Guest Lecture: Prof. Dr Katja Poveda Morciniec (Cornell University)

Title: "From Fields to Landscapes: Plant–Insect Interactions and Ecosystem Services in Agroecosystems"

Zusammenfassung: 
Agricultural intensification is transforming diverse, complex landscapes into increasingly simplified, monoculture-dominated environments. These changes affect arthropod diversity, with important consequences for ecosystem services such as pollination and natural pest control.
This talk explores unexpected pathways through which agricultural intensification influences ecosystem-service providers and shapes plant and insect traits. We will also examine how local diversification practices can promote beneficial ecological interactions and help sustain ecosystem services despite landscape and climate changes. Together, these findings reveal the complex connections among landscape change, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and agricultural production.

About Prof. Dr. Katja Poveda
Since 2025Full Professor, Entomology, Cornell University
2011 -2024Researcher and Ass. Professor, Entomology, Cornell University
2006 –2010Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Göttingen and Cornell University
2006 –2008 Visiting Researcher, Agronomy Department, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2005Ph.D. in Agroecology, Georg-August-University of Göttingen
2000B.Sc. Biology, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

When?
Friday, 18 September 2026, 11:30 - 12:30 h

Where?
Leibniz Institute for Horticultural Sciences (IGZ),
Theodor-Echtermeyer-Weg 1, 14979 Großbeeren
Lecture Hall (Administration Building)

Registration
Please register at lectures@igzev.de.