This year's high school graduate, she started her career when she was only 16, researching the influence of buff-tailed bumblebees on tomatoes. She is a winner of many prestigious awards for young science enthusiasts, such as EUCYS, E(x)plory, the International Environment and Sustainability Project Olympiad INESPO and Google Science Fair. Currently, she is an intern at Joint Research Centre – Ispra in Italy. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Monika told us about the great importance of small insects, with an interesting surprise for our audience.