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fortuna.miele(AT)ipsp.cnr.it
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Curriculum Vitae
Graduated in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, with a thesis in Agronomy and Plant Pathology entitled: “The productions and the defence of thistle from biomass.”
Currently, I’m a research assistant, under the scientific responsibility of Dr. Francesco Nugnes.
Since 2019, I’m involved in the URCoFi project (“Regional Unit of Coordination and Strengthening of Surveillance, Research, testing, monitoring and Training in the Phytosanitary Field” funded by the Campania Region) to study the spreading of allochthonous and allochthonous species (quarantine species also).
My research focuses mainly on issues concerning the biological and integrated control of harmful insects of agricultural and forest interest, mainly of invasive species. In particular, I deal with the identification of pests and their own natural enemies (parasitoids, predators) using integrated methodologies.
My laboratory activities mainly include the characterization through a integrative approach with morphological, morphometric, and molecular analyses with amplification and sequencing of DNA portions informative at species level and the study of the biology of pests and their potential natural enemies.