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  • Welcome Aboard, Dr. David Dreyer!

    We are excited to welcome Dr. David Dreyer to our team as our new Project Assistant, beginning February 1st, 2024, renowned for his expertise in insect behavior studies and data analysis. Dr. Dreyer completed his graduate studies at Marburg University, Germany, focusing on the neurochemistry of the insect central nervous system, especially the red flour…

  • Outstanding Defense of Isa’s Master’s Thesis

    Congratulations to Isa for her outstanding performance in defending her Master’s thesis. Wishing you great success in your future career and research in biology.

  • A Warm Welcome to Our New Master’s Student and Best Wishes for the Upcoming Master’s Thesis Presentation

    We’re excited to welcome Emmanuel Kotu Robertson from Ghana, who will be with us for a half-year master thesis project. Emmanuel’s fresh perspectives and dedication are sure to contribute significantly to our ongoing research endeavors. Additionally, we would like to extend our best wishes to Isa Hendriks for her upcoming Master Thesis Defense. Isa recently…

  • Upcoming Master Thesis Defense

    We are pleased to announce that our group’s master’s student, Isabel Eline Hendriks, will be defending her thesis on January 18, 2024. Her research, titled “Spectrally Resolved Insect Flashes by Sunlight,” will be presented at the Division of Combustion Physics, Department of Physics, Lund University. The examiner for the defense will be Edouard Berrocal.

  • Welcome Aboard, Dr. Dolores Bernenko!

    We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Dolores Bernenko as our new Project Assistant, beginning January 1st, 2024. A recent doctoral graduate from Umeå University, Dr. Bernenko brings expertise in data science, experimental physics, spectroscopy, and biology. Her proficiency in Python for data analysis and visualization, combined with her skills in spectroscopy, make her an invaluable…

  • Lab Work Featured, Week 50:

    Ph.D. student Hampus Månefjord has upgraded the detector and light sources of BIOSPACE to the short-wave infrared wavelength range. In this range, we are investigating the spectroscopy features to determine if we can distinguish gravid from non-gravid female mosquitoes, as well as differentiate between mosquitoes of varying ages or sexes. This involves examining degrees of…

  • The Best Poster Reward

    Congratulations to Lauro Müller for receiving the best poster award at the recent Nordic Optics and Photonics conference in Riga, held from April 19-21, 2023. This recognition was for the collaborative work with HySpex, titled ‘Hyperspectral Lidar Development and Applications’. The research presented innovative applications of HySpex short wave-infrared hyperspectral cameras, focusing on examining thin-film…