The research themes concentrate on the taxonomy and identification of Coleoptera, Hymenoptera:Encyrtidae, Hemiptera:Auchenorrhyncha and Hemiptera:Coccidae. Activities include the morphological diagnoses of agricultural insect pests, the acquisition and preservation of insect specimens for the insect museum, the digital imaging of agricultural insect pests, and the surveillance and integrated pest management of crop disease-vector insects.