Prof. Dr. Jeremy Nichol McNeil

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsEcology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems,Sensory and Behavioural Biology
KeywordsNaturstoffchemie, Signalstoffe, Pheromone, Chemische Ökologie, Insekten

Current contact address

CountryCanada
CityLondon
InstitutionUniversity of Western Ontario

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Stefan SchulzInstitut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Braunschweig
Prof. Dr. Wittko FranckeInstitut für Organische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/2003

Programme(s)

2002Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Dr. Jeremy N. McNeil has used several model systems to elucidate physiological and ecological aspects of migration and mating in insects, as well as insect-plant interactions. His fundamental interdisciplinary research has decisively contributed to a better understanding of important ecological phenomena and the development of refined methods of integrated pest management. Professor McNeil will collaborate with chemnists at the Universities of Hamburg and Braunschweig to identify insect and plant produced volatile signals involved in mating of parasitic wasps and the selection of oviposition sites by moths.