Magister Scientiae, in Natural Resources, (FAUBA 2000).
Doctor Rerum Naturalis (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology – Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Alemania 2004).
Current positions
Full Professor, Cátedra de Zoología Agrícola, Facultad de Agronomía. Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Associate Professor, Cátedra de Bioquímica, Facultad de Agronomía. Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Principal Researcher CONICET.
Vicedirector del INBA, FAUBA-CONICET.
Research interests
Plant-insect interactions, mainly between soybean and insect pests.
Publications in refereed journals (last 5 years)
Vázquez DE, Villegas Martínez LE, Medina V, Latorre-Estivalis JM,Zavala JA, Farina WM (2023) Glyphosate affects larval gut microbiota and metamorphosis of honey bees with differences between rearing procedures. Environmental Pollution, 334: 122200.
Dávila C, Fiorenza JE, Gershenzon J, Reichelt M, Zavala JA, Fernández PC (2023) Sawfly egg deposition extends the insect life cycle and alters hormone and volatile emission profiles. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11: 1084063.
Zhang M, Cheng X, Lin, Xie B, Nauen R, Rondon S, Zavala JA, Palli SR, Li S, Xiong X, Zhou W, Zhou W, Gao Y (2022) Chromosomal-level genome assembly of potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella: a pest of solanaceous crops. Scientific Data, 9 (1): 748.
Medina V, Rosso BE, Soria M, Gutkind GO, Pagano EA, Zavala JA* (2022) Feeding on soybean crops changed gut bacteria diversity of the southern green stinkbug (Nezara viridula) and reduced negative effects of some associated bacteria. Pest Management Science, 78: 4608-4617.
Jacobi VG, Fernandez PC, Zavala JA* (2022) The stink bug Dichelops furcatus: a new pest of corn that emerges from soybean stubble. Pest Management Science, 78: 2113-2120.
Vago ME, Jaurena G, Estevez JM, Agueda Castro M, Zavala JA, Ciancia M (2021)Salt stress on Lotus tenuis triggers cell wall polysaccharide changes affecting their digestibility by ruminants. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 166: 405-415.
Sardoy P, Ilina N, Borniego L, Traverso L, Pagano EA, Ons S, Zavala JA (2021) Proteases inhibitors-insensitive cysteine proteases allow Nezara viridula to feed on growing seeds of field-grown soybean. En prensa.
Macri IN, Vázquez DE, Pagano EA, Zavala JA, Farina WM (2021)Evaluating the impact of post-emergence weed control in honeybee colonies located in different agricultural surroundings. Insects. 12:163. doi.org/10.3390/insects12020163.
Jacobi VG, Fernandez PC, Barriga LG, Almeida-Trapp M, Mithöfer A,Zavala JA (2021) Plant volatiles guide the new pest Dichelopsfurcatus to feed on corn seedlings. Pest Management Science, 77: 2444-2453. DOI 10.1002/ps.6273.
Sablij I, Barneto JA, Balestrasse KB, Zavala JA, Pagano EA (2020) Role of reactive oxygen species and isoflavonoids in soybean resistance to the attack of the southern green stink bug. PeerJ 8:e9956 DOI 10.7717/peerj.9956.
Dillon FM, Chludil HD, Mithoefer A, Zavala JA* (2020) Solar UVB-inducible ethylene alone induced isoflavonoids in pods of field-grown soybean, an important defense against stink bugs. Environmental and Experimental Botany 178, 104167.
Romero B, Dillon FM, Zavala JA* (2020) Different soybean cultivars respond differentially to damage in a herbivore-specific manner and decrease herbivore performance. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 14: 89-99.
Fernández, Patricia C, Braccini, Celina L., Dávila Camila, Barrozo Romina B., Coll Aráoz M. Victoria, Cerrillo Teresa, Gershenzon Jonathan, Reichelt Michael, Zavala J.A (2019) The use of leaf surface contact cues during oviposition explains field preferences in the willow sawfly Nematus Oligospilus. Scientific Reports. 9:4946 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41318-7.
Grad Students
6 Doctoral Thesis finished as director y 4 as codirector. 1 MSc Thesis as codirector. 14 undergraduate Thesis as director.
Currently directs: 3 Doctoral Thesis as director y 2 as codirector, 1 MSc Thesis. 2 postdocs.
Management of research projects (last 5 years)
2023-2027: Como director. Estudio de las respuestas sistémicas de las defensas de la soja frente al ataque de chinches, y de los volátiles que les permiten a los insectos identificar a los cultivos. Otorgado por el Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (FONCyT), PICT-2021-00089.
2020-2023: Como director. Características de la soja que le permiten a la chinche identificarla como alimento y el impacto de las bacterias digestivas sobre la tolerancia a las defensas. Otorgado por el Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (FONCyT), PICT-2018-01371.
2019: Como director. VI Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Ecología Química – ALAEQ. Subsidio para reuniones científicas. Otorgado por el Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (FONCyT), RC-RPI-2019-00013.
2017-2020: Como director. Mecanismos de tolerancia de chinches a las defensas químicas que le permiten alimentarse de soja y maíz: mecanismos y función ecológica. Otorgado por el Fondo para la Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (FONCyT), PICT-2015-0684.
Postgraduate courses taught at the Alberto Soriano Graduate School (FAUBA)
