Dineshkumar Kandasamy

Dineshkumar Kandasamy is a Researcher in the Pheromone Group at the Department of Biology, Lund University. His work focuses on bark beetle sensory biology and their ecological interactions with fungal symbionts.

Research interests include:

• Insect-microbe symbiosis
• Chemical ecology of bark beetles
• Microbial ecology in forest ecosystems
• Multitrophic interactions involving conifers, insects, and fungi

Recent publications explore:

• Volatile organic compound detection mechanisms in Ips typographus
• Fungal metabolite-guided host location behavior
• Climatic drivers of bark beetle population dynamics

Projects include:

• Lead Swedish Research Council grant on insect-fungal symbiosis
• Co-supervision of climate change impact on host range expansion