The following graduate students are pursuing a degree in Entomology or are advised by a Entomology faculty member. For information about the Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA) please visit the EGSA webpage.
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Rachel Arango, email |
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Program: |
Forestry PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2010 |
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Advisor: |
Kenneth Raffa |
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Committee: |
Daniel Young, Cameron Currie |
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Interest Area: |
Characteristics of termite populations in Wisconsin which include evaluation of genetic similarity using AFLP, interactions between termites and microorganisms and how they might play a role in protecting the colony |
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Alycia Ashburn, email |
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Program: |
Environment & Resources MS |
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Start Term: |
Summer 1999 |
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Advisor: |
Richard Lindroth |
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Craig Brabant, email, website |
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Program: |
Entomology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Spring 2000 |
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Advisor: |
Daniel Young |
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Committee: |
Mark Berres, Denis Brothers, David Hogg, Robert Jeanne |
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Interest Area: |
Taxonomy and systematics of aculeate Hymenoptera, especially Mutillidae |
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Christine Buhl, email, website |
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Program: |
Entomology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2008 |
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Advisor: |
Richard Lindroth |
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Committee: |
Claudio Gratton, R.Christopher Williamson, Randall Jackson, Brent McCown |
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Interest Area: |
Impacts of bioengineered biofuel on plant chemistry; plant susceptibility and invertebrate community composition |
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Elissa Chasen, email, website |
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Program: |
Entomology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2009 |
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Advisor: |
Eileen Cullen |
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Committee: |
Daniel Undersander, Kenneth Raffa, David Hogg, Carrie Laboski |
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Interest Area: |
Integrated pest management for Potato Leafhoppers in alfalfa |
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Allison Dehnel, email |
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Program: |
Entomology MS |
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Start Term: |
Summer 2010 |
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Advisor: |
David Hogg |
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Committee: |
Claudio Gratton, Eileen Cullen, Daniel Young |
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Interest Area: |
Biological control of soybean aphid, parasitoid/prey interactions |
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Peter Devries, email |
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Program: |
Entomology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2003 |
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Advisor: |
Daniel Young |
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Committee: |
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Jamin Dreyer, email |
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Program: |
Zoology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2008 |
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Advisor: |
Claudio Gratton |
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Committee: |
Stephen Carpenter, Anthony Ives, Bobbi Peckarsky, M. Jake Vander Zanden |
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Interest Area: |
Ecology of pulsed and subsidized resources especially as it relates to predator/prey dynamics |
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Kenneth Frost, email |
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Program: |
Plant Pathology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2007 |
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Advisor: |
Russell Groves |
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Committee: |
Amy Charkowski, D.Kyle Willis, Paul Esker, Jed Colquhoun |
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Interest Area: |
Ecology and epidemiology of plant diseases, insect-vectored pathogens, phytoplasma, vegetable crops, potato 'early dying' |
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Qiang Fu, email |
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Program: |
Entomology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2008 |
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Advisor: |
Que Lan |
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Committee: |
Walter Goodman, Susan Paskewitz, Russell Groves, James Ntambi |
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Interest Area: |
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Hannah Gaines, email, website |
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Program: |
Zoology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Summer 2009 |
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Advisor: |
Claudio Gratton |
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Committee: |
Russell Groves, Donald Waller, Volker Radeloff, Neal Williams |
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Interest Area: |
Landscape ecology, agroecology, ecosystem services, pollination, native bees, habitat fragmentation |
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Kari Gullickson, email |
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Program: |
Entomology MS |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2010 |
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Advisor: |
Daniel Young |
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Committee: |
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Interest Area: |
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Natalie Hernandez, email |
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Program: |
Entomology MS |
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Start Term: |
Summer 2010 |
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Advisor: |
Russell Groves |
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Committee: |
Daniel Young |
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Interest Area: |
Correlating which aphid species are present in Potato Fields when PVY infection occurs |
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Anders Huseth, email |
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Program: |
Entomology MS |
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Start Term: |
Summer 2007 |
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Advisor: |
Russell Groves |
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Committee: |
Claudio Gratton, Paul Esker |
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Interest Area: |
Sustainable vegetable production, integrated pest management, insect resistance management, area wide management of Colorado potato beetle, geospatial techniques to understand insect movements and cultural control tactics for potato |
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Julia Janicki, email |
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Program: |
Entomology MS |
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Start Term: |
Spring 2011 |
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Advisor: |
Daniel Young |
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Committee: |
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Interest Area: |
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Chongyang Jin, email |
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Program: |
Statistics PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2007 |
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Advisor: |
Jun Zhu |
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Committee: |
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Interest Area: |
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Todd Johnson, email |
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Program: |
Entomology MS |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2011 |
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Advisor: |
Kenneth Raffa |
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Committee: |
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Interest Area: |
Organismal strategies, geography, evolution |
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Il Hwan Kim, email |
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Program: |
Entomology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2010 |
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Advisor: |
Que Lan |
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Committee: |
