Niks Ozols Academic position Research assistant MSc. agr. Field of research 1. Implementation of the "One Health" concept and species interaction studies in the context of climate change 4. Development and adaptation of technologies for obtaining high-value agricultural and forest products, as well as in veterinary medicine E-mail niks.ozols@lbtu.lv Telephone +37128877479 Acquired bachelor's (2016) and master's (2019) degrees in agronomy with a speciality in rural farming, studying at the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. As part of the Bachelor 's and Master' s work study, the possibility of using ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) as indicators for the management of the habitats of protected grasslands in the European Union has been studied. Since 2019, he 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.He is the author or co-author of peer-reviewed publications indexed in SCOPUS, with an h-index of 3. The most important projects (2019-2025) Evaluation and identification of the most effective control methods for current pests of legumes and identification of the most important factors affecting pollinator viability, 2019 Determination of optimum growing conditions for vegetables using hydroponic cultivation with artificial and natural light, 2019 In-depth study of identified priority areas in the field of plant protection, promoting awareness of the safe and responsible use of plant protection products, 2020 Development of a robotic weed control device, 2019 The most important publications (2019-2025) J. Gailis, M. Fiļipovičs, B. Rubene, V. Zagorska , (2024), Pesticide contamination of honey-bee-collected pollen in the context of the landscape composition in Latvia, Toxics, ISSN 2305-6304 I. Jakobija, J. Gailis, V. Zagorska, J. Jaško , (2022), Bumblebee pollination activity in a commercial tomato greenhouse during the winter season, Rural Sustainability Research : Scientific Journal of Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, ISSN 2256-0939 J. Gailis, V. Zagorska , (2022), Evaluation of the honey bee colonies weight gain during the intensive foraging period, Agronomy Research, ISSN 1406-894X J. Jaško , (2020), Dataset of annotated food crops and weed images for robotic computer vision control, Data in Brief, ISSN 2352-3409
