Profile

Researcher, beekeeper and extensionist. Specialty on the use of bees an animal models to study the effect of biotic and abiotic stressors on health and behaviour. Also, on studies on host-pathogen interactions, molecular markers associated with social immunity, the diagnosis viruses in honey bees and neotropical bees, and research on the metabolome and lipidome profile of social insects. More than ten years of experience in honey bee pathology and the study of host-pathogen interactions.