Dr. Marie-Pierre Chauzat

Graduated in Biology and Ecology, Dr. Marie-Pierre Chauzat is the Head of the European Reference Laboratory for honeybee health since 2017 (deputy head since April 2011). Since 2002, Dr Chauzat has been studying the ecotoxicology of the honeybee in the Honeybee Pathology Unit at Anses Sophia Antipolis, France. The laboratory of Anses Sophia Antipolis is also a WOAH Reference Laboratory for Bee diseases. After twenty two years of experience in bee pathologies, she has gained extensive knowledge and experience in bee disease control and diagnostics, and, specifically, in field surveys. She was in charge of the EPILOBEE project, the first active surveillance program on honeybee colony mortality rates in Europe. In the European project PoshBee, she coordinated a work package on the assessment of stressor exposure. She was a member of the scientific committee of ITSAP, the French scientific and technical apiculture institute. Currently, she is part of WildPosh, a European project aiming at improving significantly the evaluation of the risk to wild pollinators posed by pesticide exposure, and enhancing the sustainable health of pollinators and pollination services in Europe. She has published more than 50 scientific papers in international journals and shares information with beekeepers through public conferences and publications for the general public. She is reviewer for several scientific journals.