Research contract holders | Weevil Systematics and Evolution
Luciano.PalmieriRocha@unibz.it
Competence Centre for Plant Health
Short bio
M.Sc. in Sciences University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil (2012)
PhD (Entomology). University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil (2017)
Research Scholar, VCRU-USDA, Madison, USA (2018 – 2019)
PostDoc, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (2019 – 2022)
Research Assistant, Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, UniBZ, Italy (2024 – 2025)
Fixed Term researcher, Competence Center for Plant Health, UniBZ, Italy (2025 – present)
I am an evolutionary biologist and entomologist exploring insect-plant interactions, microbial symbioses, and pest adaptation.