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, Espíndola 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
Research: I enjoy doing research with natural enemies communities, pests, and invasive species in agriculture systems. Overall I’m interested in conservation biological control and, the non-target effects of genetically modified plants in agriculture systems. My research focuses on the influence of alfalfa cultivars and integrated pest management practices, on the reproduction of natural enemies as well as their communities assemblages at a farmscape level. 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 |
