Head of Ecosystems Management. Diploma in Biological Sciences, PhD in Natural Sciences. Areas of expertise: Biological control of weeds and chemical ecology, including management and development of biological research projects, (Sulphur Cinquefoil, Russian Knapweed), field work in Europe, Turkey, Uzbekistan, studies on the host specificity of herbivorous insects, studies on the chemical ecology of plant-herbivore-parasitoid/predator interactions and on the ecology and evolutionary ecology of invasive species. Supervision of PhD, MSc and junior scientists. Consultancy in the field of invasive species management and ecosystems management.