ALFONSINA SZPEINER

szpeiner@ifeva.edu.ar

Education

• PhD Student in Agronomical Sciences. Thesis: “Herbivore-Soil-Plant Interactions as structuring factors of arthropods communities in agroecosystems”. Thesis Advisors: Claudio M. Ghersa (IFEVA, UBA) and M. Alejandra Martínez-Ghersa (IFEVA, UBA). Faculty of Agronomy. University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina. 2004-present.
• Diploma in Biological Sciences, 2002. Faculty of Natural and Physics Sciences. National University of Cordoba (UNC), Argentina.

Positions / Fellowships

• 2003-2005. Postgraduate fellowship. Scientific and Technologic Fund for Research (FONCYT), Argentina.
• 2005-present. PhD fellowship. Science and Technology National Council (CONICET), Argentina.
• 2003-present. Teaching assistant, Faculty of Agronomy (FA), University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina.

Research interests

• Agroecosystems ecology.
• Arthropod community and population ecology. Soil-plant-arthropod interactions.
• Plant-plant and plant-insect communication.

Students

• Javier Tomacelli. Bachelor thesis in Agronomy. Faculty of Agronomical Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (Advisor). Defense: September 2008.

Publications

• Szpeiner, A. Aphididae (Hemiptera) in ornamentals of Córdoba (Argentina). (2008). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 67(1-2): 49-56.
• Szpeiner, A., M. A. Martinez-Ghersa & C. Ghersa. (2007). Agricultura pampeana, corredores biológicos y biodiversidad. Ciencia Hoy, 101: 38-46.