Dr Deepa Senapathi research focusses on the impacts of environmental change on biodiversity and ecosystem services. To date she has worked in both tropical and temperate systems and assessed the effects of climate change and land-use change on avian populations and insect pollinator communities. She also works as knowledge exchange fellow with different stakeholder communities including policy makers, non-government organisations, delivery agencies and land managers with a view towards enhancing land management for biodiversity conservation and improving ecosystem services. More recently she has begun to explore ecological intensification within small holder communities to enhance biodiversity and improve livelihoods.