Giuseppe Mostacchio

Giuseppe Mostacchio is a Research Fellow at the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (Di3A) at the University of Catania. His work focuses on applied entomology, particularly in evaluating the toxicity of natural compounds and parasitoid-derived substances on pests and non-target organisms.

• Current position: Research Fellow (2023–present)
• Previous position: Research Fellow (2022–2024)

Education:

• Doctor of Agronomy and Forestry (2023)
• Master's Degree in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies LM-69 (2022, Cum Laude)
• Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies L-25 (2020)
• High School Diploma (2017)

Research Interests: Giuseppe's research spans agroecology-inspired strategies for enhancing crop resilience, biological control of harmful arthropods, and eco-friendly pest management using natural origin compounds.

Publications: His work includes studies on essential oil-based nano-emulsions for pest control and sublethal toxicity assessments of parasitoid-derived substances.