1) Olfactory Neuroethology of Insect Social Behaviors: Investigating the neural and physiological mechanisms underlying complex social behaviors in insects, with a specific emphasis on how environmental cues are processed through the olfactory pathway to modulate behaviors such as cannibalism, mating, and collective behaviors.  

2) Olfactory Pathway Plasticity: Exploring the plasticity of the insect olfactory system and how it adapts to different sensory stimuli and environmental conditions, leading to variations in social behaviors.

3) Gut Microbiome-Brain Interactions in Insects: Focusing on the gut microbiome's influence on the insect brain and behavior, elucidating the molecular and genetic mechanisms by which gut microbes modulate social behaviors through the gut-brain axis.