2019-present    
Doctoral thesis
Role of Nosema ceranae and pesticides on the decline of honey bees : a multifactorial approach.

The thesis is done in the Laboratory of Soil and Environement of the University of Lorraine in collaboration with the Applied Plant Biotechnology Laboratory of the Lebanese University.
Honey bees are the most important invertibrate pollinators with 84% of the world’s crops requiring pollinators in addition to their importance as honey producers. The Earthwatch Institude declared bees to be the most important species on the planet. Yet they are facing a rapid decline due to multiple factors including pathogens and pesticide exposure.
The aim of this thesis is to study the effect of Nosema ceranae -a microsporidian parasite of honey bees- infection in the presence of different pesticides (imidacloprid and amtiraz) on the immune response in honey bees.
Part of the study will be to characterize Lebanese honey and the evolution of N. ceranae infection in different distibutions over a 1 year period.

            2019
Master 2 internship
The effect of phytohormone application on the antioxidant response of Noccaea caerulescens.
Laboratory of Soils and Environment- University of Lorraine.