Jeremy Hemberger

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Assistant Professor
he/him
[email protected]
608-622-2698
408 Hodson
Hemberger Lab Website
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Education

PhD, University of Wisconsin, Entomology, 2020; B.S. University of Wisconsin, Biology, 2012

Areas of Interest

Insect responses to global change, ecoinformatics and big data in entomology, agroecology, insect monitoring

Biography

I am an ecologist and entomologist interested in how insects respond to changes in their landscape. I have worn a bunch of hats in my research career, working on topics ranging from insect foraging behavior to continental-scale analyses of shifts in community composition. I’m just as excited about big, creative experiments as I am about using existing data and some R sorcery to uncover cool new patterns. My work has largely used bumble bees as a model system, and a lot of my work still focuses on bumble and other wild bees. I have a special interest for understanding, promoting, and managing insects in agricultural landscapes.

Research

My research group is dedicated to understanding how insects are impacted by human changes to our environment. Our work focuses primarily on changes in land-use due to agriculture and shifts in climate and extreme weather in working landscapes using a variety of research approaches, but we specialize in using ecoinformatics and cross-scale experimental methods to examine insect responses from behaviors to communities. We work hard to find creative ways to apply our findings to develop targeted mitigation and conservation strategies to support insect biodiversity and the outsized ecological roles these small critters play in our landscapes.

Outreach

I am extremely passionate about how we as scientists communicate our work to our colleagues, stakeholders, friends, family, and members of the public. Throughout my research career, I have striven make my presentations and public-facing content engaging and easy to understand. I've also been actively engaged in insect and science outreach in communities across the Midwest, mostly as the former leader of the UW Insect Ambassadors at the University of Wisconsin. I hope to continue these efforts here in Minnesota!