panel of experts of the French ANSES for biological risks for plant health.

January 2020

ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021

• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
  Master's Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology - 2 Year
  ARTHROPOD PEST MANAGEMENT IN MEDITERRANEAN CROPS
  Module INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF ARTHROPOD PESTS
  
  
• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
  Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology - 3 Year
  Applied Agricultural Entomology and Parasitology
  
  

ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/2020

• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
  Master's Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology - 2 Year
  ARTHROPOD PEST MANAGEMENT IN MEDITERRANEAN CROPS
  Module INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF ARTHROPOD PESTS
  
  
• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
  Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology - 3 Year
  Applied Agricultural Entomology and Parasitology - canale 1
  
  

ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019

• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
  Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology - 3 Year
  Applied Agricultural Entomology and Parasitology
  
  

ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018

• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
  Master's Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology - 2 Year
  ARTHROPOD PEST CONTROL IN MEDITERRANEAN AGROECOSYSTEMS
  
  

ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017

• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
  Master's Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology - 2 Year
  ARTHROPOD PEST CONTROL IN MEDITERRANEAN AGROECOSYSTEMS
  
  

ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016

• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
  Master's Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology - 2 Year
  ARTHROPOD PEST CONTROL IN MEDITERRANEAN AGROECOSYSTEMS

The current research activities focus on several aspects of the ecology, biocontrol and pesticide (eco)toxicology (namely biopesticides) of invasive insect pests of Mediterranean agricultural crops. Four model insect pest species are currently used agroecological models: Tuta absoluta, Drosophila suzukii, Halyomorpha halys, Xylosandrus compactus and their main biocontrol agents, such as generalist predators (mirids and coccinellids) and hymenoptera parasitoids. Dr. Biondi welcome visiting graduate students and post-docs, under various international agreements (e.g. Marie Curie, Erasmus, ...) or following personal agreements.

As Juanary 2021