Renata Bažok, PhD is full professor of Agricultural Entomology at Faculty of Agriculture University of Zagreb. Her R&D competences are applied entomology, IPM, plant protection and training. From 1993 she conducted research on integrated control of Colorado potato beetle, wireworms, sugar beet, oilseed rape pests, western corn rootworm and other maize pests. She was on 3 specializations in USA: in 1994 when she spent 3 weeks working at USDA/ARS Insect Biocontrol laboratory in Beltsville, in 1997 she spent 10 weeks as Cochran fellowship working at Purdue University, in 2012 as Fullbright visiting scholar she spent six months investigating the effect of GMO Bt maize on arthropods biocenosys at Purdue University. She was investigator in two USDA/CRO projects and in several national scientific projects. She was principal investigator in 3 national scientific projects and I was National Training Coordinator of the FAO Project (GTFS/RER/017/ITA). Her current resears interest are integrated pest management for sugar beet pests, wireworms and western corn rootworm. Her publication record ranges from 50 referred journal articles and # 100 miscellaneous (proceedings, abstracts).