Scientific interests
Agriculture; entomology; ecology; apiculture; pollination ecology; ecosystem services; sustainable development; geographic information systems (GIS); citizen science
Current research objectives
- To evaluate bee plants through their nectar secretion dynamics, pollen presentation, and attractiveness for honey bees.
- To figure out the pollination ecology and pollinators diversity of bee flora.
- To employ geographic information systems (GIS) in mapping and analysing bee forage potentials, and to develop spatial thinking in apiculture.
- To employ citizen science in beekeeping R&D.
Technical skills
Field investigations in prairies and forests; SPSS; R; remote sensing (satellite and aerial imagery processing); GIS (ArcGIS); data mining
