Tasks and research areas

• Studies on pest biology with regards to stored product protection (SPP)
• Preventive stored product protection and pest avoidance
• Insect-proof or hermetic storage and packaging
• Efficacy of nitrogen, carbon dioxide atmospheres, or vacuum
• Studies on the use of extreme temperatures for SPP
• Early detection with intelligent optics, acoustics, or traps
• Botanicals for pest attraction and repellency or control
• Biological control in SPP and integrated pest management
• Diatomaceous earths and their efficacy against stored product insects

Participation in committees and memberships

• German Society for Plant Protection and Plant Health (DPG)
• Head of the DPG Stored Product Protection working group
• German Society for General and Applied Entomology (DGaaE)
• Co-convenor IOBC-WPRS Working Group Integrated Protection of Stored Products
• Member of Permanent Committee, International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection
• Member of editorial board: Journal of Stored Product Research
• Reviewer for other journals such as
  • International Journal of Tropical Insect Science
  • Journal of Economic Entomology
  • Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research
  • Journal of Pest Science
  • Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection
  • Post Harvest Biology and Technology

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut