Eugenio Gervasini *
Eugenio graduated in Agricultural Sciences, and specialized in entomology, phytopathology, Integrated Pest Management and biological control of pests. He worked 15 years at the Lombardy Plant Protection Service (Northern Italy), where he was in charge of the diagnostic labs. He achieved specific experience in ornamental nursery plants, floriculture, forest and urban forestry protection. He also coordinated applied research concerning pests and their biological control in glasshouses, nurseries and in the natural environment, and surveys and contingency plans for quarantine pests.
In 2003, he joined the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) Directorate of DG SANTE in Grange (Ireland), where he carried out audits on national plant health control systems, and coordinated dossiers concerning Member States national surveys for agriculture, forest and environment quarantine organisms. He worked at EASIN from December 2014 until September 2025, where he was is in charge of coordinating the Editorial Board, Citizen Science activities, citizens’ engagement, science communication and outreach, providing scientific and technical support to the implementation of the EU Regulation 1143/2014 on invasive alien species. He continues his collaboration as external scientific consultant.