Projects
27. HEAT: Einfluss von Hitzeereignissen auf den West-Nil-Virus-Zyklus in Deutschland unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Vektors Culex pipiens Biotyp pipiens. (2023-2024) under the research programme: I. Neue und/oder neuartige Zoonosenerreger und Veränderung von Erregerreservoiren of the German research network “Nationales Forschungsnetz zoonotische Infektionskrankheiten” funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
26. CLIMB: The impact of rapid CLIMate change on the Biodiversity-health interface. (2023-2026) SOFI programme (Structural Research Funding) of the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp supported by the Flemish Government, Science and Innovation and the DGD FA5 Synergy Fund
25. FA5 programme Nepal: EVIDENCE-BASED VECTOR BORNE DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND ELIMINATION OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS IN NEPAL (2022-2026) funded by The Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD), Belgium overview
24. FA5 programme Peru: Improved infectious diseases control and surveillance in Peru through capacity building using modern education and research tools. (2022-2026) funded by The Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD), Belgium
23. MEMO+: Monitoring of Exotic Mosquitoes in Belgium (2021-2024), funded by Regional & Federal Agencies of Belgium (under NEHAP)
22. SWARM: How do malaria mosquitoes swarm and mate? The functional biology of mating swarms. (2021-2024), funded by the Human Frontier Science Program
21. EASTBOUND: Changing dynamics and health risks along the illegal wildlife trade supply chain from Myanmar to China and Thailand (2022-2023), funded by BMZ and BMU in the framework of the ‘International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade’ and Nationale Forschungsplattform für Zoonosen
20. BIOZ: WNV Prävention durch Biozid-Interventionen gegen den gemeinen WNV Überträger Culex pipiens: Experimente, Bürgerwissenschaft und übergreifender Dialog (2021-2023), funded by the Federal Ministry of Health under the research network programme “Nationales Forschungsnetz zoonotische Infektionskrankheiten”
19. DiMoC: Diversity Components in Mosquito-Borne Diseases in Face of Climate Change (2020-2023), funded by EU, BiodivERsA programme (Joint Call "Biodiversity and its influence on animal, human and plant health")
18. ITM host of projects:
FA5 programme Democratic Republic Congo: Institutional capacity building with DRC. (2022-2026) funded by The Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD), Belgium
MOOD: Monitoring outbreaks for disease surveillance in a data science context (2020-2024) funded by EU, H2020 programme (Big data call SC1-BHC-13-2019: Mining big data for early detection of infectious disease threats driven by climate change and other factors)
VectorNext: European Network for Medical and Veterinary Entomology (2019-2023), funded by ECDC/ESFA; AIM COST ACTION (2018-2022), funded by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)
MEMO / MEMO2: Monitoring of Exotic Mosquitoes in Belgium (2017-2020), funded by Regional & Federal Agencies of Belgium (under NEHAP)
17. PoloGGB: PI/Consultant for the projects
Target Malaria (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) (2017-2022)
C²-GEM (DARPA) (2018-2022)
InfraVec2 (EU infrastructure) (2017-2021)
16. FA4 programme Cambodia (2017-2021) Entomology funded by The Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD), Belgium
15. FA4 programme Peru (2019-2021) Entomology funded by The Directorate-General for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid (DGD), Belgium
14. EntoCAP: Enhancing Entomological Capacity for combating vector-borne diseases in Nepal (2018-2021). funded by Grand Challenges, an initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
13. ARBOKOM: Scientific advisor for the project Gesetzliche Grundlagen, Zuständigkeiten und Entscheidungshilfen für die Prävention und Kontrolle von Aedes albopictus und Arbovirus-Infektionen auf kommunaler Ebene (2019-2020). funded by BMBF, research group funding programme “Nationales Forschungsnetz zoonotische Infektionskrankheiten”
12. IZAM: Influence of vector-host conditions on virus transmission efficiency (2019-2020). funded by BMBF, research group funding programme “Nationales Forschungsnetz zoonotische Infektionskrankheiten”. Joint project between Goethe University, Charite Berlin and Technical University Munich
11. MEcAM: Metabolom und Ökophysiologie von Aedes Steckmücken (2019-2021). funded by BMBF, research group funding programme “Nationales Forschungsnetz zoonotische Infektionskrankheiten”. Joint project between Goethe University and Robert-Koch Institute
10. AFra Ad hoc Monitoring of Aedes albopictus in Frankfurt am Main (2018/19). funded by the Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology, Hessian Centre on Climate Change
9. AECO: Vector biology of Aedes albopictus and eco-bio-social drivers for effective vector prevention & control in cooler ecoregions, funded by BMBF, research group funding programme “Nationales Forschungsnetz zoonotische Infektionskrankheiten” (2017-2020). Joint project between Goethe University and Nepal Health Research Council
8. PEST: Populationsdynamische Erfassung der Schadinsekten Asiatische Buschmücke und Kirschessigfliege in Abhängigkeit von der
Temperaturvarianz, funded by the Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology, Hessian Centre on Climate Change (2017-2020) Joint project between Goethe University, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt, and Geisenheim University.
7. Partner of MOST: Modellierung der Phänologie von 2 Schädlingsinsekten in Abhängigkeit von Temperaturvarianz, funded by the Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology, Hessian Centre on Climate Change (2017-2020) Joint project between Goethe University, Geisenheim University, our department, and Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt.
6. AJAP II: Integriertes Vektormanagement zur umweltfreundlichen und nachhaltigen Bekämpfung der Asiatischen Buschmücke, funded by the Hessian Agency for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology, Hessian Centre on Climate Change (2017-2021). joint project between Goethe University, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt, and The Institute for Social-Ecological Research.
5. AJAP: Development and ecotoxicological evaluation of methods to prevent and control Japanese mosquito (Aedes japonicus) populations in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany), with an analysis of climatic adaptation and competition with other mosquito species. 105.000 € funded by the Fachzentrum Klimawandel Hessen, Hessisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie (HLUG), and Rheinland-Pfalz Kompetenzzentrum für Klimawandelfolgen bei der Forschungsanstalt für Waldökologie und Forstwirtschaft (FWFW) (2014-16)
4. PestiClimat: Pesticide effects across climatic zones: An integrative mesocosm approach from the individual to the ecosystem-level. funded by Fundação paraded by a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal (2012-16)
3. AdaMuS: Response and adaptive potential of single species and communities to climate change in combination with pesticides. 265.000 € funded by the research funding programme "LOEWE – Landes-Offensive zur Entwicklung Wissenschaftlich-ökonomischer Exzellenz" of Hesse's Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and the Arts (2011-14)
2. Subcontracted work for EU-Project PILLS: In vivo and in vitro tests of stepwise treated hospital wastewater (2011)
1. Long term oil spill effects in Lofoten: Scenarios of cascading ecological and socio-economic impacts. co-leading role in preparation of funding application, Global Engagement Faculty Seed Grant, Arizona State University, USA (2008