WORKOctober 2024 - presentEcologist Wageningen University and Research, Sustainable Soil management group, NLMay 2021 - October 2024Researcher in agro-ecosystems diversification multi-functionality Wageningen University, NL & Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), SEFunded 4-years research project (FORMAS mobility grant) on above- and belowground ecosystem services and biodiversity in strip-cropping systems (e.g. used field/greenhouse experiments and arthropod field surveys to assess multiple ecosystem services, and processes linking crop diversity to services).Sep 2018 -May 2021 Post-doc in Conservation Biology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), SECoordinated research investigating drivers of pollinators’ decline in agroecosystems in Sweden using landscape and local scale land-use data (e.g. used cage experiments, pollinators and plant surveys, GIS data and molecular analyses to investigate impacts of land-use and species interaction on pollinator communities and pollination benefits). May - Sep 2018 Researcher community ecologySwedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), SELead an expedition across Europe aiming to investigate how climate and traits shape insect communities (with Prof. Tomas Roslin) PROJECT MANAGEMENT WORK EXPERIENCE & NGO Jan 2022 - Present International Project Manager on research on circular economy possibilities in Benin SLU, SE & IITA, Benin & Bugs for Life, UKFunding and Budget management (VR development and SLU Global grant) of several projects on Insect farming for feed production and organic waste management in BeninJan 2012 - Present Scientific advisor and co-founder of Bugs for Life charity Bugs for Life is a non-profitable organization for research and outreach on insects and nutrition. In particular we focus on the development of use of indigenous ecological resources to sustain livelihoods in Northern Benin, West Africa.Jun - Oct 2010 Project Manager and Science Coordinator, ‘Orchid Pollination by Euglossa Bees’ - ECOSUR Tapachula – MexicoProject investigating Euglossa bee diversity in coffee plantations vs primary forests EDUCATIONSep 2013 – May 2017 PhD Agricultural EntomologySwedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala, SwedenThesis: “Integrated pest management across spatial scales”. Main advisor: Prof. Riccardo Bommarco.2011 - 2012MSc in Integrated Crop ManagementImperial College London, Berkshire, UK2006 - 2010BSc (Hons) Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of Edinburgh , Scotland