Short CV of Andrea Lucchi
Andrea Lucchi obtained the PHD in "Bioecology of entomophagous insects and biocontrol in the agro-ecosystems" in 1991 at the University of Perugia (Italy). From 1997 he is assistant professor in Entomology at Pisa University (Italy), where he teaches "Viticultural Entomology" at the Agricultural Faculty. Andrea’s research activity has resulted in 123 publications on national and international ISI journals. His recent research interests are focused on: harmfulness and biological control of grapevine pests, pheromone mating disruption, implementation of "Area Wide Pest Management" strategies, Insect vibrational communication with particular reference to grapevine leafhoppers and planthoppers.
He first joined the IOBC/wprs "Integrated Protection in Viticulture" in 1999 at Florence, and participated in the IOBC meetings of Porto, Volos, Boario Terme, Marsala and Staufen.
