Assignments and Research Activities:

• Head of the “Applied Chemical Ecology” lab
• Research on biology, ecology, diagnosis and sustainable control of major pests in fruit crops
• Development and implementation of innovative analytical methods
• Development and improvement of biological and biotechnical applications in pest control in integrated and organic fruit crop farming systems (focus infochemicals)

Memberships:

• President of the German Society for General and Applied Entomology (DGaaE)
• Convenor of the expert group „Pheromones and other semio-chemicals in integrated production“ of the International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control
• Member of the Entomological Society of America (ESA)
• Member of the International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE)
• Member of the International Entomological Society (IEV)
• Member of the German Scientific Society for Plant Protection and Plant Health r.S. (DPG)
• Associate Editor of „Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution“
• Associate editor of the Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection
• Subject Editor at Journal of Pest Science (from 2005-2007 Editor-in-Chief)
• Subject editor (Leaf beetles; Chrysomelidae) of ZooKeys (Pensoft Publishers, USA)

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut