Most current projects in the lab relate to one of these general areas:
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Nutritional Ecology of Floral Rewards
How does the nutritional composition of floral rewards structure interactions between plants, their co-flowering competitors, and bees?
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Floral Resources in a Changing World
We explore how climate warming and pesticides impact bee health and plant-pollinator interactions via effects on nectar and pollen chemistry.
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Floral Chemistry and Bee Cognition
We ask how different aspects of nectar’s complex chemistry interact to shape bee cognition and behavior.