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Interest Area: |
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Scott Larson, email |
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Program: |
Entomology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2010 |
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Advisor: |
Susan Paskewitz |
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Committee: |
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Interest Area: |
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Xia Lee, email |
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Program: |
Entomology MS |
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Start Term: |
Summer 2010 |
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Advisor: |
Susan Paskewitz |
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Committee: |
Daniel Young, Kenneth Raffa |
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Interest Area: |
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Andrew Lerch, email |
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Program: |
Entomology and Forestry MS |
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Start Term: |
Summer 2009 |
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Advisor: |
Kenneth Raffa |
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Committee: |
Philip Townsend |
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Interest Area: |
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Joliene Lindholm, email |
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Program: |
Entomology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2007 |
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Advisor: |
Walter Goodman |
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Committee: |
Que Lan, Susan Paskewitz |
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Interest Area: |
Molecular biology and biochemistry |
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Rachel Mallinger, email |
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Program: |
Entomology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Spring 2011 |
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Advisor: |
Claudio Gratton |
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Committee: |
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Interest Area: |
Gratton |
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Daniel Marschalek, email |
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Program: |
Entomology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Spring 2005 |
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Advisor: |
Daniel Young |
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Committee: |
Daniel Mahr, Claudio Gratton, Eileen Cullen, Donald Waller, Mark Berres |
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Interest Area: |
Ecological research related to the conservation (monitoring and management) of native species |
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Charles Mason, email |
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Program: |
Entomology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2008 |
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Advisor: |
Kenneth Raffa |
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Committee: |
Claudio Gratton, Brent McCown, Cameron Currie, Jean-Michel Ane |
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Interest Area: |
Plant-herbivore interactions, symbiosis, defoliation |
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Sean McKenzie, email |
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Program: |
Zoology MS |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2011 |
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Advisor: |
Richard Lindroth and Eric Kruger |
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Committee: |
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Interest Area: |
How secondary chemical compounds that quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) trees produce affect susceptibility and resilience to mammalian browsing; plant-herbivore interactions; plant community ecology; restoration ecology |
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Robin Mittenthal, email |
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Program: |
Entomology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2007 |
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Advisor: |
Eileen Cullen |
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Committee: |
David Hogg, Claudio Gratton, Joseph Lauer, Phillip Barak |
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Interest Area: |
Organic agriculture, integrated pest management, systems research, urban horticulture (vegetable production) |
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Shahideh Nouri, email |
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Program: |
Plant Pathology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2007 |
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Advisor: |
Russell Groves |
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Committee: |
Thomas German, Amy Charkowski, Paul Ahlquist, Bryce Falk, Aurelie Rakotondrafara |
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Interest Area: |
molecular virology, virus evolution and virus-host-vector interaction |
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Glen Obear, email |
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Program: |
Entomology and Soils MS |
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Start Term: |
Spring 2011 |
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Advisor: |
Robert (Chris) Williamson |
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Committee: |
Douglas Soldat, Daniel Young |
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Interest Area: |
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Jesse Pfammatter, email |
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Program: |
Entomology PhD and Biometry MS |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2007 |
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Advisor: |
Kenneth Raffa |
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Committee: |
Claudio Gratton, Daniel Mahr, Nancy Keller, Anthony Ives |
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Interest Area: |
Phoretic mites communities found on Ips pini and other wood boring beetles in Wisconsin red pine stands |
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Kaitlin Rienzo-Stack, email |
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Program: |
Zoology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2011 |
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Advisor: |
Claudio Gratton |
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Committee: |
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Interest Area: |
Insect ecology; population biology; agroecology; biofuels; pest management; food webs; Darwinian agriculture |
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Teresa Schueller, email |
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Program: |
Entomology and Zoology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2005 |
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Advisor: |
Robert Jeanne |
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Committee: |
Anthony Ives, Claudio Gratton, Andrew Peters, Eric Nordheim |
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Interest Area: |
How integration happens among the behavior workers in the swarm-founding wasp (Polybia occidentalis) particularly during nest building, foraging and defense |
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Benjamin Taylor, email |
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Program: |
Zoology PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2004 |
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Advisor: |
Robert Jeanne |
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Committee: |
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Interest Area: |
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Margaret Thairu, email |
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Program: |
Entomology MS |
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Start Term: |
Summer 2011 |
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Advisor: |
Johanne Brunet |
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Committee: |
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Interest Area: |
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Andrew Thurman, email |
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Program: |
Statistics PhD |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2008 |
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Advisor: |
Jun Zhu |
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Committee: |
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Interest Area: |
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Johnny Uelmen, email |
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Program: |
Entomology MS |
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Start Term: |
Fall 2011 |
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Advisor: |
Kenneth Raffa & Richard Lindroth |
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Committee: |
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Interest Area: |
Effects of population source and temperature on Egg eclosion by Forest Tent Caterpillar and Eastern Spruce Budworm |
