Professor Guy Smagghe

Professor Guy Smagghe

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Dr Smagghe is Professor at the Department of Crop Protection at Ghent University in Belgium. He received his PhD in 1995, and then he was postdoc fellow in Belgium, Switzerland, USA and Spain. To date he has a Research Professor position and he is leading a research group in fundamental and applied aspects in insect sciences.

In his multidisciplinary research he combines physiology and modern techniques in biotechnology as RNAi to better understand the mechanisms how insect live, develop and survive. One of his intriguing themes is insect metamorphosis that is triggered by the insect molting hormone ecdysone. In his lab, he is using different pest insects as caterpillars, beetles and aphids, and also beneficial insects as bumblebees. This wide pallet of insects allows to study basic and applied themes with homo- versus hemimetabolous insects, arthropod-plant interactions, insect-microbe interactions, novel insect-specific targets for insect pest control, and sustainable IPM systems.

Dr Smagghe has about 230 papers published in international journals with peer-reviewing, 17 book chapters and 2 books. He has given more than 40 invited lectures in many different countries and has more than 300 presentations in international meetings.Access Insect Physiology