Graduate Students

Program Abbreviations: Entomology faculty mentor graduate students in a number of graduate programs in addition to Entomology. Abbreviations for the programs are as follows:

BEES:	Behavior, Ecology Evolution, Systematics
CBMG:	Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
ENTM:	Entomology
MEES:	Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences
MIEH:	Maryland Institute of Applied Environmental Health
MOCB:	Molecular and Cell Biology Program

	Abdou, Mohamed (Advisor: Wang) Ph.D. student, ENTM program. mabdou@umd.edu
	Anderson, W. Ray (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D. student, CBMG program. Research emphasis: Regulation of Drosophilia embryonic development. wra@umd.edu
	Blank, Peter (Advisor: Dively) Ph.D. student, MEES program. Research emphasis: Bird Use of Conservation Buffers Bordering Rowcrop Fields in Maryland and Delaware. pb [at] umd [dot] edu
	Burns, Mercedes (Advisor: Schultz) Ph.D student, BEES program. Research emphasis: Sexual selection, reproductive behavior, nuptial gift chemistry and exchange, genital morphology, phylogenetics. mmburns [at] umd [dot] edu
	Castaldo, Chris (Advisor: Fagan) Ph.D. student, BEES program. castaldo@gmail.com
	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. lscraig [at] umd [dot] edu
	DeLay, Bridget (Advisor: Lamp) Ph.D. student, ENTM program. Research emphasis: Endosymbiotic bacteria of the potato leafhopper. bwille@umd.edu
	Lijuan, Du (Advisor: Wang)
	Feng, Siqian (Advisor: Wang) Ph.D. student, MOCB program. sqfeng@umd.edu
	Field, Amanda (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D. student, MOCB program. afield13@umd.edu
	Forde, Alexander (Advisor: Gruner) Ph.D. student, BEES program. Research emphasis: Community ecology, multi-trophic interactions, ecological effects of biodiversity. ajforde [at] umd [dot] edu
	Frye, Jennifer (Advisor: Mitter) Ph.D. student, ENTM program.
	Heffer, Alison (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D. student, MOCB program. aheffer@umd.edu
	Hebert, Julie Byrd (Advisor: Hawthorne) Ph.D student, BEES program. Research emphasis: The evolution of plant-insect interactions and their role in speciation. byrdie [at] umd [dot] edu
	Hinds, Jermaine (Advisor: Hook) M.S. student, ENTM program.
	Hosen, Jake (Advisor: Palmer) Ph.D. student, BEES program. Research emphasis: Role of intermittent streams in river networks. jhosen [at] umd [dot] edu
	Hutchings, Roger (Advisor: Mitter) Ph.D. student, ENTM program. Research emphasis: Taxonomy, systematics and phylogeny of the sack-bearer moths (Lepidoptera, Mimallonidae). rwhutch@umd.edu
	Ingianni, Elizabeth (Advisor: Shultz) M.S. student , ENTM program Research emphasis: Taxonomy and evolution of harvestment. ingianni@umd.edu
	Jud, Nathan (Advisor: Mitter)
	Kawahara, Akito Y. (Advisor: Mitter) Ph.D. student, ENTM program. Research emphasis: Systematics, taxonomy, and evolution of Lepidoptera. kawahara@umd.edu
	Laub, Brian (Advisor: Palmer) Ph.D. student, Biology program. Research emphasis: Stream ecosystem processes. blaub@umd.edu
	Leslie, Alan (Advisor: Lamp) Ph.D. student, ENTM program. aleslie@umd.edu
	Lepping, Miles (Advisor: Shrewsbury) Ph.D. student, ENTM program. Research emphasis: Risk assessment and non-target effects of transgenic plants. mlepping@umd.edu
	Li, Caroline (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D. student, MOCB program. Research emphasis: Control of axon guidance by the Drosophilia insulin receptor. crli@umd.edu
	Lu, Yong (Advisor: Pick) Ph.D. student, CBMG program. ylu123@umd.edu
	Martinson, Holly (Advisors: Denno and Fagan) Ph.D. student, BEES program. Research emphasis: Consequences of patch size and connectivity on food web structure. hmartins [at] umd [dot] edu
	McDonough, Owen (Advisor: Palmer) Ph.D. student, BEES program. Research Emphasis: watershed management and stream nutrient dynamics. otmcdo@umd.edu
	Moore, Laura (Advisor: Dively/Denno) M.S. student, ENTM program. Research emphasis: Effects of wildflowers on pest suppression in soybean. lauracat@umd.edu
	Paustian, Megan (Advisor: Barbosa) Ph.D. student, BEES program. Research emphasis: Resource competition between native and non-native slugs. mpaustia [at] umd [dot] edu
	Pava-Ripoll, Monica (Advisor: St. Leger) Ph.D. student, ENTM program. Research emphasis: Immune response of coffee berry borer (Hyopothenemus hampei) when challenged with entomopathogenic fungi. mpavarip@umd.edu
	Shlichta, Gwen (Advisor: Barbosa) Ph.D. student, BEES program. Research emphasis: Evolutionary ecology of insect-plant interactions. bugheart@umd.edu
	Smith, Robert (Advisor: Lamp) Ph.D. student, ENTM program. Research emphasis: Applied stream ecology; impacts of watershed urbanization on Caddisfly (Trichoptera) dispersal. rsmith9@umd.edu
	Sohn, Jay (Jae-cheon) (Advisor: Mitter) Ph.D. student, ENTM program. Research emphasis: Molecular phylogeny and dating of Yponomeutoidea (Lepidoptera). jsohn@umd.edu
	Sosa, Jeffrey (Advisor: Mitter) Ph.D. student, ENTM program. Research emphasis: Systematics and evolution of attine ants. jsossa@umd.edu
	Thompson, Brian (Advisor: Gruner) M.S. student, ENTM program. Research emphasis: Disturbance Ecology, Nutritional Stoichiometry, Metagenomic Analysis bthomps7 [at] umd [dot] edu
	Van-Tull, Lie’Ann (Advisor: Palmer) M.S. student, ENTM program. lieann@umd.edu
	Venugopal, Dilip (Advisor: Gruner) Ph.D. student, ENTM program.
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