**About the Editor**

**Renata Bazok ˇ** at the University of Zagreb as a member of the Faculty of Agriculture. Renata is a full professor and has been working in higher education for 29 years. Her main research interests are applied entomology, integrated pest management, plant protection and phytopharmacy. Under her mentorship, five students have completed their dissertations and she currently supervises five PhD students. Since 1993, she has conducted research on integrated control of Colorado potato beetle, wireworms, sugar beet pests, oilseed rape pests, western corn rootworm, and other maize pests. She has published 130 journal articles and over 100 miscellaneous articles. Her current research interests include integrated pest managemen<sup>t</sup> (IPM) in field crops (corn, sugar beets, potatoes) and insect resistance development. The general research focus is on the development of safe, effective and economical methods of IPM and the biological/ecological interactions between insect species and their environment. She coordinated undergraduate and graduate programmes in crop protection. She was awarded three fellowships, including Cochran, and Fulbright fellowship. She actively participated in international scientific and educational projects funded by the European Executive Agency for Education and Culture (EACEA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). She has been principal investigator in four national scientific projects and one FAO project, as well as in two structural projects jointly funded by the EU and Croatia. She is currently coordinating an Erasmus capacity building project aimed at developing joint PhD study programmes in plant health between 12 participating partners.
