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Dr. Daniel Pavuk's is a teaching professor of Biological Sciences at Bowling Green State University. His research interests are in insect biodiversity, parasitoid and predatory arthropod communities, conservation biological control, and ecology of insect vectors of pathogens. The ecology of insect parasitoids and predatory arthropods, and how these organisms structure phytophagous insect communities, are particularly interesting to Dr. Pavuk. His research emphasis has been primarily in agricultural ecosystems, including studies of population and community ecology of insects within those systems. Dr. Pavuk holds a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University.

 (she/her) contributes to understanding non-chemical insect control within specialty crops systems. Her studies combine field research with molecular gut content analysis to study practical insect control applications and arthropod food webs.
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Athey is a researcher passionate about caring for specialty crops by applying non-chemical insect control. By studying molecular gut content and DNA in insects, Athey has been able to further data that indicates potential predators of herbivorous prey. Many of her other studies include the development of land cover to encourage predation of insects that damage specialty crops, integrated pest management for stink bugs, and the promising results of nonconsumptive pathways. Before joining the faculty at the University of Illinois, Athey attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha and became an undergraduate researcher, then moved on to be a senior lab technician for the Invertebrate Ecology Lab and graduate research assistant at the University of Kentucky, where she obtained her M.S. and Ph.D. She was also nominated for the University of Kentucky's Outstanding Staff Award and was the second-prize winner of the Doctor of Philosophy competition at the Ohio Valley Entomological Association.
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 is an assistant professor in the  in the  (ACES) at the . She is also the principal investigator of  and a Faculty Extension Specialist with .

 studies how the plant immune system detects pathogenic bacteria that cause diseases in tomato and other vegetable crops. Her research contributes to understanding plant-microbe interactions and aids in developing plants with enhanced resistance to infection.
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Hind's research interests combine her expertise in plant-insect and plant-microbe interactions with technical skills to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of plant perception to insect feeding. Her research identifies new molecular elements involved with plant perception of insect feeding-derived signals, including molecules found on the plant or within the insect's gut. Her past research includes investigating allelic variation and receptor effects on plant immune systems, the prevalence of bacterial spot in Illinois tomato fields, and biocontrol techniques for managing crop disease. 
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Dr. Hind is an assistant professor in the  in the  (ACES) at the .
 

Marianne Alleyne is a researcher at the , an assistant professor of entomology at the , and is affiliated with the Illinois Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering. Her research group, the Alleyne Bioinspiration Collaborative, or ABCLab, uses a variety of insects as inspiration for the novel design of materials and mechanical systems. 
Alleyne is a past president of the Entomological Society of America. She is also regularly featured on news outlets like  and . 
Research Interests:

Insect physiology

Physiology


Bioinspiration


Bioinspired design


The ABC Lab is broadly interested in what structures and systems in nature (specifically those found in arthropods) can help us more efficiently design novel technologies. We rely on fundamental scientific data to inform the bioinspired design process. Our focus is on multi-functionality of insect wings (cicadas, flies, dragonflies, beetles) and insect associated structures (leafhopper brochosomes). We also study the clicking mechanism of click beetles.
Education

B.A., integrative biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1991

M.S., entomology, University of California, Riverside, 1995


Ph.D., entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000


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