Antonio Biondi

Antonio Biondi is Associate Professor in General and Applied Entomology. He got a MS in Agriculture Science and Technology in 2009 and a PhD in Crop protection at the University of Catania in 2012. He worked, as visiting or as post doc at the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA) (Moncada, Spain), the Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA) (Sophia-Antipolis, France), the University of Minnesota (Saint Paul, MN, USA) and the University of California, Berkeley (USA). He was Assistant Professor at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment of the University of Catania (2015-2021). There he teaches classes in Applied Entomology and Integrated Pest Management to undergraduate and master students.

Dr. Biondi gave several invited talks at numerous national and international congresses, and he took part to several national and international research projects on various topics related to the sustainable control of insect pests in agro-ecosystems. Most of the scientific results have been published in peer-reviewed journals (h-index: 38) and he got awarded by the title of Highly cited researcher in 2019, 2020 and 2021. He 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 and of the Italian Society of Entomology.

Last edit: 04/22/2022

ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

• 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
  
  

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 February 2022