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Lab Alumni
Name |
Degree |
Project/Thesis Title |
Began |
Completed |
Fischer, Andreas |
Ph.D.
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The chemical communication of the false widow spiders Steatoda grossa and S. triangulosa (Theridiidae) Contributions to integrated management of synanthropic spiders |
Fall 2015 |
Summer 2023 |
Singleton, Kendal |
M.P.M. |
Sex pheromone identification, spectral sensitivity, and colour preferences of select native and invasive click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in Canada |
Fall 2020 |
Summer 2023 |
Robinson, Emily |
M.P.M. |
Application of pheromone lures to study mechanisms of reproductive isolation and to develop cost-efficient population assessments of click beetles in North America |
Spring 2020 |
Spring 2023 |
Kumar Alamsetti, Santosh |
R.A. |
Synthesis of new semiochemicals |
Summer 2017 |
Fall 2022 |
Varner, Elana |
Ph.D. |
Unravelling information flow and olfactory eavesdropper networks in murine rodent communities |
Fall 2016 |
Fall 2022 |
Chalissery, Jaime |
M.P.M. |
Trail pheromone ecology of the pavement ant, Tetramorium immigrans, and the European fire ant, Myrmica rubra |
Fall 2018 |
Spring 2022 |
Ko, Elton |
M.P.M. |
Multimodal mate-finding and floral foraging behavior of Aedes and Culex mosquitoes |
Fall 2018 |
Spring 2022 |
Blake, Adam |
Ph.D. |
Polarized light - host location and selection cue in phytophagous insects? |
Fall 2012 |
Fall 2020 |
Wong, Warren |
M.P.M. |
Attraction of brown marmorated stink bugs, Halyomorpha halys, to blooming sunflower semiochemicals |
Summer 2017 |
Fall 2020 |
Uriel, Yonathan |
M.P.M. |
Genetic flexibility in the green peach aphid: Defensive polyphenism in response to parasitoid pressure, and the assembly of a new draft genome |
Summer 2017 |
Summer 2020 |
Hoefele, Danielle |
M.P.M. |
Studying the foraging and communication ecology of European fire ants |
Summer 2016 |
Spring 2020 |
Peach, Daniel |
Ph.D. |
Floral and honeydew foraging ecology of select mosquito species |
Spring 2013 |
Spring 2019 |
Babcock, Tamara |
M.P.M. |
Semiochemical communication between yellowjacket wasps and their yeast symbionts |
Fall 2015 |
Summer 2018 |
Lambinet, Veronika |
Ph.D. |
The magnetic sense of honey bees - analyses of underlying mechanisms and potential function |
Fall 2010 |
Fall 2017 |
Pol, Joshua |
M.P.M. |
New Food Baits for Trapping German Cockroaches Blattella germanica (L.) |
Fall 2014 |
Summer 2017 |
Derstine, Nathan |
M.Sc. |
Sexual Communication in Yellowjackets (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) |
Spring 2014 |
Spring 2017 |
Holl, Matt |
M.P.M. |
Contributions to the foraging ecology of house flies (Musca domestica L.) |
Spring 2013 |
Summer 2016 |
Musso, Antonia |
M.P.M. |
Contributions to the development of effective food baits and pheromone lures for capturing mice and rats |
Spring 2013 |
Spring 2016 |
Vibert, Samantha |
Ph.D. |
Vibratory signaling in two spider species with contrasting web architectures |
Spring 2006 |
Summer 2016 |
Ibarra, Sebastian |
M.P.M. |
Contributions to the ecology of North American vespines: Rearing yellowjackets in nest boxes and unraveling pheromone-mediated nest defense in bald-faced hornets |
Spring 2012 |
Summer 2015 |
Hrabar, Michael |
M.Sc. |
Life history and chemical ecology of Xenos peckii (Strepsiptera, Xenidae) |
Spring 2011 |
Summer 2015 |
Brodie, Bekka |
Ph.D. |
Foraging and communication ecology of the common green bottle fly, Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) |
Spring 2011 |
Fall 2015 |
Danci, Adela |
Ph.D. |
Multimodal mechanisms of early mate-detection in the parasitoid wasp Pimpla disparis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) |
Fall 2006
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Spring 2015 |
Scott, Catherine |
M.Sc. |
Web reduction behaviour and the chemical communication system of the western black widow, Latrodectus hesperus |
Fall 2012 |
Fall 2014 |
McCann, Sean |
Ph.D. |
The bird who kicked the wasp's nest: Red-throated Caracara predation, nesting and territorial behaviour |
