Research

Research questions, systems, and approaches.

My research examines how insect herbivores acquire and use essential dietary molecules, with particular emphasis on sterol nutrition and metabolism.

Research themes

  • Nutritional physiology of insect herbivores
  • Sterol uptake, metabolism, and homeostasis
  • Molecular mechanisms of plant-herbivore interactions
  • Functional genetics and gene-editing approaches

Detailed project descriptions and selected reproducible analyses will be added as the research record is assembled.