People -> Graduate Students

• Abdou, Mohamad (Advisor: Wang) Ph.D. student, Entomology program.



• Anderson, W. Ray (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D. student, CBMG program. Research emphasis: Regulation of Drosophilia embryonic development.



• Blank, Peter (Advisor: Dively) Ph.D. student, MEES program.



• Bouten, Roxane (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D. student, MOCB program.



• Bownes, Jane (Advisor: Hawthorne) M.S. student, Entomology program.



• Byrd, Julie (Advisor: Hawthorne) Ph.D student, BEES program. Research emphasis: The evolution of plant-insect interactions and their role in speciation.



• Cao, Chen (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D student, MOCB program.



• Castaldo, Chris (Advisor: Fagan) Ph.D. student, BEES program.



• Craig, Laura (Advisor: Palmer ) Ph.D. student, BEES program. Research emphasis: Stream ecosystem function (nutrient processing, whole stream metabolism); stream restoration for improving nitrogen removal.



• Creary, Scott (Advisor: Raupp) M.S. student, Entomology program. Effects of neonicitinoid insecticides on four primary natural enemies of spider mites.



• Culler, Lauren (Advisor: Lamp) M.S. student, Entomology program.   Research emphasis: Ecology of dytiscid beetles in natural and restored wetlands.



• Feng, Siqian (Advisor: Wang) Ph.D. student, MOCB program.



• Field, Amanda (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D. student, MOCB program.



• German, Jennifer (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D. student, MOCB program.



• Grant, Evan (Advisor: Palmer) Ph.D. student, MEES program/Entomology.  Research emphasis: Movement ecology of stream amphibians.



• Hause, Lara (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D. student, MOCB program.



• Heffer, Alison (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D. student, MOCB program.



• Hines, Jessica (Advisor: Denno) Ph.D. student, Entomology program. Research emphasis: Microbial mediation of plant-insect interactions.



• Hutchings, Roger (Advisor: Mitter) Ph.D. student, Entomology program. Research emphasis: Taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny of the sack-bearer moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonidae) .



• Johnson, Stephanie (Advisor: Mitter) Ph.D. student, Entomology program. Research emphasis: Systematics and evolution of Hymenoptera.



• Johnson, Susan (Advisor: Thorne) Ph.D student, Entomology program. Research emphasis evolution of social behavior in termites .



• Kaplan, Ian (Advisor: Denno) Ph.D. student, Entomology program. Research emphasis: Consequences of induced plant responses for the structure and dynamics of phytophagous insect communities.



• Kawahara, Akito Y. (Advisor: Mitter ) Ph.D. student, Entomology program. Research emphasis: Systematics and evolution of Lepidoptera. .



• Kirsch, Sandra (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D. student, MOCB program.



• Laub, Brian (Advisor: Palmer) Ph.D. student, Biology program. Research emphasis: Stream ecosystem processes.



• Lepping, Miles (Advisor: Shrewsbury) Ph.D. student, Entomology program. Research emphasis: Risk assessment and non-target effects of transgenic plants.



• Lewis, Danny (Advisor: Denno) Ph.D. student, Entomology program. Research emphasis: Effects of physical disturbance on the decoupling of predator-prey interactions.



• Li, Caroline (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D. student, MOCB program. Research emphasis: Control of axon guidance by the Drosophilia insulin receptor.



• Lind, Eric (Advisor: Barbosa) Ph.D. student, BEES program. Research emphasis: Community ecology and conservation biology.



• Lombardi, Susan (Advisor: Lamp ) M.S. student, MEES program.



• Martinson, Holly (Advisors: Denno and Fagan) Ph.D. student, BEES program. Research emphasis: Consequences of patch size and connectivity on food web structure.



• Matheny, Amanda (Advisor: Brown ) M.S. student, MEES program. Research emphasis: Minimizing application of pesticides by homeowners through educational initiatives .



• McDonough, Owen (Advisor: Palmer) Ph.D. student, BEES program. Research Emphasis: watershed management and stream nutrient dynamics.



• Moore, Laura. (Advisor: Dively/Denno) M.S. student, Entomology program. Research emphasis: Effects of wildflowers on pest suppression in soybean..



• O'Brien, Tammatha (Advisor: St. Leger) Ph.D. student, Entomology program. Research emphasis: Rhizosphere competence of an insect pathogen, Metarhizium.



• Paustian, Megan (Advisor: Barbosa) Ph.D. student, BEES program. Research emphasis: Resource competition between native and non-native slugs.



• Pava-Ripoll, Monica (Advisor: St. Leger) Ph.D. student, Entomology program. Research emphasis: Immune response of coffee berry borer (Hyopothenemus hampei) when challenged with entomopathogenic fungi.



• Pearson, Rachel Goeriz (Advisor: Denno ) PhD student, Entomology program.



• Perry, Trinity (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D. student, MOCB program.



• Pollack, Sara (Advisor: Lamp) Ph.D. student, MEES program.



• Raghavan, Sangeetha (Advisor: Wang) Ph.D. student, MOCB program.



• Richardson, David (Advisor: Palmer) Ph.D. student, MEES program. Research emphasis: Fine particulate organic matter dynamics in stream ecosystems.



• Sensenig, Andrew (Advisor: Shultz) Ph.D. student, Entomology program. Research emphasis: Research emphasis Hydrodynamics of mayfly nymph gill-plates .



• Shlichta, Gwen (Advisor: Barbosa) Ph.D. student, BEES program. Research emphasis: Evolutionary ecology of insect-plant interactions.



• Smith, Robert (Advisor: Lamp) Ph.D. student, Entomology program. Research emphasis: Applied stream ecology; stream invertebrate communities and response to environmental stressors.



• Sohn, Jay (Jae-cheon) (Advisor: Mitter) Ph.D. student, Entomology program.



• Sosa, Jeffrey (Advisor: Mitter) Ph.D. student, Entomology program. Research emphasis: Systematics and evolution of attine ants.



• Srinivasan, Lalitha (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D. student, MOCB program.



• Szczepaniec, Adrianna (Advisor: Raupp) Ph.D. student, Entomology program. Research emphasis: Mechanisms underlying spider mite outbreaks associated with imidacloprid use.



• Thompson, Brian (Advisor: St. Leger ) Ph.D. student, Entomology program. Research emphasis: Molecular techniques for bio-control enhancement. .


• Van-Tull, Lie’Ann (Advisor: Palmer) M.S. student, Entomology program.



• Vodraska, Ellery (Advisor: Shrewsbury) M.S. student, Entomology Program. Research emphasis: Effects of using sustainable practices, (i.e., cover cropping and mulching), on insect populations and plant health in tree and shrub nurseries.



• Wang, Qian (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D. student, MOCB program.



• West, Joan (Advisors: Hawthorne and Via) Ph.D. student, BEES program. Research emphasis: Genetics and phylogeography of host plant use in pea aphids.



• Wille, Bridget (Advisor: Lamp) Ph.D. student, Entomology program.



• Winkler, Isaac (Advisor: Mitter) Ph.D. student, Entomology program. Research emphasis: Phylogeny and host associations in leaf mining flies.

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