| Title | Degree | Areas of Interest | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pheylan Anderson | M.S. | Cold hardiness and biology of soybean gall midge |
Robert Koch |
| Ellen Owusu Adjeiwaa | M.S. | Examining the potential pests and their impact on pennycress (Thlaspi arvense) production. |
Robert Koch |
| Saul J Aguirre | Ph.D. | Biological control, conservation biology & ecological interaction. |
George Heimpel |
| Sabrina Celis | Ph.D. | Parasitoid wasps and their applications in biological control |
George Heimpel |
| Jay Delacy | M.S. | Biological control of spotted wing drosophila using Ganaspis brasiliensis |
Mary Rogers |
| Tatum Dwyer | M.S. | Bt protein resistance in European corn borer |
Fei Yang |
| Isabell Dyrbye Wright | M.S. | Honey bees |
Marla Spivak |
| Laura Fricke | Ph.D. | Genetics behind the host-microbe relationship within the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma pretiosum and its symbiont, Wolbachia. |
Amelia Lindsey |
| Cameron Garland | M.S. | Impacts of Emerald Ash Borer on the Biodiversity of Forests in Northern Minnesota. |
Matt Petersen |
| Emma Hans | M.S. | biocontrol of forest pests |
Brian Aukema |
| Megan Jones | Ph.D. | Wolbachia genetics |
Amelia Lindsey |
| Sayesha Khanna | Ph.D. | Spongy Moth |
Brian Aukema |
| Sarah Lisak | Ph.D. | Biological Control of soybean gall midge |
Robert Koch Amelia Lindsey |
| Ella Maddi | M.S. | Forest entomology, specifically studying the endemic niche of the Mountain Pine Beetle. |
Brian Aukema |
| Hunter Ness | M.S. | Entomology, IPM, Natural Resource Mgmt, Agriculture, Soil |
Fei Yang Bob Koch |
| Mary Powley | Ph.D. | Native bees, including bumble bee occupancy modelling |
Dan Cariveau |
| Mauricio Ramirez | Ph.D. | Taxonomy and systematics of the subfamily Stactobiinae (Hydroptilidae). |
Robin Thomson |
| Zixia Song | Ph.D. | Mechanisms of insect resistance, population genetics, Integrated pest management |
Fei Yang |
| Maya Vellicolungara | M.S. | I’m comparing pollinator biodiversity in remnant and restored prairies. The pollinators I’ll be focusing on are bumblebees and butterflies. The restored prairies are a part of the Conservation Reserve Program, which incentivizes farmers to set aside land and plant native species on it. |
Dan Cariveau |
| Matt Villalta | Ph.D. | Genomic impact of lost sex across populations of the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma pretiosum |
Amelia Lindsey |
Graduate Students in Other Programs
| Title | Degree | Areas of Interest | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alyssa Gooding | Ph.D. | George Heimpel | |
| Jessica Rootes | Ph.D. | I will be studying a native insect called the eastern spruce budworm, or Choristoneura fumiferana. This moth is a pronounced disturbance agent on Isle Royale, but has not yet been studied there. My dissertation research will study the population dynamics of spruce budworm in northern Minnesota and on Isle Royale, and whether or not wolf reintroduction to the island has helped facilitate the regeneration of Balsam fir within canopy gaps caused by spruce budworm by suppressing excessive moose browse. |
Brian Aukema |