musolin@gmail.com

Primary: Insect ecophysiology: Heteroptera diapause; Environmental control of seasonal development in Heteroptera; Life-history responses of insects to climate change.

Secondary: Forest entomology; Insect photoperiodism.

Education

M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences and Policy (1998). Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (accredited by the University of Manchester, U.K.). Thesis: Environmental Control of Insect Seasonality: Diversity of Patterns in Nature and Practical Applications. Advisors: Prof. R. Mnatsakanian and Prof. T. R. E. Southwood.

Professional  experience

2005–2009: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 21st Century Center of Excellence Program at Kyoto University (Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture), Kyoto, Japan.

2001–2005: Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Research Associate, National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Sapporo, Japan.

1998–2000: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan.

Teaching  experience

2017: NOVA University Network in collaboration with UArctic: a PhD course Invasive Pest Threats in the North (3 ECTS; hold at University of Helsinki, Finland).

Awards,  scholarships,  AND  grants

1994: Year Scholarship, Center For International Mobility, Finland.

1996 & 1997: Year Scholarships, International Soros Science Educational Program.

1996: Year Fellowship, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.

1997: NANSEN Grant Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center and University of Bergen, Norway.

1998: Two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

2001: Two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers, Science and Technology Agency (Japan).

2003: Long-Term Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

2004: Funded Delegate Program Grant, XXII International Congress of Entomology (Brisbane, Australia).

2009: Invited speaker Travel Grant, III International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods (New Zealand).

2011: Participation grant for ThermAdapt Science Meeting Evolutionary and Plastic Responses of Animal Growth to Different Temperatures: Adaptations and Constraints. Tartu, Estonia.

27 years

27 years