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Principal Investigator
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Dr. John O. Stireman III - john.stireman at wright.edu
Research Interests/Projects: Evolutionary Ecology of insects, Tachinidae, Adaptive radiation, parasitoids, Ecological speciation, Caterpillars, ecological specialization, Cecidomyiidae (gall midges), insect systematics and phylogenetics, insect diversity, trophic cascades, biogeography, behavioral ecology. |
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Technicians
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| Hilary Devlin, M.Phil. - Research Support Technician
Research Interests/Projects: Adaptive radiation in Asteromyia gall midges, effects of forest fragmentation on Lepidoptera and parasitoid diversity, mtDNA barcoding of Tachinidae. |
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Graduate Students
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| Jeremy Heath - Environmental Sciences PhD program
Research Interests/Projects: Insect Ecology and Behavior, Adaptive radiation in Asteromyia gall midges |
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| Seth Jenkins - MS Biology
Research Interests/Projects: Parasitoid diversity, speciation, and behavior. Tritrophic interactions and the role of parasitoids in the diversification of phytophagous insects. Chalcidoidea. |
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| Diego Inclan Luna - MS Biology
Research Interests/Projects: Systematics and Diversity of Tachinid flies. Sustainable agriculture. Biological control. |
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| Brenda Wells - MS Biology
Research Interests/Projects: The ecology of adaptive radiation in Asteromyia gall midges |
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Fomer Students and staff
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| Annie Doyle - MS Biology
Thesis: EFFECTS OF FOREST FRAGMENTATION AND HONEYSUCKLE INVASION ON FOREST LEPIDOPTERA IN SOUTHWEST OHIO. Completed Fall 2008. |
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| Patrick McAfee - Environmental Sciences, Undergraduate
Research Interests/Projects: Tachinids of Ecuador, Caterpillars of Ohio and their parasitoids |
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| Anne Royer - (Former) Transient Graduate Research Assistant
Now a PhD student at Michigan State University |
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