Principal Investigator: John O. Stireman III – Associate Professor
Graduate students
Z.L. “Kai” Burington – PhD student
M.S. Clemson University
keroplatus at gmail.comInterests: Insect systematics, Trichoptera (Caddis flies), Keroplatidae (predaceous fungus gnats), and Tachinidae
Check out Kai’s blog, Trichopterology!
Juan-Manuel Perilla Lopez – PhD student
M.S. South Dakota State University
Interests: Insect systematics and ecology, agronomy, Tachinidae, Cecidomyiidae (gall midges) and their hymenopteran parasitoids
Jeff Howell – Masters student
Thesis topic- Host location and host-associated divergence in parasitoids of the gall midge Asteromyia carbonifera
Drew Sheaffer – Masters student
Thesis topic-Parasitoid diversity and community structure in original and reconstructed prairies
Matt Duncan
Matt Duncan – Masters Student (see Matt’s flickr page)
Prosena siberita
Thesis topic-Behavioral ecology and population genetics of phasiine parasitoids in Ohio.
Mohan Dash – Masters student
Thesis Topic: Thailand Tachinids: spatial diversity patterns of parasitoids
Undergraduate Students
Alia Eckhardt – undergraduate research assistant and REU recipient
Hi John,
We have a PhD student working on winter moth and we have samples of Cyzenis from Europe, Nova Scotia, British Columbia and from Bruce spanworm in MA. Wondering what primers to use, can you suggest one of your papers that has the current primers you are using?