Research interests
Blood-sucking dipteran insects (mosquitoes (Culicidae), blackflies (Simuliidae) and biting midges (Ceratopogonidae)), their ecology, development and distribution, control of blood-sucking insects. Hemosporidian and Flagellate parasites of birds, avian filariae and blood-sucking insects as vectors of mentioned parasites. Blood-sucking insects as potential vectors of other pathogens. Methodology used: insect dissection, microscopy, image analysis, DNA extraction, PCR, sequencing, sequence analysis.