I am an insect physiologist, co-founder and director of ENTOPLAST Ltd.
My main interests are the physiological and behavioural modifications induced in insects by applying different chemical and ecological agents.
After the PhD achieved at the University of Siena (Siena, Italy) in 2001, I published several studies on the integrated control of pests of economic and medical importance.
In 2015, I was awarded an EU - Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellowship for a highly innovative project on insect behavioural conditioning.
I have experience in the breeding, life strategies, behaviour and reproductive physiology of several insect species including the Black Soldier Fly and have ongoing scientific collaborations with Universities and Research Centres in the UK, Italy and the U.S.A.
