Ivan CAMPAGNA

Tutor: Prof. S. Orlando

Co-Tutor: Dott. M. Vallone, Dott. M. Mammano

Research Interests:

• Precision Livestock Farming (PLF)
• Precision agriculture technologies (remote and proximal sensing, UAVs, IoT sensors)
• Data-driven forage crop assessment (biomass, nutritional quality, crop stress)

Maria Liliana DI PASQUALE

Tutor: Prof. E. Peri

Co-Tutor: Dott. F. La Russa

Research Interests:

• Entomologia

Sezin KETE

Tutor: Prof. G. Migliore

Co-Tutor: Prof. V. Borsellino

Research Interests:

• Digitalization in Agriculture and Forestry
• Forest Fire Economy and Management
• Agricultural and Forest Economics
• Sustainable Resource Management
• Climate Change Adaptation in Agri-Forestry

Giovanni OLIVERI

Tutor: Prof. D.S. La Mela Veca

Co-Tutor: 

Research Interests:

• Wildfire dynamics, severity, and recovery in Mediterranean ecosystems
• EO, Remote sensing and GIS for environmental analysis
• Cartography
• Applied forest planning, wildfire prevention strategies, rewilding approaches in mediterranean areas
• Digital innovation in forestry

Maryam POURYA

Tutor: Prof. S. Davino

Co-Tutor: Prof.ssa S. Matic 

Research Interests:

• Biological control
• Plant Protection

Emanuele SUCATO

Tutor: Prof. E. Schimmenti

Co-Tutor: Prof.ssa V. Borsellino

Research Interests:

• Ecosystem services assessment
• Environmental health economics
• Sustainability assessment
• Landscape economics
• Stated preference methods
• Behavioral economics
• Circular economy

Luigi TOMASELLO

Tutor: Prof. G. Lo Verde

Co-Tutor: Dott. R. Rizzo

Research Interests:

• Biopest control
• Integrated pest management
• Plant-insect interactions
• Tropical plant protection
• Integrated tropical pest management
• Biological control
• Ecology

Khedija ZHIOUA

Tutor: Prof. V. Alagna 

Co-Tutor: Prof.V. Bagarello

Research Interests:

• Determination and characterization of soil hydrodynamic parameters (e.g. saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, water retention properties)
• Experimental investigation of Darcy’s law applicability under different soil conditions
• Effects of soil compaction and structure on water flow and hydraulic behavior
• Laboratory methodologies for measuring saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks)
• Comparison of different experimental approaches (e.g. constant head permeameter, SFH methods)
• Soil–water interactions in Mediterranean agro-ecosystems