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
Lindsay Barranco, MS student, vanEngelsdorp Lab
lbarranc@umd.edu
lbarranc@umd.edu
Elizabeth Brandt, MS student, Hawthorne Lab
Research: The genetics of insect detoxification pathways, specifically honey bees and the upstream detoxification gene regulator Nrf2.
ebrandt@umd.edu
Research: The genetics of insect detoxification pathways, specifically honey bees and the upstream detoxification gene regulator Nrf2.
ebrandt@umd.edu
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Dongxu Chen, PhD student, Hawthorne Lab
dxchen@umd.edu |
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Krisztina Christmon, Ph.D. student, vanEngelsdorp Lab
kriszch@umd.edu |
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Maria Cramer, Ph.D. student, Hamby Lab
Research: Integrated pest management and non-target effects of insecticides in field crops. PLS 3151| mec@umd.edu |
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Elizabeth Dabek, MS student, Hooks Lab
dabek@umd.edu |
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Aditi Dubey, PhD student, Hamby Lab
aditid@umd.edu |
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Max Ferlauto, MS student, Burghardt Lab
mferlaut@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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Kelly Hondula, PhD student, MEES, Palmer Lab
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Anna Kottkamp, MS student, MEES, Palmer Lab
Research: Organic matter biogeochemistry of terrestrial-wetland interfaces. akottkam@terpmail.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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Kelly Kulhanek, PhD student, vanEngelsdorp Lab
Research: Honey bee health and management practices, Varroa levels, and avenues of Varroa transmission. kkulhane@umd.edu |
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Dylan Kutz, MS student, Lamp Lab
Research: Agricultural entomology with an emphasis on ecological intensification in drainage ditches. dkutz@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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Brian Lovett, PhD student, St. Leger Lab
Research: Mycology and genetics in agricultural and vector biology systems, currently analyzing mycorrhizal interactions in agricultural systems, the transcriptomics of malaria vector mosquitoes, and the genomes of entomopathogenic fungi. lovettbr@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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Mayda Nathan, PhD student, Gruner Lab
Research: Community ecology - specifically, climate change and range shifts, and the relationship between species interactions and range limits. mnathan@umd.edu |
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Anna Noreuil, PhD student, Fritz Lab
Research: Investigating the neurogenetic architecture of host-preference in Culex mosquitoes. anoreuil@umd.edu |
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Demian Nunez, MS student, Hooks Lab
dnunez1@umd.edu |
Kate Reding, PhD student, Pick Lab
kreding@umd.edu
kreding@umd.edu
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Tais Ribeiro, PhD student, Espindola Lab
Research: Bee systematics, evolution of bee/oil-plant interactions and biogeographical implications. 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 |
Huiyu Sheng, MS student, St. Leger Lab
hysheng@umd.edu
hysheng@umd.edu
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Darsy Smith, PhD student, Lamp Lab
dsmith28@umd.edu |
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Serhat Solmaz, MS student, vanEngelsdorp Lab
ssolmaz@umd.edu |
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Jonathan Wang, PhD student, St. Leger Lab
jonwang@umd.edu |
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Veronica Yurchak, PhD student, Hooks Lab
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