Johann Baumgärtner
Institute of Agricultural Entomology, University of Milan, Milan,
MS, PhD,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland, 1976, Population Ecology, Entomology
Professore Straordinario in Agricultural Entomology, Lecturer in Ecology and Ecological Entomology
Research Interests: Population ecology, tritrophic modeling, ecosystem ecology, ecosocial system study and management
Languages:German, English, Italian and French
Relevant Experience : Professor - Institute of Agricultural Entomology, University of Milan;
Head, Population Ecology and Ecosystem Science
Department (PE&ESD), International Centre of Insect Physiology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya;
Scientific supervisor – ICIPE/ Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
Acting Environmental Health Division Leader, ICIPE/ Kenya. Commissioner - ecological performances, Agricultural Bureau, Swiss Canton of the
Grison;
Adjunct and lecturer - ETH. Scientific collaborator and lecturer - ETH;
Associate FAO Expert; reviewer for several journals
Partial List of Honors & Awards: Diploma thesis at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Parasitis Award with A.P. Gutierrez
Students: First and second reader of + 20 Ph.D. and + 10 MS theses
Refereed Publications: + 90 and two books (ed.) (68 other publications, 16 book chapters)
BAUMGÄRTNER, J., GILIOLI, G., GETACHEW TIKUBET, & GUTIERREZ, A.P. 2008. Eco-social analysis of an East African agro-pastoral system: management of tsetse and trypanosomiasis. Ecol. Econom. 65: 125-135.
GILIOLI, G., GROPPI, M., VESPERONI, M.P., BAUMGÄRTNER, J. & GUTIERREZ, A.P. 2008. An epidemiological model of East Coast Fever in African livestock. Ecological Modelling (accepted for publication, 2008).
GILIOLI, G. & BAUMGÄRTNER, J. 2007. Adaptive ecosystem sustainability enhancement in Sub-Saharan Africa. EcoHealth 4: 428-444.
MORLACCHI, P., LIMONTA, L. & BAUMGÄRTNER, J. 2007. From a descriptive towards an explicative growth-based model on immature Oulema duftschmidi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) development at different temperatures. Environ. Ent. 36: 245-255.
BAUMGÄRTNER, J. & BIERI, M. 2006. Fruit tree ecosystem service provision and enhancement. Ecological Engineering 27: 118-123.
SCIARRETTA, A., MELAKU GIRMA, GETACHEW TIKUBET, LULSEGED BELAYEHUN, SHIFA BALLO & BAUMGÄRTNER, J. 2005. Development of an adaptive tsetse population management scheme for the Luke community, Ethiopia. J. Med. Entomol. 42: 1006-1019.
BAUMGÄRTNER, J., HARTMANN, J. 2001. The design and implementation of sustainable plant diversity conservation program for alpine meadows and pastures. J. Agric. Environm. Ethics 14: 67-83.
ZHOU, G., BAUMGÄRTNER, J., & OVERHOLT, W.A. 2001. Impact assessment of an exotic parasitoid on stemborer (Lepidoptera) population dynamics in Kenya. Ecological Application 11: 1554-1562.
BONATO, O., SCHULTHESS, F. & BAUMGÄRTNER, J. 1999. Simulation model for maize crop growth based on acquisition and allocation processes for carbohydrate and nitrogen. Ecological Modelling 124: 13-28.
ROUX, O. & BAUMGÄRTNER, J. 1998. Evaluation of mortality factors and risk analysis for the design of an integrated pest management system. Ecological Modelling 109: 61-75.
