Research contract holders | Weevil Systematics and Evolution
Luciano.PalmieriRocha@unibz.it
Competence Centre for Plant HealthShort 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.