My PhD research focuses on the anthropogenic effects on the behaviour of wild and domesticated bumblebees, providing me with a deep involvement in pollinator ecology, including fieldwork and related fields of study. Moreover, I am also highly interested in pollinator monitoring and conservation.
Related to my doctoral research, I used deep learning-based tools, including computer vision-based object detection, giving me a solid background in cutting-edge artificial intelligence techniques for animal behavioural studies. Additionally, I have a computational and programming background that allows rigorous data recording and statistical analysis. I have a knowledge of statistics (including linear modelling and machine learning), and I also have experience with R and Python languages.
As the main coordinator of an international project, I lead a questionnaire-based survey assessing the potential of residential gardens toward supporting high biodiversity in nine European countries.
Feel free to contact me for collaboration.
Domestic gardens for conservation
A survey on the gardens’ potential and the owners’ attitudes toward supporting high biodiversity in nine European countries Background In times of global biodiversity loss,…
Data digging from photographs of moths using deep-learning-based object detection
Background Biodiversity decline disproportionally affects hyperdiverse, yet low and middle-income, tropical regions, and Lepidoptera are among the most impacted taxa. Whereas monitoring in these countries…
Pollinator-friendly gardening or ecological traps: questionnaire-based studies on garden pesticide use
Background Pesticides are one of the most important anthropogenic-related stressors. In times of global pollinator decline, the role of integrated farming and that of urban…
Automated pollinator identification, community and interaction monitoring from video captures
Background In order to understand the processes behind the pollinator declines, besides monitoring species occurrences, we also have to focus on monitoring interactions. In addition…
Environmental impacts on bumblebees’ behaviour
Background In recent decades, the populations of pollinators have been declining worldwide. This is increased by anthropogenic background factors such as agrochemical pollution, degradation of…