Department of Entomology

Title: "Global Change in our Gardens" Abstract: Potatoes in Ireland, tomatoes in Italy, and cucumbers in America: Where did these familiar, delicious plants come from, and how were they able to colonize the world? And, is this global crop plant movement consequence free? To explore these questions, I use cucurbits and their…

Title: The Praying Mantises: researching the origins of a "known" lineage Abstract: With new phylogenetic data sourced from genes and morphology, an effort to revise higher-level praying mantis groups and genera is well underway. This effort has uncovered surprising patterns of evolution and indicates the origins of…