Graduate Students
Apart from the Entomology Graduate Program (ENTM), graduate students advised by faculty members in the Department of Entomology may be enrolled in one of a number of concentration areas within the Biological Sciences Graduate Program (BISI), including:
Alec Armstrong, PhD student, MEES, Palmer Lab
Research: Relating biogeochemistry to hydrologic connectivity in stream and wetland ecosystems with a particular focus on organic matter dynamics.
aarmstr1@umd.edu
Research: Relating biogeochemistry to hydrologic connectivity in stream and wetland ecosystems with a particular focus on organic matter dynamics.
aarmstr1@umd.edu
Arielle Arsenault-Benoit, PhD student, Fritz Lab
Research: Studying the ecology, host use, and landscape genomics of Culex pipiens mosquitoes, the primary vector of West Nile Virus, on an urban to rural gradient.
aarsenau@umd.edu
Research: Studying the ecology, host use, and landscape genomics of Culex pipiens mosquitoes, the primary vector of West Nile Virus, on an urban to rural gradient.
aarsenau@umd.edu
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Lindsay Barranco, MS student, vanEngelsdorp Lab
Research: Working on wildflower meadow projects with partners throughout the State of Maryland and is researching the establishment of ground nesting native bee sites within small scale wildflower plantings. lbarranc@umd.edu |
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Dongxu Chen, PhD student, Hawthorne Lab
dxchen@umd.edu |
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Krisztina Christmon, PhD student , vanEngelsdorp Lab & ESO President
Research: Studying the host-parasite-pathogen interaction of the honey bee parasitic mite. kriszch@umd.edu |
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Maria Cramer, PhD student, Hamby Lab & ESO Vice President
Research: Studying non-target effects of pyrethroid insecticides and RNAi in field corn. PLS 3151| mec@umd.edu |
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Elizabeth Dabek, MS student, Hooks and Shrewsbury Lab
Research: Studying the fitness of native and non-native parasitoids due to climatic changes. dabek@umd.edu |
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Aditi Dubey, PhD student, Hamby Lab
aditid@umd.edu |
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Kathleen Ciola Evans, PhD student, Espíndola Lab
Research: Exploring plant-pollinator mutualisms and edamame pollination in heterogeneous landscapes. PLS3151 | kciola@terpmail.umd.edu |
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Max Ferlauto, MS student, Burghardt Lab & ESO Treasurer
Research: Studying the effects of suburban leaf litter raking on nutrient cycling and herbivore-parasitoid communities. ferlauto@umd.edu |
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Matthew Fischer, PhD student, MOCB, Pick Lab
Research: Studying the single-stripe expression patterns of the ftz cis-regulatory elements (CRE's) in D. melanogaster as a transcriptional model to determine how editing endogenous CRE's with the CRISPR-Cas9 system compares to the signal from transgenic reporter experiments. Ultimately, this will elucidate CRE necessity vs. sufficiency for ftz expression during early embryogenesis. PLS 3112 | mdfi5ch@umd.edu |
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Alexander Forde, PhD student, BEES, Gruner Lab
Research: Community ecology, multi-trophic interactions, ecological effects of biodiversity. ajforde@umd.edu |
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Margaret Hartman, MS student, Lamp Lab & ESO Communications Officer
Research: Studying the application of Odonata, specifically damselflies, as biological control agents in enclosed systems such as greenhouses and aquaponics. PLS 4124 | mehartma@umd.edu |
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Kelly Hondula, PhD student, MEES, Palmer Lab
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Kristin Jayd, MS student, Burghardt Lab
Research: current research focus on parasitoids and their relationships, and how tree diversity shapes them. PLS 4168 | kjayd@umd.edu |
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Lisa Kuder, PhD student, vanEngelsdorp Lab
Research: Enhancing highway rights-of-way for pollinators. lkuder@umd.edu |
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Zachary Lamas, PhD student, Hawthorne Lab
Research: Studying the feeding behavior of Varroa destructor mites. zlamas@umd.edu |
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Maggie Lewis, PhD student, Hamby Lab
Research: Evaluating the interactions between spotted wing drosophila and its yeast and fungal microbes, as well as improving spotted wing drosophila integrated pest management. mtlewis@umd.edu |
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Gussie MacCracken, PhD student, Shultz Lab
Research: Exploring the interactions between plants and insects in the Late Cretaceous of North America (~75 million years ago). gussie@umd.edu |
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Meghan McConnell, MS student, vanEngelsdorp Lab
Current Position: Delaware State Apiarist, Delaware Department of Agriculture, Dover, DE meghan7@umd.edu |
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Mintong Nan, PhD student, St. Leger Lab
Research: Studying how circadian rhythms affect Metarhizium infection of Drosophila. mnan@umd.edu |
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Anthony Nearman, PhD student, vanEngelsdorp Lab
Research: Using epidemiological data to drive research into the pathophysiology of honey bee diseases. anearman@umd.edu |
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Demian Nunez, MS student, Hooks Lab
Research: Studying the potential biocontrol benefits of intercropping row crops with perennial ground cover in order to increase the natural abundance of ground predators such as wolf spiders. dnunez1@umd.edu |
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Maddie Potter, MS student, Shrewsbury Lab
mpotter@terpmail.umd.edu |
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Kate Reding, PhD student, Pick Lab
Research: Studying the regulatory interactions underlying segmentation of the milkweed bug embryo. kreding@umd.edu |
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Tais Ribeiro, PhD student, Espindola Lab
Research: Studying the evolution of floral host specializations in oil-collecting bee genus Chalepogenus. tmattoso@umd.edu |
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Justin Rosenthal, PhD student, Yaun/Pick Lab
Research: Using the Drosophila larval visual circuit as a model to determine how synaptic activity influences development of the postysnapse in central neurons. jrosent6@umd.edu |
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Angela Sáenz, MS student, Gruner Lab
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Huiyu Sheng, MS student, St. Leger Lab
Research: Studying on entomo-pathogenic fungi and their relationship with both plants and insects. hysheng@umd.edu |
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Ali Shokoohi, MS student, Lamp Lab
PLS3151 | shokoohi@umd.edu |
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Darsy Smith, PhD student, Lamp Lab & Graduate Student Government Representative
PLS 4124 | dsmith28@umd.edu |
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Serhat Solmaz, MS student, vanEngelsdorp Lab
Research: Studying the effects of Nosema cerenae on honey bee pathophysiology. ssolmaz@umd.edu |
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Graham Stewart, MS student, Palmer Lab
Research: Studying carbon cycling in restored and natural freshwater wetlands. stewartg@umd.edu |
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Ted Striegel, MS student, Hawthorne Lab
Research: Studying insect trapping methodology and native bee subcommunity diversity. ted@umd.edu |
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Aileen Taylor, MS student, ENST, Palmer Lab
Research: Studying diurnal patterns of methane cycling in restored and natural freshwater wetland ataylo29@terpmail.umd.edu |
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Jonathan Wang, PhD student, St. Leger Lab
Research: Studying host pathogen interactions using Drosophila and Metarhizium jonwang@umd.edu |
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Veronica Yurchak, PhD student, Hooks Lab
Research: Studying the potential benefits of interplanted living mulches for weed suppression, insect natural enemy enhancement and pollinator conservation in vegetable systems. vjohnsono4@umd.edu |
