Principal Investigator
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Houston Wilson, Ph.D.
West Coast Nut
Entomological Society of America
IPM Achievement Award (2017)
Department of Pesticide Regulation
559-646-6519
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Arrow the Dog
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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Lab Managers
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Nathalie Baena-Bejarano, Ph.D.
Lab Research Supervisor
nathalib@ucr.edu | Google Scholar
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German Camacho
Staff Research Associate
Insect Rearing + Spanish Outreach
559-944-7278 (cell) | germanc@ucr.edu
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German has multiple dogs... |
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Reva Scheibner
Staff Research Associate
Pollinator Conservation + Public Outreach
559-939-8456 (cell) | revas@ucr.edu
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Jimmy details here...
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Lino Salinas
Staff Research Associate
linos@ucr.edu
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Postdoctoral Scholars
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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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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 |
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Aldo Hanel, Ph.D. Project: Development of sterile insect technique for navel orangeworm (Pyralidae: Amyelois transitella) - currently focused on moth flight timing and response to novel lures. Google Scholar Profile | aldo.hanel@ucr.edu |
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Lidya Chala, Ph.D. Project: Influence of Sheep Grazing and Cover Crops on Orchard Sanitation to Control Navel Orangeworm (Pyralidae: Amyelois transitella). Google Scholar Profile | lidya.chala@ucr.edu |
Graduate Students
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Joshua Reger - Ph.D. Candidate
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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Atwood AKA Fatwood and Linus the blondie boy
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Marina Mendiola - M.S. Student
Dept. Plant Science, California State University - Fresno
mmendiol@ucr.edu
Thesis: Movement and landscape ecology of leaffooted plant bug (Coreidae: Leptoglossus zonatus)
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Melissa Thayer - Ph.D. Student
Dept. Entomology, UC Riverside
melissa.thayer@email.ucr.edu
Dissertation: Ecology and monitoring of the black fig fly (Diptera: Lonchaeidae: Silba adipata)
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Stormy - she's 25% bark, 75% fluff |
Lab Assistants
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Victoria Morelos
Lab Assistant
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Anisabel Guzman
Lab Assistant
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Pancake is 8 years old and loves to herd cattle and play fetch.
Eva is 4 years old and loves sunbathing and running away from strollers.
Gira is 6 months old and loves napping
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Sidney Fernandez
Lab Assistant
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Juan Alonso
Lab Assistant
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Former Grad Students / Postdocs
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Dr. Camila Oliveira
(Visiting Scholar, 2022)(Postdoc, 2024-2025)
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Evaluation of automated traps for regional monitoring of navel orangeworm (Pyralidae: Amyelois transitella) | TBD |
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Dr. Shriya Rangarajan
(Postdoc, 2022-2025)
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Collaborative Knowledge Networks for Planning Organic Agriculture Research and Extension in California |
Postdoctoral Scholar
Innovative Genomics Institute
UC Berkeley
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Dr. Kadie Britt
(Postdoc, 2021-2024)
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Integrated Pest Management of Hemp/Cannabis
Areawide IPM for Navel Orangeworm
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IPM Program Manager
Colorado State University
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Dr. Ellie Darling
(Postdoc, 2023-2024)
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Integrated Pest Management of Hemp/Cannabis
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Supervisory Entomologist
USDA APHIS PPQ FO (Brighton, MI)
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Dr. Valeh Ebrahimi (Postdoc, 2022-2024)
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Biology, monitoring and management of black fig fly (Silba adipata) in California fig orchards
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Senior Environmental Scientist
Division of Plant Health and Pest Detection
California Dept. of Food & Agriculture
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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
(Ph.D., 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
(M.S., 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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Ph.D. Candidate @ Wilson Lab
Dept. Entomology, UC Riverside
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Lab Alumni
| 2024/2025 | Chris Ding, Caroline Schelleng, Amanda Clark |
| 2023/2024 | Sarah Meierotto (lab manager) |
| 2021/2022 | Dani Evans, Celeste Lara, Hector Jacome-Saenz, Lucas Raymond |
| 2019/2020 | Gabby Celaya, Abraham Mendez, Javi Herrera, Jessica Maccaro (lab manager), Tyler Colombero |
| 2017/2018 | Austin Souza |