Kaitlin

Dr. Kaitlin Deutsch is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Florida Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab. She is currently investigating the utility of environmental DNA (eDNA) and RNA (eRNA) in detecting emerging honey bee pests and pathogens.  Prior to joining HBREL, Kaitlin completed her PhD in Entomology at Cornell University, where she studied how sustainable beekeeping practices impact virus sharing between managed honey bees and wild pollinators. She first became interested in pollinator disease ecology during her time as an undergraduate at the University of South Florida, before going on to investigate viruses in hover fly pollinators as part of her MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management at the University of Oxford.