Recently, Professor Xia Yulu from North Carolina State University in the United States visited our college for a four-week academic exchange. In the afternoon of September 30th, Professor Xia delivered an academic report titled "My two-decade collaborative research in China on agricultural pests & higher education" to faculty and students of the college. Professor Xia highlighted the acquisition, implementation, and achievements of projects in international cooperation on agricultural pest control between China and the United States over the past two decades, and introduced a series of field and laboratory studies conducted by his team over the years. After the report, faculty and students had an in-depth and lively exchanges and discussions with Professor Xia.
Professor Xia Yulu Delivers Academic Report
During his visit, Professor Xia also engaged in academic research collaboration with teachers from the Plant Protection College, participated in teaching the "Integrated Pest Management" course for doctoral students in the college, and provided valuable opinions and suggestions for future cooperation on specific research topics.
Xia Yulu is currently a professor of entomology at North Carolina State University, deputy director of the Center for Pest Management, discipline leader, and a project reviewer of the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) and the NSF Center. Professor Xia graduated with a Ph.D. from Clemson University in the United States in the year 1996 and has been engaged in research on integrated pest management of agricultural pests, insect chemical ecology, pest resistance, and other areas since graduation. His main research focuses on international biological invasions and the important agricultural pest, the fruit fly. He has led and funded more than ten Sino-US cooperative research projects on agricultural pest control. He has published over 110 high-level articles and received more than 30 million dollars in research funding.
