People

Graduate Students:

Current:

  • Yingfang Xiao, Ph.D. Student (Graduate Research Assistant, Started Fall 2005);  Dissertation Title: Biology, ecology and management of key pests of Satsuma mandarin in Alabama.
  • Clement Akotsen-Mensah, Ph.D. Student (Graduate Research Assistant, Started Fall 2006); Dissertation Title:  Ecology and management of plum curculio in Alabama peach orchards.
  • Rammohan Balusu, Ph.D. Student (Graduate Research Assistant, Started Fall 2006); Dissertation Title: Chemical ecology and management of yellowmargined leaf beetle, Microtheca ochroloma.
  • Prithwiraj Das, Ph.D. Student (Graduate Research Assistant, Started Fall 2007); Dissertation Title (tentative):  Mechanisms of olfaction in parasitic wasps.
  • Timothy Nafziger, M.S. Student (Graduate Research Assistant, Started Fall 2007);  Dissertation Title (tentative): Effects of plant diversity and soil amendments on arthropod diversity and impact in Alabama
    agroecosystems.

  • Esther Ngumbi , Ph.D. Student
    (Graduate Research Assistant, Started
    Spring 2008);  Dissertation Title (tentative): Chemical-mediated host-parasitoid interactions.
  • Kate Nangle, M.S. Student (Graduate Research Assistant, Started Fall 2009).

Alumni

  • Elly Maxwell, M.S. (Completed Fall 2005). Current position: Entomologist, Dow Gardens, Midland, Michigan.

  • Ebenezer Onagbola , Ph.D. (Completed Fall 2007). Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Florida, Citrus Research & Education Center, Lake Alfred, Florida.

Fadamiro Lab Crew, Summer 2009

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L to R front: Shelia Boyt, Henry Fadamiro, Esther Ngumbi, Kavita Sharma, Jennea Ollie, Clement Akotsen-Mensah;

L to R back: Prith Das, David Appel, Yingfang Xiao, Tim Nafziger, Rao Balusu, Wykita Johnson

 

 

Fadamiro Lab Crew, Summer 2008

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L to R front: Li Chen, Nicole Meyer, Henry Fadamiro, Esther Ngumbi, Xiaofang He, Jennea Ollie;

L to R back: Clement Akotsen-Mensahi, Yingfang Xiao, Tim Nafziger, Prith Das, Rao Balusu

 

 

Research Associates /Post-docs:

Current:

  • Kavita Sharma, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Scholar (December 2008–Present)

 

Former:

  • Vincent Umeh, Ph.D. (March 2005– November 2005); Current position: Chief Research Entomologist, National Horticultural Research Institute, Ibadan, Nigeria.

  • Hongyi Wei, Ph.D. (September 2006– September 2007); Current position: Professor, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China.
  • Li Chen, Ph.D. Research Fellow (March 2004–December 2008); Current position: Associate Professor, Beijing Forestry University, China.
  • Xiaofang He, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar (February 2008 –February 2009); Current position: Associate Professor, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.

Undergraduate/Student Assistants:

Current:

  • David Appel, Research Assistant
  • Wykita Johnson, Research Assistant

Alumni:

  • Stinson Ellis, Field Research Assistant, 2003 – 2004.
  • Akin Morakinyo, Field Research Assistant, 2004.
  • Stephen Troth, Field Assistant, 2006.
  • Blane Stokley, DirectedUndergraduate Research Student, 2006.
  • Brandon Wall, Directed Undergraduate Research Student, 2007.
  • Shelia Boyt, Research Assistant, 2003-2007.
  • Maggie Jordan, Research Assistant, 2007-2009.
  • Nicole Meyer , Research Assistant, 2007-2008.
  • Jennea Ollie, Research Assistant, 2008-2009.

 


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