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Alec Armstrong - Palmer Lab
Lindsay Barranco, vanEngelsdorp lab
Elizabeth Brandt - Hawthorne Lab
Mengyao Chen - Pick Lab
Peter Coffey - Hooks Lab
Aditi Dubey - Hamby Lab
Becca Eckert - Lamp Lab
Alex Forde - Gruner Lab
Zeke Gonzales, Shultz lab
Kelly Hondula, Palmer Lab
Veronica Johnson - Hooks Lab
Anna Kottkamp, Palmer Lab
Lisa Kuder - vanEnglesdorp Lab
Kelly Kulhanek - vanEngelsdorp Lab
Dylan Kutz, Lamp Lab
Zachary Lamas, vanEngelsdorp Lab
Maggie Lewis - Hamby Lab
Brian Lovett - St. Leger Lab
Augusta Maccracken - Mitter Lab
Meghan McConnell - vanEnglesdorp Lab
Crystal McEwen - Mitter Lab
Mintong Nan, St. Leger lab
Mayda Nathan - Gruner Lab
Anna Noreuil, Fritz Lab
Justin Rosenthal - Yuan/Pick Lab
Darsy Smith, Hooks Lab
Graham Stewart - Palmer Lab
Morgan Thompson - Lamp Lab
Elske Tielens - Gruner Lab
Madvhi Venkatraman - Gruner Lab
Samuel Ramsey - vanEngelsdorp Lab
Jonathan Wang - St. Leger Lab
Becca Wilson - Lamp Lab

Grace Anderson
Shultz Lab Alumnus, 2017
M.S. - ENTM

My work focused on the unique mating system of Leiobunum harvestmen (aka: daddy longlegs). Species' behavioral and morphological traits range from "female choice", in which males give large nuptial gifts to gain the female's affection, to "intrasexual conflict", in which males physically subdue females before copulation. This range of traits may be linked to physiological and ecological factors such as accessory gland size, season length, and lifetime resource availability. Currently, I'm using various mazes and animal tracking software to see if the females of one species (L. aldrichi) emit a mating pheromone that attracts conspecific males. 

I also worked as the Assistant Director of Bug Camp: Insects, Science & Society, the department's summer camp for kids ages 7-12. 



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