Our Team
Collaborators from outside Penn State
Torrance Gill
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Chowan University
tagill@chowan.edu
Hongmei Li-Byarlay
Associate Professor of Entomology
Department of Agricultural and Life Science
Central State University
hli-byarlay@centralstate.edu
Simon Zebelo
Assistant Professor
Department of Natural Sciences
Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
sazebelo@umes.edu
Penn State Members
Jared Ali
Associate Chair, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology; Director of the Center for Chemical Ecology; Acting Director, Ecology Institute; Associate Professor of Entomology
Behavior and chemical ecology of multi-trophic interactions, including plant responses to below-ground herbivory and nematode. Insect community ecology, chemical ecology, and coevolution. Trophic cascades, above- and below-ground interactions, chemotaxis of soil nematodes, and evolution of plant defense strategies.
Natalie Boyle
Assistant Research Professor; Insect Biodiversity Center Program Coordinator
Gary Felton
Professor and Department Head of Entomology
Plant-herbivore interactions. Adaptive responses of herbivores to plant defenses. Herbivore cues recognized by plants with specific focus on biochemical and molecular analysis of salivary secretions.
Christina Grozinger
Director of the Center for Pollinator Research; Director of the Insect Biodiversity Center; Publius Vergilius Maro Professor and Huck Scholar of Entomology
Genomics of social behavior and health in bees
