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Academic degrees/qualification:

PhD in Agriculture (Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tartu, Estonia, 2024). Thesis title: "Sustainable approaches to oilseed rape pest control: steps towards integrated pest management".
MSc in Landscape Management and Protection (Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tartu, Estonia, 2019). Thesis title: "Damage and parasitism rate of seed and stem weevils in winter oilseed rape".
BSc in Environmental Protection (Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tartu, Estonia, 2017). Thesis title: "Teaching geoinformatics in Estonian general education schools".

Scientific career:

Centre for Ecological Research, "Lendület" Landscape and Conservation Ecology Research Group, postdoc research fellow 2026-2027.
Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Chair of Plant Health, Research Fellow, 2024-
Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Chair of Plant Health, junior research fellow, 2020-2024.
Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Chair of Plant Health, laboratory assistant, 2018-2019.

Honors and fellowships:

Erasmus+ short-term mobility at the University of Alberta and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (2025)
The Estonian Academy of Sciences contest for university students, 1st prize in the field of agriculture and veterinary sciences for Doctoral thesis (2024).
Estonian University of Life Sciences scholarship for the best research publication in organic farming field (2024).
Estonian University of Life Sciences scholarship for the best research publication in organic farming field (2023)
Dora plus short-term study abroad scholarship to participate in fieldwork in Italy, Pisa, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (2022)
AS Baltic Agro scholarship (2021)
The Estonian Academy of Sciences contest for university students, 3rd prize in the field of bio and environmental sciences for Master's thesis. (2019)

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Teaching activities:

Guest lecture in the University of Alberta course Plant Science (PLSC 310): Insects in Cropping Systems - September 2025
Teaching in Estonian University of Life Sciences course "Plant pests and their control PK.1036 (13 ECTS)"
"Importance of insects in agriculture" workshops for school children in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Supervision (ongoing and completed): 7 Master’s theses and 2 Bachelor’s theses

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