Hough-Goldstein Lab Group (2012)


Back: Scott Berg, Kaity Handley, Jeff Smith
Front: Judy Hough-Goldstein, Amanda Stout, Kiri Cutting, Sam Nestory

Director
Dr. Judy Hough-Goldstein

Staff
Kimberly Shropshire
(part-time with this lab)

Kiri Joy Cutting
(lab manager)

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Graduate Student Researchers:

Current:

• Scott Berg, MS in progress
  e-mail: shberg@udel.edu
• Kaity Handley, MS in progress.
  E-mail: khandley@udel.edu

Former:

• Lake, Ellen C. (PhD, 2011). Biological control of mile-a-minute weed, Persicaria perfoliata, and integrating weed management techniques to restore invaded sites.
• Cutting, Kiri J. (MS, 2011). An integrated approach to the restoration of areas invaded by mile-a-minute weed (Persicaria perfoliata) using biological control and herbaceous native seeding.
• Frye, Matthew J. (PhD, 2010). Response of kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) to different types and levels of simulated insect herbivore damage.
• Ellen C. Lake (MS, 2007). Dispersal, establishment, and impact of the mile-a-minute weevil, Rhinoncomimus latipes Korotyaev (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): a two-year study in southeastern Pennsylvania.
• Frye, Matthew J. (MS, 2006). Biology and host specificity of Gonioctena tredecimmaculata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a potential biological control agent for kudzu.
• Ballard, Meg (MS, 2006). Differences in insect populations on native and alien plants in an early successional community.
• Colpetzer, Keith E. (MS, 2003). An evaluation of the Asian weevil, Homorosoma Chinese Wagner (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a potential biological control agent of mile-a-minute weed, Polygonum perfoliatum L. (Polygonales: Polygonaceae).
• Price, Dana L. (MS, 2001). Biology and host specificity of Timandra griseata Peterson (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and Homorosoma chinensis Wagner (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), candidate biological control agents for mile-a-minute weed, Polygonum perfoliatum L. (Polygonaceae).

Undergraduates

Current:

• Jeffery Smith
• Amanda Stout
• Samantha Nestory

Former:

• Joseph Thomas
• Liz Drummond
• Kelsey Paras
• Shane LaCoss
• Rachel Schnaitman
• Brian Butterworth
• Jason Graham
• Jamie Pool