Helena Viric Gasparic, (PhD in next 3 months) is an assistant at the Department of Agricultural Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture (360783). She is involved in teaching 14 courses in BS, MS and Specialist study on Croatian and English. She was on specializations abroad over 6 months. Her R&D competences are application of integrated and biological pest management, entomology, beneficial fauna, pesticide residues, ecotoxicology, and innovative methods in plant protection. She is co-author or author of author's book (1), handbook (1), book chapter (1), 20 scientific papers indexed in group a1, 14 papers indexed in group a2, and three papers from group a3. She participated in 28 international and 8 national scientific / professional conferences with a total of 64 presentations. She actively participated in the implementation of scientific research projects (6), professional projects (4), teaching projects (2), Citizen Science project (1). She is a member of the Croatian Plant Protection Society, Croatian Entomological Society, International Organization for Biological Pest Control (IOBC), Royal Entomology Society. She is one of the founders of the Entomology Group at the Faculty. She is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions: Silver Medal for Innovation, AgroArca ('22); DIGIAward plaque ('21); Young Researcher Scientific Excellence Award ('21); UNESCO and L'Oreal Award "For Women in Science" and Recognition for Outstanding Scientific Work ('21). etc.

Agriculture
Agronomy
Botanics
Conservation Biology
Crop Science
Ecotoxicology
Entomology
Plant Protection
Plant Sciences
Systematics
Zoology
Taxonomy

I am looking for a project as a researcher in the field of agronomy / agriculture. The project could involve research on populations, abundance, biodiversity, monitoring or sampling of organisms related to terrestrial zoology, mainly entomology (insects) but also earthworms, spiders, snails, etc. I am interested in field research (active driver) or laboratory testing including experiments with pesticides. The focus of the project may be on conservation programmes as I have experience in research with ground beetles and earthworms as indicators of pollution; monitoring the spread of certain organisms such as invasive/alien species (box three moth ) or pollinator species (bees, mason bees, bumblebees, moths); detecting anthropogenic impacts on the above organisms. The application of novel technologies in the field of plant protection and insect monitoring is highly welcomed.

entomology, zoology, ground beetles, earthworms, bees, invesive species, polinators, new tehniques, morphometrics, pesticides

XII European Congress of Entomology (ECE 2023), Heraklion, Crete,16-20 October 2023.
ICE2024 Kyoto, Japan - XXVII International Congress of Entomology; 25 -30 August 2024.