Principal Investigator
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Houston Wilson, Ph.D.
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Current Postdocs
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Kadie Britt, Ph.D.
Project: Areawide Integrated Pest Management Program for Navel Orangeworm
Google Scholar Profile | kadieb@ucr.edu | @kadiehemp
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Valeh Ebrahimi, Ph.D. Project: Biology, monitoring and management of black fig fly (Silba adipata) in California fig orchards Google Scholar Profile | valehe@ucr.edu | @EbrahimiValeh |
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Jean (Tzu-Chin) Liu, Ph.D. Project: Development of sterile insect technique for navel orangeworm (Pyralidae: Amyelois transitella) - currently focused on mark-recapture techniques and transportation impacts. Google Scholar Profile | tzuchinl@ucr.edu |
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Shriya Rangarajan, Ph.D. Project: Collaborative Knowledge Networks for Planning Organic Agriculture Research and Extension in California Google Scholar Profile | shriyar@ucr.edu |
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Nathalie Baena-Bejarano, Ph.D. Project: Development of sterile insect technique for navel orangeworm (Pyralidae: Amyelois transitella) - currently focused on cold tolerance for handling and transport. Google Scholar Profile | nathalie.baenabejarano@ucr.edu |
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Ellie Darling, Ph.D. Project: Integrated Pest Management for Industrial Hemp Google Scholar Profile | elisabeth.darling@ucr.edu |
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Lars Laber, Ph.D. Project: Development of sterile insect technique for navel orangeworm (Pyralidae: Amyelois transitella) - currently focused on use of x-ray irradiation for sterilization. Google Scholar Profile | larsl@ucr.edu |
Current Grad Students / Visiting Scholars
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Joshua Reger - PhD Student
Dept. Entomology, UC Riverside
joshuar@ucr.edu
Dissertation: Movement and flight energetics of navel orangeworm (Pyralidae: Amyelois transitella) in California orchards
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Camila Oliveira - PhD Candidate (visiting scholar)
Dept. Entomology, Universidade Federal de Vicosa (Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil)
camila.santos2@ufv.br
Project 1: Development of elemental markers to track movement of navel orangeworm (Pyralidae: Amyelois transitella)
Project 2: Influence of fig development on navel orangeworm egg deposition and larval development.
Project 3 (yes three!): Evaluating the effect of navel orangeworm larval host on adult host selection for egg deposition.
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Current Lab Team
Lab Manager
Coordinates all lab and field projects (i.e. does everything!)
559-646-6520 | smeierot@ucr.edu | Google Scholar
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Lab Assistant
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Anisabel Guzman
Lab Assistant
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Lab Assistant
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Caroline Schelleng
Lab Assistant
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Lab Assistant
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Chris Ding
Lab Assistant
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Marina Mendiola
Lab Assistant
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Amanda Clark
Lab Assistant
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Lab Companions
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Arrow (Houston)
Values comfort above all. Bark is bigger than his bite. What a sweetie. Banned from the Kearney Ag. Center as of March 2021 :/
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Scarlet (Kadie)
High energy, friend to all
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Gustav and Wolfgang Jim (Sarah)
AKA Gustav von Piddles AKA Goose
AKA Wolfy
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Pepe (Victoria)
Wispy hairs, wise beyond his years
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LEFT: Atwood (Joshua)
AKA Fatwood
RIGHT: Linus (Joshua)
The blondie boy
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Chanine (Camila)
Don't be misled by this cute look, she bosses all the dogs around.
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LEFT: Pancake (Anisabel)
8 years old
Loves to herd cattle and play fetch
RIGHT: Eva (Anisabel)
4 years old
Loves sunbathing and running away from strollers
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Gira (Anisabel)
6 months old
Loves napping
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Jimmy (Nathalie) Jimmy is a talkative friendly purr machine who loves walks in the park on his harness |
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Dino (Marina) 120 LB Capricorn. Loves squeaky toys, his sister Kiwi, and stomping Roombas |
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Candy (Chris) Stubborn unless food is involved. Tries to avoid making eye contact if you look at her. |
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Cocoa and Nilla (Ellie) Cocoa (left) loves food and fears all vacuums, while Nilla (right) wishes she could live outside but still settles for neck scratches! |
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Ghost (Caroline) Ghost is 3 months old and loves to play, cuddle, and climb Caroline's leg while they're washing dishes. |
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Former Grad Students / Postdocs
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Dr. Dylan Tussey
(Postdoc, 2022-2024)
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Development of sterile insect technique for navel orangeworm (Pyralidae: Amyelois transitella) - focused on use of x-ray irradiation for sterilization. |
Biological Scientist
Insect Mgmt. and Molecular Diagnostics Lab
USDA APHIS PPQ S&T
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Dr. Rob Straser
(PhD, 2017-2022)
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Floral resource provisioning for possible enhancement of biological control of Leptoglossus zonatus (Hemiptera: Coreidae) by the egg parasitoid Hadronotus (=Gryon) pennsylvanicus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)
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Quantitative Risk Analyst & Agriculturist
USDA APHIS
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Joshua Reger
(MS, 2018-2020)
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Effects of strain, irradiation, and shipping on the comparative fitness of navel orangeworm Amyelois transitella and implications for the use of sterile insect technique in California tree nut crops
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PhD Student @ Wilson Lab
Dept. Entomology, UC Riverside
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Lab Alumni
| 2022/2023 | Celeste Lara, Hector Jacome-Saenz, Lucas Raymond |
| 2020/2022 | Reva Scheibner (lab manager) |
| 2020/2021 | Dani Evans |
| 2019/2020 | Gabby Celaya, Abraham Mendez, Javi Herrera, Jessica Maccaro (lab manager), Tyler Colombero |
| 2017/2018 | Austin Souza, Morgan Scettrini |