My current research focuses specifically on the functioning of arthropod communities, primarily within agrosystems, through the study of ecological interaction networks at the arthropod–plant community level. This approach to understanding ecosystem functioning through the analysis of interaction networks enables us to address a wide range of questions in the field of ecology in general, and biological control in particular. We are working on these themes across various systems through several research programmes. This field is rapidly expanding, holds great potential, and addresses both central conceptual questions in ecology and directly relevant societal concerns.

Beyond these main themes, I am involved in several projects involving the use and development of methodologies based on high-throughput sequencing for the characterisation of biodiversity (long-read sequencing, 16S metagenomics, amplicon sequencing, and sequencing-based genotyping).

Keywords: Environmental genomics