Currently, I am a post-doc at the Foster Lab at UBC working on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in honey bees, which are the targets of neonicotinoids, the most commonly used insecticide in the world.

I did my PhD at the Zayed Lab at York University, where I primarily studied the effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on honey bee behaviour and brain gene expression.

My publication in the journal Science lead to a wide array of media coverage, including a TV interview on PBS News Hour.

Currently, the paper is ranked in the top 1% of the academic field of Plant and Animal Science based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year based on Web of Science. Additionally, the paper was cited in a policy decision on neonicotinoid use by Canada and the UK.

I’ve also explored the effects of social interactions on learning and memory in honey bees and the effects of certain molecules on spatial learning and memory.