About

I am an applied entomologist and chemical ecologist with a PhD in Zoology. I joined CABI in 2017 as an Integrated Crop Management Advisor but since 2023, I have been working in CABI’s centre in Malaysia as a Crop Health Advisor.

I have more than 20 years of experience in agriculture and research, and expertise in plant protection, biological control, biosecurity, and agroecology. I have worked in South East Asia and the Pacific region for the last 10 years. I have developed Integrated Pest Management (IPM) solutions for smallholder farmers and managed many projects funded by international donors and the private sector.

In my role, I support the development and promotion of agroecological solutions through field trials on key crops (rice, sweet potato, maize, coffee). My work focuses on pesticide risk reduction and the identification of sustainable alternatives. Furthermore, part of my role is to support CABI’s PlantwisePlus in Papua New Guinea.

Before joining CABI, I worked as a researcher in Australia within a large IPM program to manage pests of apple trees. As a postdoc researcher, I also studied the ecology of the caraway moth in the Czech Republic and analyzed the plant volatiles emitted by the caraway plant under herbivory. During my PhD, I investigated the ecology of a common bark beetles predator (Thanasimus dubius), its use in biological control, dispersal abilities and response to host-plant volatiles in pine forests.