Assignments and Research Activities

• Leader of the subject area ‘Entomology in Fruit Growing’ (until May 31st 2021)
• Investigations on biology, ecology and population dynamics of pest and beneficial arthropods in orchards
• Research into the development of environmentally sound methods to control Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) and cherry fruit flies (Rhagoletis cerasi and R. cingulata)

Boards, Memberships

• Member of the German Society for General and Applied Entomology (DGaaE)
• Member of the Association of Friends and Sponsors of the German Entomological Institute
• Member of the German Phytomedical Society r. S. (DPG)

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut