Prof. Tomislav Kos was born in 1977. He completed his graduate studies at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Zagreb in 2004, since which time he has been an employee of the Department of Agricultural Zoology. He defended his doctoral thesis in 2011 at the same institution and was elected senior assistant in the associate title of scientific novice. He was elected to the scientific title of senior scientific associate in 2013. His scientific interest is focused on systems and measures to control pests on field crops and stored agricultural products. In addition to entomology (the science of insects), he also deals with the biodiversity of beneficial arthropods, as well as phytopharmacy, researches the effectiveness of insecticides in laboratory and field experiments, consults in phytomedicine, and is involved in the development of the monitoring of harmful insects with the support of artificial intelligence (AI). He is currently an assistant professor at the University of Zadar, elected in 2015. He is also an authorized lecturer of the Ministry of Agriculture. He collaborated on five international and four domestic scientific projects, as well as several development projects of the Croatian Ministry of Agriculture, and cooperated with local self-government or producer associations. He is a member of the Croatian plant protection society, Croatian entomological society, Croatian ecological society, and International organization for biological control (IOBC/WPRS).