Tasks

• Research Scientist in the working groups ‘Vectors/ Epidemiology’ and ‘Zoology/ Integrated Pest Management’
• Research project ‘VectoScreen’ (Vector monitoring of Flavescence dorée, Xylella fastidiosa and regulated non-quarantine pests in orchards and vineyards)
• Investigations on the abundance of cicadas (Auchenorrhyncha), scale insects (Coccoidea), mealybugs (Pseudococcidae), and psyllids (Psylloidea) as vectors of plant diseases in orchards and vineyards
• Electrical Penetration Graph (EPG) technique to analyze the vector-host plant interaction of spittlebugs and sharpshooters as vectors of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa