Current Projects

Honeybee Research

How can increase the bee population?

 PMI in Forensic Entomology

Research in social insects has shown that hydrocarbons found on the cuticle of insects are species specific as well as caste specific and hence could be a promising tool for establishing the PMI in forensic entomology.

 Hydrocarbons as recognition cues in insects

In our lab we focus on unravelling the role of hydrocarbons in nest mate recognition in ants, bees and other social insects.

Other projects carried out in collaboration

Research in chemical ecology is a multidisciplinary approach and in my research I collaborate with various groups worldwide. Please click on the research groups below to find out more about my collaborators.

Dr Martin Steinbauer, La Trobe University, Australia

Dr Jeff Tomberlin, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA,

Dr Eric Benbow, University of Dayton, Dayton, USA

Dr Jens Amendt, Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Germany

Dr Martin Hall, Natural History Museum, London, UK,

Dr Stephen Martin, Salford University,

Zheijang University, Hangzhou, China,

British Beekeeping Association (BBKA)