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Michael Raimundi

Michael Raimundi
PhD student

Department of agricultural economics
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Ghent University
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9000 Ghent, Belgium
 michael.raimondi@ugent.be

Bio

Michael Raimondi started his PhD in January 2022. He holds a Master of Science in Biology from KU Leuven. He worked as a researcher at INBO, mapping the vegetation of the belgian estuary system. Michael is also an active volunteer with the NGO BINCO, where heโ€™s part of the ground beetle research work group Carare.

The aim of his current research project is the development of a decision supportive grid to integrate the properties of alternatives into the decision making to remove crop protection products from the market.

Research

The aim of his current research is the development of a decision supportive grid to integrate the properties of alternatives into the decision making to remove crop protection products from the market. This project is a collaboration between the Lab of Crop Protection Chemistry, Lab of Weed Science, The Modelling and Optimisation of Decisions in Economics, Resources, Nature and Agriculture Research Group, PCFruit and ILVO, commissioned by the FPS Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment.

Keywords

  • Crop protection chemistry
  • Environmental risk assessment
  • Integrated pest management
  • Life cycle analysis