Aarhus University; Department of Biology – Zoophysiology; DK Our collaboration with Prof. Johannes Overgaard focuses on the physiological and metabolic mechanisms underlying insect cold tolerance, seasonal acclimation, and thermal adaptation. By combining comparative physiology, experimental ecology, and metabolomics, we investigate how insects adjust their metabolism and cellular function in response to low-temperature stress across diverse … Read more
Florida International University; College of Arts, Sciences & Education; Florida, US Our collaboration with Prof. Fernando Noriega focuses on the molecular and hormonal regulation of insect reproduction and development, with a particular emphasis on juvenile hormone and ecdysteroid signaling pathways. Together, we combine advanced bioanalytical mass-spectrometry-based approaches with molecular biology and functional genomics to quantify, … Read more
The University of Texas at Austin; Texas, US Our collaboration with Dr. Brian Sedio focuses on plant chemical diversity and induced defense responses, particularly the metabolic variation underlying plant–herbivore interactions. By integrating chemical ecology, metabolomics, and evolutionary perspectives, we investigate how plants modulate both volatile and non-volatile metabolites in response to herbivory across related species. … Read more
Harper Adams University; Agriculture and Environment; UK Our collaboration with Dr. Simon T. Segar focuses on tropical plant–insect interactions and community-level drivers of herbivory, with an emphasis on how plant defensive traits shape insect herbivore diversity and structure. By combining field-based ecological research, chemical ecology, and metabolomic analyses, we investigate multitrophic interactions across environmental gradients … Read more
Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops; DE Our collaboration with Prof. Dr. Nicole van Dam centers on the chemical ecology of plant–insect interactions, with a focus on how plant chemical diversity shapes herbivore behavior, performance, and ecological interactions. By integrating metabolomics and advanced chemical profiling with ecological and evolutionary frameworks, we investigate how genetic … Read more
Museum and Institute of Zoology; Witold Stefański Institute of Parasitology; Warsaw, PL Our laboratory is collaborating with Prof. Agata Kaczmarek (Witold Stefański Institute of Parasitology, Warsaw, Poland) on a Polish–Czech project exploring how dietary fatty acids can shape innate immune responses to fungal infections, with particular emphasis on the opportunistic pathogen Conidiobolus coronatus. As fungal … Read more