PhD Student: Matteo Zugno (ORCID n. 0000-0003-1375-527X) Supervisor: Prof. Daniela Lupi, DeFENS Co-tutor: Prof. Costanza Jucker, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic Sustainable management of invasive arthropods of particular interest for fruit production Project Synopsis Climate change and globalization are exacerbating the emergence and spread of invasive insects …
PhD Student: Valerio Mattei (ORCID n. 0000-0002-6267-7987) Supervisor: Matias Pasquali, DeFENS; Co-tutor: Antonio Ferrante, DISAA Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic Mitigate the impact of threats on the production, quality, and safety of food products Project Synopsis Streptomycetes can efficiently colonize the rhizosphere and the rhizoplane compartments and act …
PhD Student: Simona Pizzi (ORCID n. 0000-0001-9110-7994) Supervisor: Prof. Ileana Vigentini Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Food Science and Nutrition Research topic Innovative technological and microbial approaches for the sustainable development of the alcoholic beverage industry Project Synopsis Vitis vinifera is susceptible to infections caused by pathogenic fungi. This PhD project focuses on its biological …
PhD Student: Serena Malabusini (ORCID n. 0000-0001-5354-8860) Tutor: Prof. Daniela Lupi, DeFENS Co-tutor: Costanza Jucker, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Agri-Environment PhD title achieved on: 17th March 2023 Research topic: Insect management in agroecosystem: from pests to pollinators. Project Synopsis The goal of the research project is to deepen the knowledge on the behavioural traits of …
Elena Maria Colombo, PhD student of the Food Systems PhD course (Università degli Studi di Milano), received a travel award for her work “In vitro study of endophytic streptomycetes and their influence on wheat-Fusarium spp. pathosystem”, supporting the participation as young researcher to the “First International Congress of Biological Control” held in Beijing (14-16 May). …
Dr. Xiaoyulong Chen attended the PhD programme (2012-2015; 28th cycle; tutor: Prof. Cortesi, DeFENS) of “Chemistry, Biochemistry and Ecology of Pesticides”, one of the PhD programmes that took part to the 2013 foundation of the PhD programme of Food Systems (see “Short story of the PhD Programme of Food Systems” under “General Info“). He is …