Summer 2007 |
Summer 2014 |
Woodbury, Nathan |
Ph.D. |
Identification, mode of transmission, and functional role of the microbial symbionts of firebrats, Thermobia domestica (Thysanura: Lepismatidae). |
Summer 2008 |
Summer 2013 |
Ablard, Kelly |
Ph.D. |
Local Mate Competition, and Mechanisms, Functions and Fitness Consequences of Courtship and Mating Behaviour in the Parasitoid Wasp Ooencyrtus kuvanae (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) |
Spring 2005 |
Summer 2013 |
Zahradnik, Tracy |
Ph.D. |
Exploitation of electromagnetic radiation as a foraging cue by conophagous insects |
Fall 2008 |
Summer 2012 |
Eby, Chelsea |
M.P.M. |
Visual and Olfactory Cues used by the Apple Clearwing Moth, Synanthedon myopaeformis (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), to locate Inflorescences of Showy Milkweed |
Summer 2008 |
Summer 2012 |
Teasdale, Carolyn |
M.P.M. |
The role of sound and pheromone in the sexual communication of the raspberry crown borer (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae): implications for monitoring and management |
Fall 2009 |
Spring 2012 |
Wijenberg, Rosie |
M.P.M. |
The effect of electric stimuli on German cockroach behaviour |
Fall 2005 |
Spring 2012 |
Bohlke, Sophia |
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Re-analysis of the arrestment pheromone of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica |
Spring 2011 |
Fall 2011 |
Jumean, Zaid |
Ph.D. |
Communication of codling moth larvae: identification and functional role of their aggregation pheromone |
Summer 2004 |
Summer 2010 |
Lam, Kevin |
Ph.D. |
Intraspecific communication signals mediating oviposition decisions by female house flies |
Spring 2004 |
Summer 2010 |
Rowland, Eloise |
M.Sc. |
Bioacoustic communication in lymantriid moths |
Fall 2006 |
Fall 2009 |
Campbell, Cory |
M.P.M. |
Repellency of essential oils and other lipids to yellow fever mosquitos, Aedes aegypti. |
Fall 2005 |
Fall 2009 |
Cowan, Thomas |
M.P.M. |
Visual orientation cues for Indian meal moth |
Spring 2006 |
Summer 2009 |
Karimifar, Nooshin |
M.P.M. |
Food foraging by German cockroaches |
Fall 2004 |
Spring 2009 |
Schwarz, Joseph |
M.Sc. |
The chemical ecology of host foraging, aggregation, and prophylactic microbial defense in the western boxelder bug, Boisea rubrolineata (Barber) (Heteroptera: Rhopalidae). |
Spring 2006 |
Summer 2008 |
Woodbury, Nathan |
M.P.M. |
Pheromone-based arrestment behavior of three species of Thysanura (Lepismatidae) |
Spring 2006 |
Spring 2008 |
Hehan, Gagandeep |
M.P.M. |
Pheromonal communication in European earwigs, Forficula auricularia L. (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) |
Fall 2004 |
Summer 2007 |
Siljander, Eric |
M.P.M. |
Intraspecific communication in the common bedbug Cimex lectularius Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Cimidae) |
Summer 2004 |
Summer 2007 |
Danci, Adela |
M.Sc. |
Intra- and interspecific communication in three species of Glyptopanteles parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) |
Fall 2002 |
Spring 2006 |
Hart, Melanie |
M.Sc. |
The role of sonic signals in the sexual communication of peach twig borer moths, Anarsia lineatella, Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) |
Fall 2002 |
Spring 2006 |
Derksen, Shannon |
M.P.M. |
Semiochemical-based oviposition decisions by female peachtree borer moth, Synanthedon exitiosa |
Spring 2001 |
Spring 2006 |
McLeod, Geoff |
M.Sc. |
Role of fungal pathogen Ophiostoma novo-ulmi in semiochemical-mediated host selection by the native elm bark beetle, Hylurgopinus rufipes (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) |
Fall 2002 |
Summer 2005 |
Sidney, Mark |
M.Sc. |
Tree-derived stimuli affecting host selection by larva and adult peach twig borers, Anarsia lineatella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) |
Fall 1999 |
Summer 2005 |
Schlamp, Kristine |
M.P.M. |
Contact pheromone components and diel periodicity of sexual communication in peach twig borers, Anarsia lineatella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). |
