{"id":210,"date":"2016-06-22T15:59:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T21:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/evenden\/?page_id=210"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:15:21","slug":"past-lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/evenden\/past-lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Antonia Musso<\/strong> (PDF, 2023 – 2025): “Effect of natal and reproductive pine hosts on aggregation pheromone production in female mountain pine beetles”<\/p>\n

Maggie MacDonald\u00a0<\/strong>(PhD, 2025): “Tritrophic interactions and landscape influences on the pea leaf weevil, and natural enemies in pulse agroecosystems in Alberta, Canada”<\/p>\n

Leanne Petro<\/strong> (MSc, 2025): “The effect of energetic condition on dispersal by flight and response to semiochemical cues by Dendroctonus ponderosae<\/em> Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in its expanded range in Alberta”<\/p>\n

Priyatha Chennamkulangara\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(MSc, 2024): “Presence and distribution of alfalfa weevil and sitona species in alfalfa fields grown for seed in Alberta”<\/p>\n

Yiyang Wu\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(MSc, 2024): “Effect of flight and winter conditions on adult life history traits of the mountain pine beetle (SDendroctonus ponderosae<\/i> Hopkins)”<\/p>\n

Dr. Sharavari Kulkarni<\/strong> (PDF, 2019-2024): Biological control of canola pests<\/p>\n

Ilan Dominich\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(MSc, 2024): “Assessment of current and future needs for entomological extension in agriculture in Alberta”<\/p>\n

Antonia Musso\u00a0<\/strong>(PhD, 2023): “Pine Wars, A New Host: Interactions between the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae<\/em> Hopkins) and its pine hosts in Canada’s boreal forests”<\/p>\n

Dr. Asha Wijerathna<\/strong> (PDF, 2021-2023): Dispersal of peal leaf weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by flight and walking<\/p>\n

Asha Wijerathna<\/strong> (PhD, 2021):\u00a0<\/span>Interactions of pea leaf weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with its primary and secondary host plants in Alberta<\/p>\n

Flavio Preti\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(MSc, 2021): “The influence of larval diet and microsporidian infection on life history traits of the forest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria H\u00fcbner (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)”
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\nKelsey Jones\u00a0<\/strong>(MSc, 2019): “Influence of semiochemical cues on mountain pine beetle flight and subsequent effect of flight on host colonisation processes”<\/p>\n

Nicholas Grocock\u00a0<\/strong>(MSc, 2019): “Factors influencing bee pollinator bycatch in cutworm and armyworm moth (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) monitoring programs in Alberta, Canada”<\/p>\n

Amanda Jorgensen\u00a0<\/strong>(MSc, 2019): “Examining the biology and monitoring tools of Sitodiplosis mosellana<\/em> in the Peace River region, Alberta”<\/p>\n

Dr. Maise Santos<\/strong> (RA, 2018): Sexual selection for pheremone reception in Caloptilia fraxinella<\/em><\/p>\n

Ronald Batallas\u00a0<\/strong>(PhD, 2018): “The basis for cutworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) integrated pest management: understanding crop-pest interaction and moth community structure in prairie agroecosystems”<\/p>\n

Chaminda Weeraddana<\/strong> (PhD, 2018): “Abiotic and biotic factors influencing host-plant use of a generalist herbivore through plant-mediated interactions: oviposition and larval performance of the bertha armyworm,\u00a0Mamestra configurata\u00a0<\/em>Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on canola”<\/p>\n

Sarah McPike\u00a0<\/strong>(MSc, 2018): “Enhancing parasitism of the introduced ash tree pest, Caloptilia fraxinella by native parasitoid, Apanteles polychrosidis in Edmonton, Alberta: Not just a matter of more parasitoids being attracted to infested trees”<\/p>\n

Amanda St. Onge\u00a0<\/strong>(MSc, 2017): “Optimization of semiochemical monitoring for pea leaf weevil, Sitona lineatus<\/i> (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Prairie Provinces”<\/p>\n

