Lab members

Oluwatomi Daniel Ibiyemi

Ph.D. Candidate

Research: Role of bee pollinators foraging centipedegrass spikelets

Email: odi91955@uga.edu

Zia Williamson

Ph.D. Candidate

Research: Understanding the influence of landscape-scale factors on the diversity and abundance of pollinators in ornamental landscapes

Email: ziawilliamson@uga.edu

Rajesh Vavilapalli

Ph.D. Student

Research: Biology of redheaded flea beetle in ornamental container nurseries

Email: rv07314@uga.edu

Kavitha Patchipala

Ph.D. Student

Research: Understanding the biology and developing management strategies for vector of rose rosette disease, Phyllocoptes fructiphilus

Email: Kavitha.Patchipala@uga.edu

Navdeep Kaur

Ph.D. Student

Research: Improving integrated pest management strategies for the Thrips parvispinus in ornamental nurseries

Email: Navdeep.Kaur1@uga.edu

Anne Stalvey

MS Student

Research: Develop integrated pest and pollinator strategies in golf courses

Email: Anne.Stalvey@uga.edu

Christopher B. Hardin

Research Professional

Research: Understanding the ecology of pollinators in residential landscapes

Email: Christopher.Hardin@uga.edu

Ramkumar Govindaraju

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Research: Understanding the ecology of ambrosia beetles in the ornamental tree nursery

Email: Ramkumar.Govindaraju@uga.edu

Aastha Jaiswal

Undergraduate biology student

Research: Understanding the diversity and abundance of bee communities foraging on weeds in warm-season lawns

Email: Aastha.Jaiswal@uga.edu

Mahesh Ghimire

MS Student (2021-2023)

Research: Understand how turfgrass growth stages and insecticide use affect the abundance of beneficial arthropods in turfgrass

Current status: Assistant Specialist, Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, Modesto, CA

Robert M. Wolverton

Ph.D. Entomology (2020-2023)

Research: Developing integrated pest management strategies for Rhodesgrass mealybug in golf course

Current status: Director of Agronomy, Fall Line Golf Club, Butler, Georgia

Rehan Arshad

MS Entomology (2021-2022)

Research: Improving integrated pest management strategies for the redheaded flea beetle (Coleopter: Chrysomelidae) in ornamental nurseries

Current status: Persuing an opportunity in India.

Zia Williamson

MS Entomology (2021-2022)

Research: Exploring the role and impact of flatheaded borers (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Georgia specialty tree crop systems and urban landscapes

Current status: Ph.D. Student (Joseph Lab), University of Georgia, Griffin, Georgia

Fawad Khan

Ph.D. Entomology (2018-2021)

Research: Understanding the role of predators for the management of fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in turfgrass

Current status: Assistant Professor (Entomology), MNS University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan

Midhula Gireesh

Ph.D. Entomology (2018-2021)

Research: Developing integrated pest management strategies for hunting billbug (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in sod farms

Current status: Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee

Alejandra Monterrosa

MS Entomology (2019-2021)

Research: Phenology and monitoring of ambrosia beetles in ornamental nurseries, tree fruit and pecan orchards in Georgia

Current status: Technical Support, USDA-ARS, Fruit and Tree Nut Research, Byron, Georgia

Ryan Lewis

MPPPM Entomology (2020-2021)

Research: Assessment of repellent and transovarial activity of insecticides on the sweet potato whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Current status: Agricultural inspector, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Atlanta, Georgia

Gurjit Singh

MS Entomology (2018-2020)

Research: Improving integrated pest management strategies for the fall armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in turfgrass

Current status: Ph.D. Student (Babu Srinivasan Lab), University of Georgia, Griffin, Georgia

Caleb Julian

Research Professional

Current status: Manager of a manufacturing company