Fall 2000 |
Spring 2005 |
Mircioiu, Lucian |
M.P.M. |
Development of pheromone-based monitoring of orange wheat blossom midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana (Gehin)(Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) |
Spring 2001 |
Fall 2004 |
Zaid Jumean |
M.P.M. |
Prepupal parasitoid Mastrus ridibundus Eavesdrop on pheromonal communication of coccon-spinning Cydia pomonella larvae |
Spring 2004 |
Summer 2010 |
Sasaerila, Yorianta |
Ph.D. |
Chemical ecology of oil palm bunch moths, Tirathaba mundella (Lepidoptra: Pyralidae) and nettle caterpilars, Darna bradleyi, D. trima, Setothosea asigna and Setora nitans (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) |
Spring 1995 |
Spring 2003 |
Tremblay, Michelle |
M.P.M. |
Microhabitat preferences and pheromone-based aggregation behavior of the firebrat, Thermobia domestica (Packard) (Thysanura:Lepismatidae) |
Fall 1998 |
Summer 2002 |
Takacs, Stephen |
Ph.D. |
Communication ecology of the webbing clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella (Hummol) (Lepidoptera:Tineidae). |
Summer 1996 |
Spring 2002 |
Babor, Daron |
M.P.M. |
Semiochemical-mediated oviposition in house fly, Musca domestica (L), Diptera:Muscidae) |
Spring 1998 |
Fall 2001 |
Clodius, Markus |
M.P.M. |
Investigation of pheromone-based mass trapping as a potential tactic for managing an urban populaton of charry bark tortrix, Enarmonia formosana (scopoli) (lepidoptera:Tortricidae) |
Spring 1996 |
Summer 2000 |
Holden, David |
M.P.M. |
Sex pheromone components of satin moth, Leucoma salicis L (Lepidoptera:Lymantriidae) |
Summer 1995 |
Summer 2000 |
Mistal, Craig |
M.P.M. |
Evidence for sonic communication in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L) Dictyoptera: Blattellidae |
Summer 1997 |
Fall 1999 |
Rhainds, Marc |
Ph.D. |
Reproductive success of bagworms, Oiketicus kirbyi (Guilding) and Metisa plana (Walker)(Lepidoptera: Psychidae) |
Fall 1991 |
Fall 1999 |
Morewood, Petra |
M.P.M. |
Development of pheromone-based monitoring and detection of nun moth, Lymantria monacha (L.) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). |
Summer 1996 |
Fall 1998 |
Duff, Cameron |
M.P.M. |
Does pheromone biology of spring hemlock lopper, L. athasaria and pitch pine looper, L. pellucidaria contribute to their reproductive isolation? |
Fall 1996 |
Summer 1998 |
Bedard, Caroline |
M.P.M. |
Chemical ecology of spruce seed moth, Cydia strobilelella (Lep.: Tortricidae). |
Summer 1995 |
Summer 1998 |
DeLury, Naomi |
M.Sc. |
Pheromonal and kairomonal attraction of Ascogaster quadridentata (Wesmael) (Hum.:Braconidae, a parsitoid of Cydia pomenella L. (Lep.:Tortricidae). |
Spring 1995 |
Summer 1998 |
McNair, Crawford |
M.P.M. |
Sex pheromone components and pheromone-based male disorientation of the cherry bark tortrix, Enarmonia formosana (Scopoli) (Lepidopter:Tortricidae). |
Summer 1994 |
Fall 1997 |
Takacs, Stephen |
M.P.M. |
Semiochemical-mediated location of host-habitat by Apanteles carpatus (JAY), a parasitoid of tineid larvae. |
Summer 1994 |
Summer 1996 |
Ferrao, Patricia |
M.P.M. |
Sex pheromone of the apple blotch leafminer, Phyllonorycter crataegella Clemens (Lepidoptera: Gracillaridae) and its effect on P. mespilella pheromone communication. |
Spring 1994 |
Summer 1996 |
Effraim, Nana |
M.P.M. |
Biology, economic impact and potential for semiochemical - based control of mahogany shootborer, Hypsipyla robusta (Moore) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), African Rhinoceros Beetle, Oryctes monoceros (Oliver) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and Maize Weevil, Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulksy) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). |
Summer 1992 |
Summer 1996 |
McEntire, Beverly |
M.P.M. |
Pheromone-based trapping and life history of the fir coneworm, D. abeitivorella, in British Columbia. |
Fall 1994 |
Spring 1996 |
Maganga, Ezekiel |
M.P.M. |
Repellency of various oils and pine oil constituents to house flies (Diptera: Muscidae). |
Fall 1992 |
Spring 1996 |