Since 2019, N. Ozols Mg. agr. works as Scientific Assistant at the Scientific Institute of Plant Protection, Agrihorts, at the LBTU. Responsibilities include developing methodologies for projects, consulting with partners, coordinating fieldwork and working in the laboratory. He handle material processing, data acquisition, mathematical data processing using and writing reports, also the preparation and submission of publications and attending conferences. He made significant contributions to the fields of entomology and agronomy through various research projects and publications. In 2023, he co-authored the paper "Global taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of bees in apple orchards," which was published in the prestigious "Science of the Total Environment." This work, alongside other researchers, delved into the diverse roles and evolutionary relationships of bee populations in apple orchards worldwide. He also contributed to the development of advanced bee colony monitoring systems. The study "Bee colony remote monitoring based on IoT using ESP-NOW protocol," published in "PeerJ Computer Science," highlights the integration of modern technology in beekeeping, which was pivotal in improving the understanding of bee behavior and health. Niks have contributed to interdisciplinary projects, including a dataset on annotated food crops and weed images for robotic computer vision control, published in "Data in Brief" in 2020. This work has been widely cited.
Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
Jelgava, Jelgavas Novads, Latvia
Plant protection and research institute Agrihorts