by Tom Wanger Sometimes you have the pleasure of working with very special people, special both for their exceptional achievements and...

It is of course exciting when our lab publishes impactful work, because it means that we have excellent people in the team. Some of these...

Great times. We are now officially affiliated with Westlake University's School of Life Sciences. This allows us to recruit PhD students...

Rice is a staple food for half of the human population, but the benefits of diversified rice production on yields, economy, biodiversity,...

The global food system must meet the increasing demand for food, fibre, and energy while reducing environmental impacts. The UN Food...

In our Knowledge Project, we are aiming to transfer the scientific information about agricultural diversification into the hands of...

Congratulations, Ache, to successfully defending his exciting PhD work on cocoa pollination in Ghana, West Africa last week at Oxford...

Global environmental challenges require comprehensive data to monitor and manage biodiversity. We have developed a portable, modular, and...

In 2022, YanYan participated in the "Tree of Science" initiative of the Westlake Education Foundation that aims at bringing science to...

Westlake University launched an inspiring and free(!) pre-college summer camp for international students from the US, South Korea, and...

It was an incredible honour that President Yigong Shi and the Westlake Education Foundation decided to visit our lab. We discussed...

In our Knowledge Project, we are aiming to transfer the scientific information about agricultural diversification into the hands of...

The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) conference is an important and fantastic conference especially for young up...

Rice is a staple food for half of the human population which is why parts of our work is focussed on i) rice diversification for...

As of now, we still know little about the effects on and mechanisms behind plastic pollution on pollination services. We know even less...

In our group we are interested in automated biodiversity monitoring in various cropping systems and taxonomic groups. It happens that...

West and Central Africa (WCA) are responsible for 71 % of world cocoa production and involving some 2.6 million smallholder farmers....

Agricultural diversification can enhance climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and livelihood in global farming systems. Diverse...

Siyan just published her work on fallow priority areas in China in Nature's Communications Earth & Environment Fallowing means to leave...

Sustainable development of the agricultural sector is critical in China and Pacific Island States for food security. At the "China &...