Chloë Raderschall

Current projects:

Integrating community population dynamics and tritrophic interactions for sustainable pest control: oilseed rape as
a model system. This project is in collaboration with Peter Anderson, Mattias Larsson, Ola Lundin, the Cropping Systems Ecology unit and the Plant Protection centre of the Swedish Board of Agriculture. Funded by Formas (2022-2024)

Integrated pest and pollinator management (IPPM) for sustainable plant protein production. Led by Ola Lundin and in collaboration with Åsa Grimberg and Mattias Larsson. Funded by Formas (2023-2025).

Co-designing strip cropping of oilseed rape and wheat to promote ecosystem services and reduce the dependency on external inputs. Led by Raj Chongtham and in collaboration with Georg Carlsson, Dirk van Apeldoorn and Mattias Larsson. Funded by Formas (2023-2025).

Previous projects:

During my PhD at the SLU Department of Ecology in Riccardo Bommarco's group, I studied the effects of diversified farming systems at both landscape scale (landscape crop diversity) and field scale (supplementation of wildflower strips and honeybee hives), on natural pest control and insect pollination in faba bean in southern Sweden. For this project we worked in collaboration with Hushållningssällskapet in Skåne. I also experimentally tested how climate change stressors such as water stress and increased herbivory interact with insect pollination and crop yield. 

"Safeguard- safeguarding European wild pollinators" project funded by EU Horizon 2020 (2021-2025). How mass-flowering crops in the landscape shape wild pollinator communities in different habitats within agricultural landscapes.

Optimized pollination of field beans (Vicia faba minor) for sustainable supply of plant protein. Funded by Formas to Ola Lundin. Interactive effects among insect pollination, weed cover and fungicide treatment on faba bean yield and bumblebee visitation behaviour.

Interactive effects of insect pollination and weed infestation in different lupin cultivars as part of the IMPULSE-project: Fostering the organic cultivation of grain legumes; a multi-scale feasability study for soy bean and lupin production in Sweden funded by FORMAS and lead by Alexander Menegat.

I am currently contributing with individual lectures to the following courses:

BI1267- Integrated Pest Management in Sustainable Production Systems (Master level)

BI1283- Environmental Issues in Crop production (Agroecology students year 2) 

BI1394- Basic Ecology

Since 2023 Postdoctoral researcher in the Chemical Ecology- Agriculture unit at the SLU Department of Plant Protection Biology, Alnarp.

2022 Postoctoral researcher at the University of Würzburg, Department of Animal ecology and Tropical biology. Advisor: Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter

2017-2021 PhD in the Agricultural Entomology unit at the SLU Department of Ecology, Uppsala. Supervisors: Riccardo Bommarco, Ola Lundin, Astrid Taylor

2016 Internship at the Swiss Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Frick

2012-2014 MPhil in Sensory ecology at the Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra

2011-2012 Field work officer at the Research school of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra

2007-2010 BSc with first class Honours at the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Genetics, The Australian National University, Canberra

Students interested in writing their thesis on crop protection against insects, insect pollination and beneficial insects or diversified cropping systems are welcome to contact me.