Lucia Zappalà
Lucia Zappalà (born in Catania, Italy, on 14/12/1974) is currently Full professor in General and Applied Entomology at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A), University of Catania (Italy) (from March 2020). In 2001 she got her PhD in Agricultural Entomology at University “Federico II” of Naples (Italy). In 2003 she was on a one-year post-doctoral grant at the Dept. of Entomology and Nematology – University of Florida. Since 2006 she has been research assistant, Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor at the University of Catania. In March 2015 she was visiting professor at UC Berkeley (US).
Since 2008 she’s been teaching classes in various BSc and MSc courses. She is member of the teaching staff of the International PhD course in “Agricultural, Food and Environmental science”. She is currently Deputy Rector for International Relations, since October 2019.
She was Project and/or Research Unit Principal Investigator for several national (FIR, PRIN) and international (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES, ARIMNET 2, Italy-Tunisia) research projects.
She is member of the Editorial Board of the journals Phytoparasitica, Entomologia Generalis and European Journal of Entomology. She is peer reviewer for several ISI journals.
She was a member of the Scientific Committee of International conferences.
Since 2011 she has been appointed external evaluator for PhD thesis and research projects. She’s been appointed member of the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) panel on Plant Health for the 2018-2024 term.
Her main research topics are Hymenoptera parasitoids, their biology and application as biocontrol agents in agricultural systems, biopesticides and the side effects of pesticides on natural enemies. She published more than 200 papers [h-index 31, total number of citations 3947 (source Scopus – January 2023) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2804-3980.]
Last edit: 01/18/2023
Academic Year 2022/2023
VIEW THE COURSESAcademic Year 2021/2022
- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Master's Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology - 1st Year
CONTROL METHODS FOR ANIMAL PESTS - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Bachelor's Degree in Catering and logistics science and technology of the Mediterranean food - 3rd Year
INSETTI E ALIMENTAZIONE - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Bachelor's Degree in Food Science and Technology - 2nd Year
FOOD PATHOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY
Module Stored product pests
Academic Year 2020/2021
- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Master's Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology - 1st Year
CONTROL METHODS FOR ANIMAL PESTS - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Bachelor's Degree in Food Science and Technology - 2nd Year
FOOD PATHOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY
Module Stored product pests
Academic Year 2019/2020
- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Master's Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology - 1st Year
CONTROL METHODS FOR ANIMAL PESTS - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Bachelor's Degree in Food Science and Technology - 2nd Year
FOOD PATHOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY
Module Stored product pests
Academic Year 2018/2019
- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Master's Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology - 1st Year
CONTROL METHODS FOR ANIMAL PESTS - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Bachelor's Degree in Food Science and Technology - 2nd Year
FOOD PATHOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY
Module Stored product pests
Academic Year 2017/2018
- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Master's Degree in Territorial, environmental and landscape protection - 1st Year
TECHNICAL PHYTOSANITARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE LANDSCAPE
Module PEST MANAGEMENT OF ARTHROPOD PARASITES OF FOREST, WILD AREA AND LANDSCAPE PLANTS
Academic Year 2016/2017
- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Bachelor's Degree in Food Science and Technology - 2nd Year
FOOD PATHOLOGY AND PARASITOLOGY M - Z
Module Stored food pests
Her main research topics are Hymenoptera parasitoids, their biology, behavior and application as biocontrol agents mainly of exotic pests in agricultural systems as well as side effects of pesticides on natural enemies.
On these topics there are currently several research projects and activity going on, also in collaboration with Italian and foreign top experts of the various subjects.