Experience

Globachem nv
• Belgium
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Global Opportunity Scouting Manager

  • Oct 2016 - Present


Isagro S.p.A.

• Italy
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• • Oct 2011 - Sep 2016

  • TECHNOLOGIES AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES - SCOUTING • ASSISTANCE TO MARKETING DEPARTMENT STAFF • ASSISTANCE TO TOP MANAGEMENT IN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL QUESTIONS• DEVELOPMENT OF BIOSTIMULANTS• POTENTIAL OF SECONDARY METABOLITES (MICROBIAL AND PLANT ORIGIN) IN CROP PROTECTION• ASSISTANCE TO REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT IN BIBLIOGRAPHY REVIEW AND SUMMARY REPORTS

• • Sep 2011 - Sep 2016

• • Dec 2003 - Oct 2011

  • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMPATIBLE SOLUTES AGAINST ABIOTIC STRESS FACTORS• PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS AND SYSTEMIC ACQUIRED RESISTANCE INDUCERS• PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLIC PATHWAYS • ROLES OF microRNAs IN PLANT DEFENSE (BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESS)• MICROBIAL SECONDARY METABOLITES• BIOCONTROL AGENTS• RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL FUNGICIDE AND HERBICIDE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS (CHEMICALS)• CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON PESTS, DESEASES, WEEDS• NOVEL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND CONTACTS• BIBLIOGRAPHY REVIEW AND REPORTS FOR TOP MANAGEMENT Show less

• • Dec 2001 - Dec 2003

  • PHEROMONE-BASED PATENTED "ECODIAN" SYSTEM FOR INSECT MATING DISRUPTION (TRIALS ORGANIZED AND SUPERVISED IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRIA AND SLOVENIA IN 2003) • B. THURINGIENSIS-BASED INSECTICIDES• BACILLUS FIRMUS-BASED NEMATICIDE • TRICHODERMA SPP.-BASED FUNGICIDE • AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS-BASED FUNGICIDE



Industrie Chimiche Caffaro; Research Center Galliera (Bologna), Italy

• Coordinator of Experimentations

  • Oct 1996 - Dec 2001

  • COORDINATOR OF LABORATORY, GLASSHOUSE AND FIELD TRIALS WITH BIOPESTICIDES AND CHEMICAL PESTICIDES AT THE RESEARCH CENTER OF CAFFARO COMPANY, GALLIERA (BOLOGNA), ITALY. • DELEGATE AT THE "INTERNATIONAL BIOCONTROL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION”. • CONTACTS WITH THE “EUROPEAN COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH- COST 830” REGARDING MICROBIAL INOCULANTS IN AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT ( WORKING GROUP 4: “QUALITY CONTROL AND EFFICACY ASSESSMENT OF MICROBIAL INOCULANTS: NEED FOR STANDARD EVALUATION PROTOCOLS"). • CONTACTS WITH RESEARCH CENTERS AND COMPANIES AS PARTNERS IN COMMON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. Show less



Ecogen Europe (Bio-Integrated Technology)

• Senior Field Evaluation Associate

  • Aug 1992 - Oct 1996

  • RESPONSIBLE FOR ORGANIZATION, EXECUTION AND SUPERVISION OF FIELD TRIALS THROUGHOUT THE EUROPE WITH BIOCONTROL PRODUCTS • RESPONSIBLE FOR ORGANIZATION, EXECUTION AND SUPERVISION OF FIELD TRIALS THROUGHOUT THE EUROPE WITH BIOCONTROL PRODUCTS



Technological and Agricultural Scientific Park of Umbria Region

• Consultant

  • Apr 1992 - Aug 1992

  Biopesticides; Projects and Development Biopesticides; Projects and Development



SIAPA - Società Italiana Prodotti Antiparassitari; Research Center

• Consultant - Collaborator

  • Jan 1990 - Apr 1992

  COLLABORATOR IN LABORATORY, GLASSHOUSE AND FIELD TRIALS. • INSECTS MASS REARING • BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF AGRICULTURAL PESTS BY USING VARIOUS BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS-BASED EXPERIMENTAL AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS • SCREENING OF PLANT EXTRACTS • SELECTIVITY TESTS OF VARIOUS PESTICIDES ON BENEFICIAL ARTHROPODS. COLLABORATOR IN LABORATORY, GLASSHOUSE AND FIELD TRIALS. • INSECTS MASS REARING • BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF AGRICULTURAL PESTS BY USING VARIOUS BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS-BASED EXPERIMENTAL AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS • SCREENING OF PLANT EXTRACTS • SELECTIVITY TESTS OF VARIOUS PESTICIDES ON BENEFICIAL ARTHROPODS.



Observatory for Plant Pests and Diseases - "Agrozavod"

• Assistant in Crop Protection

  • Apr 1982 - Mar 1988

  •MONITORING OF PLANT PESTS AND DISEASES IN THE REGION OF NORTHEN ADRIATIC COAST •INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT IN OLIVE ORCHARDS AND GRAPEVINE PLANTATIONS. •MICROBIAL CONTROL OF OLIVE MOTH (PRAYS OLEAE) WITH BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS - BASED PRODUCTS. •STUDIES ON BIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF OLIVE FLY (BACTROCERA OLEAE), AS A PART OF F.A.O. - UNITED NATIONS PROGRAM. •ISOLATION OF NEW STRAIN OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS FROM OLIVE MOTH (PRAYS OLEAE) LARVAE (1986) (REGISTERED IN THE CATALOGUE OF STRAINS AT “UNITÉ DES BACTÉRIES ENTOMOPATHOGÈNES”, INSTITUT PASTEUR, PARIS, FRANCE). 1983 - 1987: COLLABORATION IN THE FAO-UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM REGARDING REVITALIZATION OF OLIVE ORCHARDS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN. Show less