I started researching pollinators in high school, developing a new method of detecting varroa mites, one of the biggest threats to honeybee health. Now at Cornell's McArt Lab, I study disease ecology in bumblebees, focusing on deformed wing virus. Pollinators are essential: ~75% of global food crops and flowering plants depend on them. Protecting bees means protecting our ecosystems, agriculture, and future.

What do you study?