Full Professor of General and Applied Entomology at the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Environment. Teaches courses in Apidology and Beekeeping, as well as Biological and Integrated Control within the Master’s programme in Sustainable Agricultural Systems. Director of CiRAA “E. Avanzi,” member of the Accademia dei Georgofili (Florence), member of the Accademia Nazionale dell’Olivo e dell’Olio (Spoleto), and a council member of the International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control (IOBC/WPRS).