Leonardo Platania

Leonardo Platania - Leonardo Platania - BIYSC
  • Predoctoral researcher at IBE with an FPI fellowship. Studying evolution and biodiversity of Western Pacific leaf-beetles (Chrysomelidae, eumolpinae).
  • Former Research Assistant at the University of Florence (Italy), working on conservation of the butterfly Zerynthia cassandra Geyer, 1828 population in Elba island.
  • Master Degree in Biology at the University of Florence (Italy), with a thesis on the social-wasp Polistes dominula (Christ, 1791) communication.
  • Erasmus internship at IBE, working on a project on cryptic species of European Butterflies.
  • Bachelor degree in Biology at the University of Florence (Italy) with a thesis on the urban ant diversity in Florence.