Insects have eaten plants for around 400 million years. These interactions have given rise to most terrestrial biodiversity. Over the past 12,000 years, humans have changed plant-herbivore relationships by building cities, domesticating crops, and changing the global climate.
We investigate these changes, focusing on species that are of cultural importance, such as street trees, crops, crop wild relatives, and plants that support rare insect species. We combine experiments, observations, citizen science, and biological collections to address key hypotheses in ecology.
We are committed to promoting diversity in STEM through our work. More details here.
