Research Interests

Black fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae)

• Ecology and faunistics (Palaearctis, Nearctis and Orientalis)
• Taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny

Fungus gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae)

• Ecology and faunistics (Palaearctis)
• Taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny

Plant-Insect Interaction

• Pollination biology
• Mechanisms of attraction

Eumycetozoa

• Taxonomy, faunistics and ecology of Protostelids and Myxomycetes
• Myxomycetes-Insect associations