Department of
Entomology

Entomology Students

portrait of Arceneaux, Miles Arceneaux, Miles

milesja2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Ecological and behavioral plant-insect interactions of pest species and how to combat against the damage they cause

Advisor: Esther Ngumbi
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tbarley2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Behavioral effects of competition between native bees and honeybees

Advisor: Adam G Dolezal
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ebello2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Bioinspired design and materials

Advisor: Marianne Alleyne
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mbrown18@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Leafhopper biodiversity and conservation

Advisor: Christopher Dietrich
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xcarroll@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
The relationships between insects and ambient factors of their physical environment

Advisor: Marianne Alleyne
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bec2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Study of small hive beetles in their life cycle, physiology, and behaviors in relation to honey bees and viruses/diseases

Advisor: Adam G Dolezal
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enc3@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Relationships of lice to their hosts and endosymbionts

Advisor: Kevin Johnson
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kcoburn2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Biology education research: Science identity development, comparative analysis of supportive instructional materials that differ in accessibility and cultural relevance

Advisor: Thomas McElrath
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tcook10@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Spatiotemporal distribution of aquatic insects in midwestern states

Advisor: Ed DeWalt
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erinnrd2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Using chemical ecology to examine the effects of combinatorial stress on plant-insect interactions, to address insect-related food insecurity

Advisor: Esther Ngumbi
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siti2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Biomechanics of insect wings

Advisor: Marianne Alleyne
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apgarre2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology


Advisor: Jason Bried
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pnhogan2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Identification of distribution patterns for both the historic and contemporaneous Midwest stonefly fauna using distributional modeling techniques

Advisor: Ed DeWalt
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emhsieh2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
The properties of phytochemicals in honeybee honey and general honeybee behavior

Advisor: Adam G Dolezal
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sk150@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Understanding the impact of flooding of corn crop on the plant growth traits as well as on the plant secondary metabolites which ultimately mediate plant and insect interactions

Advisor: Esther Ngumbi
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jaredmm3@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Phylogenetic dating methods in a collaboration between Adelphi and the AMNH

Advisor: Dominic Evangelista
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smowery2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Phytochemicals associated with floral resources and bee products, the bee bread mycobiome, the gut microbiome of honey and bumble bees, and disease ecology

Advisor: Adam G Dolezal
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krnoel@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Genetic and physiological effects of insecticide resistance in mosquitoes; scientific outreach to the community to encourage citizen science

Advisor: Chris Stone
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prayugo2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Toxicology of honey bees

Advisor: Adam G Dolezal
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js124@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Insect systematics and evolution

Advisor: Dominic Evangelista
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jmspina2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Arbovirus ecology and vector competence

Advisor: Chris Stone
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ssuresh@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Foraging behavior of honey bees in agricultural systems

Advisor: Adam G Dolezal
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tamarri2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Paleoenvironments and the roles plants and insects play in them; primarily comparing ancient insects to contemporary ones, with a focus on hymenopterans

Advisor: Sam Heads
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jtetlie2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
The lingering impact of agricultural practices on habitat restoration efforts of prairies and their effect on native bee communities

Advisor: Alex Harmon-Threatt
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thomasmj@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Paleoentomology with emphasis on Tetrigidae (pygmy grasshoppers)

Advisor: Sam Heads
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audaya2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Identifying and analyzing different elaterid beetles and cerambycids species, specifically those within the Lamiinae and Lepturges families

Advisor: Lawrence Hanks
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awargin2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
The ecology of native pollinators in restored landscapes; insect behavioral responses to abiotic change

Advisor: Alex Harmon-Threatt
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twayman2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Native bee life histories

Advisor: Alex Harmon-Threatt
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cariadw2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Wide range of research interests within palaeontology including biomechanics of vertebrates, exceptional preservation of arthropods and taphonomic processes within the fossil record

Advisor: Sam Heads
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smw2@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Mosquito feeding behavior and control

Advisor: Chris Stone
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wywu@illinois.edu

Graduate Student - Entomology
Chemical ecology of insects

Advisor: May Berenbaum