- May-September 2024 - Visiting PhD Student: Research on Drosophila suzukii’s parasitoids - Michigan State Univeristy, Integrate pest management Department.
- February-April 2024 - Visiting PhD Student: Research on rearing of beneficial arthropods for the biological control - CEPAVE Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores, La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. UNLP/Conicet.
- June- July 2021 and 2023 - Entomological teaching - Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, UNIBO Cultural Weeks.
- November 2021- Ph.D : Biological control of Diptera in agro-food industries - Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Agricultural Entomology.
- October 2021- Research Fellow: Training and collaboration in biological control of Piophila casei - Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Agricultural Entomology.
- April - June 2021- Research Collaborator: Study on biological control Piophila casei - Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Agricultural Entomology.
- November 2019 - January 2020 Curricular training in methods and techniques of chemical-agricultural laboratory - Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Geopedology and soil chemistry.
- September-October 2019 - Collaboration activities at the University (150 hours): Laboratory analysis - Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Geopedology and soil chemistry.
- April-June 2018 - Postgraduate training (Erasmus+): Field Surveyor -Universitat de les Illes Balears (ES), Irrigation in viticulture.
- June-July 2016 - University internship: Experience of pedology and applied cartography - I.TER Soc. Coop. r.l.
Education and training
- March 2021 - Master's Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology (110/110 cum laude). Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna - Plant Medicine Curriculum - Thesis: Valutazione dell'efficacia di parassitoidi pupali su Piophila casei (Diptera Piophilidae) e messa a punto delle tecniche di allevamento.
- February 2018- Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Technology (105/110). Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna- Thesis: Acqua in bottiglia: dal polietilene tereftalato all’acido polilattico.
Personal skills and competences:
- Mother tongue(s) Italian
- Other language(s) English (B2) - Academic English
- Driving licence B
Additional Information
- Missere, D.; Martini, A. “Piophila casei, un problema emergente per i prosciuttifici”. Industrie alimentari, Chirotti Editore, Pinerolo (in press).
- Winner of IOBC Student and Early Career Professional Award for the poster presentation “Pachycrepoideus vindemiae for biological control of Piophila casei in ham factories” offered by the International Organization for Biological Control (IOBC Global) at the 15th IOBC-Mass Rearing and Quality Assurance Workshop.
- Member of local organizing committee of “Delivering On The Increasing Demand For High Quality Invertebrates 15th IOBC-MRQA” Workshop – Bologna, September 5-9, 2022.
- Oral presentation “Controllo della qualità di Pachycrepoideus vindemiae (Hymenoptera Pteromalidae) e Muscidifurax raptor (Hymenoptera Pteromalidae) come parassitoidi pupali”-Missere, D.; Burgio, G.; Martini. XXVII Congresso Nazionale Italiano di Entomologia (CNIE). 12-16 giugno 2023, Palermo.
- Missere, D.; Burgio, G.; Martini, A., Evaluation of Pachycrepoideus vindemiae and Muscidifurax raptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) as biological control agents of Piophila casei (Diptera: Piophilidae) in ham production facilities, Journal of Insect Science, Volume 23, Issue 5, September 2023, 12
- Poster presentation. “Quality control of Pachycrepoideus vindemiae (Hymenoptera Pteromalidae) and Muscidifurax raptor (Hymenoptera Pteromalidae) as pupal parasitoids for biological control of Piophila casei (Diptera Piophilidae) in ham productions." Missere, D.; Burgio, G.; Martini, A. ECE 2023 XII European Congress of Entomology.
