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Nash Turley, Ph.D.<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nPost-Doc, 2017-2021
\nPersonal Website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Udari Wanigasekara
\n\"\"
\nPhD student, 2013- 2020<\/p>\n

Amber Bass<\/strong>
\n\"\"
\nMasters student, 2016-2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Miles Zhang<\/strong>
\n\"\"
\nPhD student, Spring 2013- 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shiala M. Naranjo<\/strong>
\n\"\"
\nLab manager, Spring 2017-Spring 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jacqueline Meyer<\/strong>
\n\"\"
\nUndergraduate student, Spring\/Fall 2017-Spring 2018<\/strong>
\n–\u00a0 Using molecular approaches to test for flea beetle DNA in the gut content of potential predators<\/p>\n

Gabriel Tigreros<\/strong>
\n\"\"
\nUndergraduate Student, Spring 2018<\/strong>
\n-Organizing and curating teaching collection<\/p>\n

Patrick Piekarski <\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nMasters Student, 2017- University of Central Florida<\/strong>
\nThe overarching purpose of Patrick\u2019s research is uncovering how alternative phenotypes within species emerge and diverge over time and the role of phenotypic plasticity in the origin of complex traits. His Master\u2019s work involved reconstructing the phylogeny of vespid wasps (using a large scale genetic dataset) for insight into how eusocial societies with distinct workers and queens originated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Erin Barbeau<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nUndergraduate Student, 2017<\/strong>
\n-Cryptic species of Eadya (Braconidae) and the effect on biocontrol of\u00a0Paropsis charybdis<\/em>\u00a0(in conjunction with Dr. Geoff Allen<\/a>‘s lab, University of Tasmania)<\/p>\n

Alexa Trujillo, M.Sc.<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\nLab Manager, 2017<\/strong>
\n– Develop ddRADSeq protocol<\/span><\/p>\n

Leanne Peixoto, M.Sc.<\/strong>
\n\"\"
\nLab Manager<\/strong>
\n– Intron evolution in insects<\/span>
\n-Cryptic species of Eadya (Braconidae) and the effect on biocontrol of\u00a0Paropsis charybdis<\/em>\u00a0(in conjunction with Dr. Geoff Allen<\/a>‘s lab, University of Tasmania)<\/span>
\n– The role of Egr gene expression in\u00a0Melophorus bagoti<\/em>\u00a0orientation (in conjunction with Dr. Debbie Kelly’s lab, University of Manitoba)<\/span><\/p>\n

University of Manitoba<\/h3>\n

Anamaria Dal Molin, Ph.D.<\/b>
\n\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Postdoc<\/strong>,\u00a0Ph.D. Texas A&M University
\n– Interactive key to the insect pests of crops in Canada<\/p>\n

Melanie Scallion<\/strong>
\n\"\"
\nUndergraduate Student<\/strong>,\u00a0B.Sc. University of Manitoba
\n– Revision of\u00a0Paranastatus<\/em>\u00a0(Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae)<\/p>\n

Leah Irwin<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a><\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Student<\/strong>,\u00a0B.Sc. University of Manitoba
\n– Collecting and maintaining colonies of Lygus<\/em><\/p>\n

Pablo Kr\u00fcger Fernandes<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/strong>
\nUndergraduate Student<\/strong>,\u00a0B.Sc., Universidade Estadual de Londrina Science Without Borders Exchange Program
\n– Interactive key to the insect pests of wheat in Canada<\/p>\n

Hooman Namin, M.Sc.<\/strong>
\n\"\"
\nMasters Student<\/strong>, 2013 – University of Manitoba
\n– Phylogenetics and molecular identification of\u00a0Ochlerotatus communis\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Oc. punctor\u00a0<\/em>complexes (Diptera: Culicidae)<\/p>\n

Derek Eyer<\/strong>
\n\"\"
\nTechnician<\/strong>,
\n– Mobile applications for the identification of insects, weeds, and diseases
\n– Cryptic species of\u00a0Eadya\u00a0<\/em>(Braconidae) and the effect on biocontrol of\u00a0Paropsis charybdis<\/em>\u00a0(in conjunction with Dr. Geoff Allen’s lab, University of Tasmania)
\n– The role of Egr gene expression in\u00a0Melophorus bagoti<\/em>\u00a0orientation (in conjunction with Dr. Debbie Kelly’s lab, University of Manitoba)<\/p>\n

Mamun Sharif, M.Sc.<\/strong>
\n\"\"
\nMasters Student<\/strong>, 2013 – University of Manitoba, Department of Computer Science
\nPredicting intron locations in non-model organism expressed sequence tags (ESTs) using comparative homology with divergent model organism genomes<\/p>\n

Whitney Lodge-Zaparnick<\/strong>
\n\"\"
\nUndergraduate Student<\/strong>, B.Sc. University of Manitoba
\n– Alysiinae (Braconidae) in canola in Manitoba: Increasing our knowledge of parasitoid biodiversity in agroecosystems.
\n– Parasitoids on cutworms in Manitoba<\/p>\n

Chalsie Warren<\/strong>
\n\"\"
\nUndergraduate Student<\/strong>, B.Sc. University of Manitoba
\n– Symphyta (Hymenoptera) of Nopiming Provincial Park, Manitoba<\/p>\n

Gwen Band<\/strong>
\n\"\"
\nTechnician<\/strong>
\n– Databasing the Wallis-Roughley Museum of Entomology Collection<\/a><\/p>\n

Phil Snarr<\/strong>
\n\"\"
\nTechnician<\/strong>
\n– Revision of the world genera of Helconinae (Braconidae)
\n– Novel markers for assessing host relationships among parasitoids
\n– Cryptic species of Eadya (Braconidae) and the effect on biocontrol of\u00a0Paropsis charybdis<\/em>\u00a0(in conjunction with Dr. Geoff Allen<\/a>‘s lab, University of Tasmania)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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