Professore Associato – Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Agro-ambientali | Tel.: 050 2216125 – Email: barbara.conti@unipi.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"unipi-persone-chiave":"5434","unipi-persone-nome":"Barbara","unipi-persone-cognome":"Conti","unipi-persone-email":"barbara.conti@unipi.it","unipi-persone-cv":"PERSONAL INFORMATIONS
\r\nName CONTI BARBARA
\r\nTelephone - mobile 338.86343451
\r\nE-mail barbara.conti@unipi.it
\r\nNationality Italian
\r\nFemale
\r\nDate of birth 11\/08\/1956
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\r\nEDUCATION AND TRAINING
\r\n28 April 1980
\r\nMaster Degree in Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pisa.
\r\n15-27 September 1986
\r\nCEC\/IOBC training course on Integrated Pest Management in protected Crops at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Ghent (B).
\r\n5-10 May 1999
\r\nTraining course for the preparation and determination of Thysanoptera at the Senkenberg Museum (Frankfurt (Germany).
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\r\nWORKING EXPERIENCE
\r\nDecember 1981
\r\nC.E.E Contract. n \u00b0 732 at the Institute of Agricultural Entomology, Pisa University
\r\nSurvey and data processing of a pilot project of integrated pest management in olive growing.
\r\nNovember 1982 - December 1989
\r\nResearch grant on \u201cAnalytical bio-chemical techniques\u201d funded by CNR at the Institute of Agricultural Entomology, Pisa University
\r\n1983-1987
\r\nCEC EUROAPHID Project. Head of the OU of Pisa Responsible of the Rothamsted aspirator.
\r\nApril 1989
\r\nMission for technical assistance in Ethiopia. Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Development Cooperation.
\r\nJanuary 1990 - December 2001
\r\nTechnical coordinator at the Department of plant sciences, pathology and entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Pisa.
\r\nDecember 2001 \u2013 December 2018
\r\nResearcher at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa.
\r\nDecember 2018 until now
\r\nAssociate professor at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa.
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\r\nTEACHING
\r\nB. Conti has been teacher in the following disciplines:
\r\nAgricultural entomology
\r\nUrban entomology
\r\nParasitology
\r\nZoology
\r\nBiological Control
\r\nEntomology of medicinal plants.
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\r\nLANGUAGES
\r\nItalian and French mother tongue;
\r\nFirst Certificate in English (Level B2) by University of Cambridge
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\r\nPARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS (last 5 years)
\r\n2015-2020: PRIN \u201cBiopesticides for sustainable insect pest control\u201d (BIOPIC)
\r\n2016-2018: Misura 16.2 PIF supported by Europe through the Tuscany region: Innovative technologies for improving the performance of cereal crops (CEREALINNOVA)
\r\n2018-2019: Contract and Research Agreement with the company Freezanz (Ponsacco Pisa) \"Repellent activity of essential oils against insects of medical-veterinary interest\"
\r\n2018-2019: Contract and Research Agreement with the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, entitled \"Bioactivity of the latex and extracts of Calotropis procera (Apocynaceae)\"
\r\n2016-2018: Contract and Research Agreement with the Universidad del Norte (Ecuador) \"Repellency bioassays and insecticidal activity of the essential extracted from selected plants from the Ecuadorian flora against Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera Curculionidae), Laryophagus distinguendus (Hymenoptera Pteromalidae), and Aedes albopictus (Diptera Culicidae), mosquito of medical interest \u201d
\r\n2019-2021: Contract and Research Agreement with the Universidad del Norte (Ecuador). Repellency bioassays and insecticidal activity of the essential extracted from selected plants from the Ecuadorian flora against mosquitoes\u201d
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\r\nPARTICIPATION IN EDITORIAL COMMITTEES and REVIEWER ACTIVITY
\r\n1984-2013 Barbara Conti was editor in chief of the Scientific Journal \"Frustula Entomologica\". She is reviewer for more than 30 ISI and non-ISI scientific journals
\r\n2014 - Reviewer of MIUR \/ SIR projects
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\r\nEXPERTISE
\r\n\u2022\tBioactivity of natural substances against insects of medical and agricultural interest and against food-stuff pests.
\r\n\u2022\tLaboratory studies on the abiotic factors affecting the development of the harmful insects.
\r\n\u2022\tField studies on integrated pest management strategies for the control of pests
\r\n\u2022\tStudies on the taxonomy, morphology and biology of Thysanoptera
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\r\nPUBLICATIONS
\r\nBarbara Conti is the author of 126 papers (https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it) (H-index = 18 and 846 citations -","unipi-persone-link-esterno-cv":"","unipi-persone-modalita-ricevimento":"\r\n\r\n","unipi-persone-luogo-ricevimento":"\r\nSu TEAMS ","unipi-persone-ore-ricevimento":" La Professoressa Conti riceve via Teams tutti i giorni sia per le domande inerenti i vari corsi che per il tutorato previ accordi telefonici (3288634451) o per E-mail.\r\n\r\n","unipi-persone-telefono":"050 2216125","unipi-persone-sitoweb":"","unipi-persone-cariche":"","unipi-persone-link-orario-lezioni":"https:\/\/unipi.prod.up.cineca.it\/calendarioPubblico\/matricola=005731","unipi-persone-link-registro-lezioni":"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/registri.php?ri=005731&tmplt=principale.tpl","unipi-persone-settore-scientifico":"Entomologia Generale e Applicata AGRI-05\/A","unipi-persone-ruolo":"Professore Associato","unipi-persone-arpi":"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/cris\/rp\/rp01595","unipi-persone-pubblicazioni":"