I am primarily interested in the evolution of chemical communication and reproductive isolation, especially in the context of plant pollination, mate attraction in Hymenopterans (bees, wasps and ants), and host-parasite interactions;

I am also involved in several projects assessing the diversity of wild bees in Europe and DRCongo.

My current research focuses on the evolution of chemical ecology and mimicry in insect-plant interactions, using solitary bees and their flowers as model organisms.

1. • Vereecken NJ, Dafni A & Cozzolino S, 2010. Pollination syndromes in Mediterranean orchids - implications for speciation, taxonomy  and conservation. The Botanical Review 76(2): 220-240.
   

2. • Vereecken NJ, Cozzolino S & Schiestl FP, 2010. Hybrid floral scent novelty drives pollinator shift in sexually deceptive orchids. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 103.
   

3. • Vereecken NJ & Schiestl FP, 2009. On the roles of colour and scent in a specialized floral mimicry system. Annals of Botany 104(6): 1077–1084.
   

4. • Vereecken NJ & Schiestl FP, 2008. The evolution of imperfect floral mimicry. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 105(21): 7484–7488.
   

5. • Vereecken NJ, Mant J & Schiestl FP, 2007. Population differentiation in female sex pheromone and male preferences in a solitary bee. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61(5): 811–821
   

A full list of my publications is available here.

See my research profile published in Eprit Libre (ULB),in FNRS News, EOS Sciences and Athéna.