Graduate Students in the Hanks Lab

January 2008 (l to r): Pete, Mathew, Rob, Liz, Annie

Pete Reagel [website]

  • Natural enemies of cerambycid beetles

Annie Ray [website]

  • Chemical ecology of cerambycid beetles

Liz Graham [website]

  • Plant stress and resistance to wood-boring insects

Matthew Richardson [website]

  • Plant-insect interactions

Rob Mitchell [website]

  • Insect vectors of plant pathogens

Lab Alumni (current position)

Rob Moore [more info]

  • MS 2001
  • Medical Entomologist, US Army
  • Dispersal behavior of evergreen bagworm

Jodie Ellis [more info]

  • MS 2001
  • Exotic Insects Education Coordinator, Purdue University
  • Conservation biological control in ornamental landscapes

Matt Ginzel [more info]

  • MS, PhD 2003
  • Assistant Professor, Purdue University
  • Ecology and reproductive behavior of cerambycid beetles
  • Chemical ecology of cerambycid beetles

John Tooker [more info]

  • MS, PhD 2003
  • Assistant Professor, Penn State University
  • Conservation biological control in ornamental landscapes
  • Tritrophic interactions in native prairie ecosystems

Erin Grossman [more info]

  • MS 2003
  • PPQ Officer/Instructor, USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Frederick, MD
  • Influence of habitat structure on tree stress in urbanized environments

Ashley Bennett [more info]

  • MS 2003
  • PhD Student, University of Wisconsin
  • Conservation biological control in ornamental landscapes

Em Kluger [more info]

  • MS 2007
  • Corporate Account Manager, Smithereen Pest Management Services, Chicago, IL
  • Tritrophic interactions in prairie ecosystems

Emerson Lacey [more info]

  • MS, PhD 2007
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Riverside
  • Chemical ecology of cerambycine beetles

Dominic Philpott

  • MS 2007
  • Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine
  • Ecological pest management