Priyadarshini Chakrabarti Basu

Dr. Priyadarshini Chakrabarti Basu is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Entomology, Washington State University, with a courtesy faculty appointment at Oregon State University. Her research focuses on the interactive effects of multiple stressors (e.g., poor nutrition, pesticides, diseases) on bees, employing multidisciplinary techniques from physiology, toxicology, and neuroethology to multiomics-based approaches.

Key research areas include:

• Pollinator health
• Ecotoxicology of pesticides
• Neuroethology of bee behavior
• Pollinator extension and outreach
• Community engagement in conservation
• Multiomics in pollinator biology

Dr. Basu holds significant leadership roles in professional organizations, including Secretary/Treasurer of the American Association of Professional Apiculturists, Vice-President Elect of the ESA Pacific Branch, and North American Chair of the COLOSS nutrition taskforce. She actively engages in teaching, stakeholder collaboration, and public education, including authoring children's books on pollinators.