Asha Wijerathna\u00a0<\/strong>(MSc, 2016): “Factors influencing mountain pine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) dispersal by flight and subsequent trade-off between beetle flight and reproduction”<\/p>\n

Boyd Mori<\/strong> (PhD, 2014): “Following the plume: Development of a pheromone-based monitoring and management program for\u00a0Coleophora deauratella<\/em> (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae).”<\/p>\n

Dr. Jos\u00e9 Guerrero\u00a0<\/strong>(RA, 2014): “Flight dynamics of codling moth”<\/p>\n

Dr. Jos\u00e9 Rosatto\u00a0<\/strong>(RA, 2014): “Crop-cutworm interactions”<\/p>\n

Jessica Kwon\u00a0<\/strong>(MSc, 2014): “Development of a phermone-based attract and kill formulation with visual cues to target dirunally active apple clearwing moth,\u00a0Synanthedon myopaeformis<\/em> (Borkhausen) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae).”<\/p>\n

Tyler Wist<\/strong> (PhD, 2014): “Semiochemical-mediated interactions of an invasive leaf miner,\u00a0Caloptilia fraxinella<\/em> (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), on a non-native host,\u00a0Fraxinus\u00a0<\/em>spp. (Oleaceae) and its native parasitoid,\u00a0Apanteles ploychrosidis<\/em> (Hympentoptera: Braconidae).”<\/p>\n

Joelle Lemmen<\/strong> (PhD, 2013): Plasticity in response to semiochemicals as part of a reproductive diapause syndrome in a long-lived moth,\u00a0Caloptilia fraxinella<\/em> (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae).”<\/p>\n

Caroline Whitehouse<\/strong> (MSc, 2011): “Seasonal phenology and reproductive behaviour of\u00a0Dioryctria<\/em> species Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in British Columbian seed orchards.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Inka Lusebrink\u00a0<\/strong>(PDF, 2011): “Chemical ecology of mountain pine beetle-tree interactions under varying environmental conditions.”<\/p>\n

Marius Aurelian\u00a0<\/strong>(MSc, 2011): “Semiochemical-based mass trapping of the apple clear wing moth\u00a0Synanthedon myopaeformis<\/em> (Borkhausen) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae).”<\/p>\n

Christine Miluch<\/strong> (MSc, 2010): “Development of a semiochemical-based monitoring system for diamondback moth,\u00a0Plutella xylostella\u00a0<\/em>(L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), in canola in Alberta.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Xingag Li\u00a0<\/strong>(RA, 2008): “Identification of insect pathogens using PC<\/p>\n

Brad Jones<\/strong> (MSc, 2007): “Development of a combined sex pheromone-based monitoring system to detect population density changes and monitor moth condition of\u00a0Malacosoma disstria <\/em>(Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)\u00a0and\u00a0Choristoneura conflictana <\/em>(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).”<\/p>\n

Christina Elliott\u00a0<\/strong>(MSc, 2007): “Factors affecting flight capacity and the trade-offs between flight and fitness in\u00a0Choristoneura conflictana<\/em> Walker (Lepidoptera:\u00a0Tortricidae).”<\/p>\n

Andreas Wins-Purdy<\/strong> (MSc, 2007): ” Behavioural manipulation of\u00a0Choristonerua rosaceana<\/em>\u00a0(Harris)\u00a0<\/em>(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) using microencapsulated sex pheromones and horticultural oil”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Antonia Musso (PDF, 2023 – 2025): “Effect of natal and reproductive pine hosts on aggregation pheromone production in female mountain pine beetles” Maggie MacDonald\u00a0(PhD, 2025): “Tritrophic interactions and landscape influences on the pea leaf weevil, and natural enemies in pulse agroecosystems in Alberta, Canada” Leanne Petro (MSc, 2025): “The effect of energetic condition on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-210","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/evenden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/evenden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/evenden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/evenden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/evenden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/evenden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":879,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/evenden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210\/revisions\/879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/evenden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}