Supervisor: Dr. RiceResearch Focus: Biological, chemical, and integrated pest management. Evaluated and coordinated novel mating disruption for fall armyworm in a multi-state field crop study. Designed and evaluated an attract-and-kill tactic for Japanese beetle. Assessed pest and beneficial insect movement between natural and agroecosystems with protein marking, mark-recapture, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). Examined insect behavioral responses to pheromones and kairomones with wind tunnel and olfactometer experiments. Quantified arthropod survival on insecticidal netting. Studied parasitoid retention on yellow sticky cards.

Supervisor: Dr. FinkeResearch focus: The effects of drought on aphid performance and predation,detection of pathogen vectors in vineyards, and the effects of varyingwildflower mixes on Monarch and Bumble Bee conservation.

Advisor: Dr. LealResearch focus: Assisted Ph.D. student Arianne Messerman in determiningthe effects of climate, shown through latitudinal changes, on juvenilesalamander’s physiological water loss rates.

Supervisor: Dr. LealResearch focus: Measuring the effects of physiological water loss rates onmovement behavior in juvenile ringed salamanders (Ambystoma annulatum)and determining the optimal temperature for future laboratory behaviorstudies on juvenile salamanders.