Prof. Maria Aparecida Castellani currently serves as a Full Professor DSc at Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Brazil. She received her Master's and her PhD in Agronomy at Paulista State University in 1988 and 2000. Currently, she is a supervisor in the Graduate Program of Crop Science. Her research interests mainly include agricultural entomology, myrmecology, integrated pest management, phytosanitary defense, biological control, and insect bioecology.