Welcome to the University of Tennessee
2008-2009 Officers |
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Students |
Info. and Contact |
| Oluseyi Adedire | Contact: oadedire@utk.edu |
| Anaïs Castagnola | Contact: atorrijo@utk.edu |
| Qunkang Cheng | Contact: qcheng1@utk.edu |
Justin Clark |
My research focuses on assisting a large greenhouse producer in middle Tennessee that has recently began experiencing epidemics of Corynespora leaf spot caused by Corynespora cassiicola. I'm currently conducting fungicidal resistance trials, temperature sensitivity studies, and cultivar screens to better assist this producer with management strategies. Contact: jclark@utk.edu |
Greg Curler |
My research focuses on systematics of the Psychodidae (Diptera). Molecular and morphological techniques are being used to construct a phylogeny of psychodid subfamilies, and to describe new genera and species of Psychodidae from the United States and Southeast Asia. Read my CV Contact: gcurler@utk.edu |
Carla Dilling |
I am studying the effects of imidacloprid applications and horticultural oil treatment used to control the hemlock woolly adelgid on non-target canopy insects as well as quantifying the concentration of imidacloprid throughout various canapy levels in the hemlock tree. Contact: cdillin1@utk.edu |
Andrew Haddow |
Contact: ahaddow@utk.edu |
Denita Hadziabdic Johnson |
My research focuses on population genetics of Cornus florida (Flowering dogwood) in the southeastern United States using microsatellite loci (SSRs). In the past two decades, flowering dogwoods have been severely affected by powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe pulchra and dogwood anthracnose caused by Discula destructiva. Mortality of flowering dogwood caused by dogwood anthracnose has ranged from 48-98% in the northeast and Appalachian highlands. With extensive loss of numerous individuals from the population, we hypothesized that some genetic diversity may have been lost. Contact: dhadziab@utk.edu Lab: Trigiano's Ornamental Plant Biotechnology and Pathology Lab |
Jason Hansen |
My research concentrates on insects systematics within the genus Synanthedon (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) and investigation of the Chrysobothris femorata complex (Coleoptera: Burprestidae). I intend to show phylogenetic relationships between species and develop molecular diagnostic tools to separate them. Contact: jhansen8@utk.edu |
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My research deals with management of ticks and tick borne diseases in a golf oriented retirement community. The primary goals are to clarify the disease risk that ticks pose to local residents, asses the role of wildlife hosts in supporting tick and pathogen cycles, and assess the efficacy of current tick control measures. Contact: jharmon4@utk.edu |
Amanda Jacobson |
My research interests involve morphological and molecular systematics of the dipteron family Blephariceridae, net-winged midges Current research focuses on eastern Neoarctic Blepharicera species and molecular and morphological work on world genera. I am also part of a black fly suppression program working to control black fly populations using Bti in east Tennessee. Contact: ajacobs7@utk.edu |
| Russell Patterson | Contact: rpatter1@utk.edu |
| Paul Rhoades | Contact:prhoades@utk.edu |
Clinton Strohmeier |
Contact: cstrohme@utk.edu |
Aurora Toennisson |
Contact: tcanaday@utk.edu |
Phillip Wadl |
Contact: pwadl@utk.edu Lab: Trigiano's Ornamental Plant Biotechnology and Pathology Lab |
Greg Wiggins |
Non-target impacts of introduced biological control agents on native plants are becoming an increasing ecological concern. My research examines the effects of two adventive weevil species, Trichosirocalus horridus (Panzer) and Rhinocyllus conicus Froelich, which were released as biological control agents against the exotic invasive species musk thistle, Carduus nutans (L.), on non-target native and non-native thistles in Tennessee. One of these weevils, R. conicus, recently has been implicated in the infestation of native thistle species, including rare species, in the midwestern and western U.S. This research will address the environmental impacts of these two weevil species on musk thistle, as well as on other non-target thistle species, especially native thistles that have not been studied elsewhere. Spatial analysis, based on thistle populations located and observed during this study, will be used to predict areas where non-target activity may most-likely occur. Contact: wiggybug@utk.edu |
| Johnathan Willis | Contact: jdwillis@utk.edu |
Michael Wilson |
Insect pollination services are becoming an increasing concern for society as Colony Collapse Disorder has left the honeybee industry vulnerable. In addition to honeybees, many native bees provide economically significant pollination services to a wide variety of crops. I plan to determine what pollinators are providing services for blueberry and cucurbit pollination in our area and how those species can be encouraged within the "farm-scape". There are native and non-native bee species other than Apis mellifera that are managed commercially for pollination of crops including, alfalfa, fruit crops, and greenhouse tomatoes. However, my research will concentrate on working with the local ecosystem to provide pollination services. Identifing the economic impact wild pollinators provide should place value on conservation of pollinator habitat. I also dabble in various honey bee research. Read my Resume. Contact: mwilso14@utk.edu |
