First name,Last name,Preferred title,Overview,Position,Department,Individual
Jennifer,Gillett-Kaufman,Instructional Associate Professor,I conduct applied research related to olive pest identification and management. My students work to develop research based answers that meet the needs of Texas citizens. Student research projects are driven by their interests and include (but are not limited to):
o olive pest management
o native pollinator abundance
o orchid pollination,Instructional Associate Professor,Entomology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n23de7371
Raul,Medina,Professor,Dr. Medina's research centers around the role that ecological factors play in the population genetics of arthropods. He is particularly interested in the incorporation of evolutionary ecology considerations into pest control practices. His laboratory is currently assessing how species interactions at macroscopic (host-parasite interactions) and microscopic (arthropod microbiomes) levels interact with genetic variation of agricultural pests and arthropod vectors of human disease. His research team is exploring if the same principles governing insect herbivores' adaptation to their hosts translate into arthropod parasites of animals. He is also interested in understanding the factors that make some biotechnology innovations in agriculture controversial in the public sphere.,Professor,Entomology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n807b8d90
Ashleigh,Faris,Instructional Assistant Professor,"My faculty appointment is Academic Professional Track, so I do not have a research appointment at this time. However, my research interests lie in two areas: forensic entomology and field crop entomology. In regard to forensic applications, my research studies focus on the variation in blow fly development using molecular, ecological modeling, and biological approaches to improve time of colonization (TOC) estimates in decomposition ecology. My field crop interests focus on biological control through natural enemies, including predators and parasitoids, of invasive pest species and their plant-insect interactions. My study system is grain sorghum and the sorghum aphid Melanaphis sorghi (Theobald) (sorghum aphid) (previously published as Melanaphis sacchari Zehntner) (Hemiptera: Aphididae).",Instructional Assistant Professor||Undergraduate Internship and Research Coordinator,Entomology||Entomology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ncbd9bae4
Kiran,Gadhave,Assistant Professor,"Kiran Gadhave is an assistant professor of entomology at Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Amarillo and in the Texas A&M University Department of Entomology. He received a PhD in Biology (Microbial Ecology/Entomology) from the University of London in 2015, a Master's in Plant Breeding & Genetics from Cornell University in 2010, and an M.S. in Entomology from TNAU, Coimbatore in 2009. He has broad interests and a multidisciplinary research background in insect vector biology and plant virology. His current research involves studying molecular and ecological factors that shape vector-pathogen-plant interactions and harnessing their potential to innovate current pest and pathogen management strategies.",Assistant Professor,Entomology,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf4d185db