Principal Investigator: John O. Stireman III – Associate Professor
Postdoctoral Associates
Isaac Winkler
PhD University of Maryland
isw971 at gmail.comInterests: Phylogenetics and Evolution of Diptera (especially Agromyzidae, Empididae and, now, Tachinidae)
Graduate students
M.S. Ohio State University
heath.22 at wright.eduInterests: Multitrophic interactions, Chemical Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Cecidomyiidae
Zachary Burington - PhD student
M.S. Clemson University
keroplatus at gmail.comInterests: Insect systematics, Trichoptera (Caddis flies), Keroplatidae (predaceous fungus gnats), and Tachinidae
Check out Zach’s blog, Trichopterology!
Dan Davis – Masters Student
Thesis topic: A Structural phylogenetic framework of Tachinidae based on Molecular Data
Tiffany Brown – Masters student
Thesis topic: The role of parasitoids in the sympatric divergence of the goldenrod gall midge, Asteromyia carbonifera
Karen Pedersen – Masters student
Thesis topic: Tritrophic determinants of host plant use in Ecuadorian Altinote species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Undergraduate Students
Beth Stayrook – Kickass Undergraduate research assistant
(resident PCR master)
Jeff Howell – Awesome undergraduate research assistant
a.k.a. lab guinea pig
(with a special interest in exotic cockroaches)
