Research interests
My work in paleoecology mainly concerns the use of fossil insect records from organic deposits to reconstruct the surrounding landscape; for instance, the identification and quantification of bark beetle fossils to record past outbreaks. In general, I am interested in differences between the past and present distribution of beetle species (and other insects), and if these changed due to natural causes such as climate change or if they were caused by anthropogenic influence. The past is the key to the present and will help us to understand what could happen in the future.
- Macrofossil identification (beetles, aquatic macroinvertebrates)
- Environmental reconstructions
- Climate reconstructions
- Anthropogenic influence
- Landscape archaeology