Deepa Senapathi

Deepa Senapathi is a Professor at the University of Reading, specializing in pollination ecology, climate change impacts on biodiversity, and sustainable agroecosystem management. Her research integrates landscape ecology, insect behavior, and conservation biology to address pollinator declines, pest dynamics, and climate adaptation in agricultural systems.

Her core research interests include:

• Pollinator community responses to land-use and climate change
• Ecological intensification of agriculture through habitat management
• Phenological shifts in species interactions under warming
• Pesticide risk assessment for beneficial insects
• Citizen science approaches to ecological monitoring

Publication analysis reveals strong emphasis on multi-scale drivers of biodiversity in farmed landscapes, with recurring themes of:

• Climate-driven mismatches in plant-pollinator-pest systems
• Agroecological interventions for pollination enhancement
• Transdisciplinary methods for pollinator conservation
• Landscape configuration effects on beneficial insects