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Daniel Gruner, Associate Professor 

​Office: 4142 Plant Sciences Building
Phone: 301-405-3957
E-mail: dsgruner[at]umd.edu
C.V.
Dan is a community ecologist with empirical projects on tropical islands, coastal wetlands, montane grasslands, and local agricultural or forestry systems, and he uses a variety of analytical tools for synthetic reviews and statistical modeling. He works primarily with arthropods and plants in terrestrial ecosystems, locally in Maryland and more broadly in both temperate and tropical regions.

Staff

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Dr. Rafael Barreto de Andrade
Assistant Research Scientist
rafael[at]umd.edu
https://rbandrade.weebly.com

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Renee Dollard
Faculty Research Assistant
rdollard[at]umd.edu

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Devin Jameison
Technical Assistant
djameiso[at]umd.edu

Graduate Students

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Angela Saenz
ansaenz[at]umd.edu
Research: Biological control and landscape management to attract natural enemies of invasive insects
https://saenzan.weebly.com/

Undergraduate Students


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Sam Kowalik
Major: Microbiology; Minor: Entomology
skowalik[at]terpmail.umd.edu

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Josephine Danckaert
Major: Biological Sciences & Theater (double major)
jdanckae[at]terpmail.umd.edu

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Avery Rice
Major: Environmental Science & Policy​
arice12[at]terpmail.umd.edu

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Ricky Kong
Major: Wildlife Ecology & Management
rkong1[at]terpmail.umd.edu

Alumni -- Postdocs

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Dr. Erin E Wilson Rankin
Postdoc 2011-2013
Current: Associate Professor of Entomology at UC Riverside
erin.wilson[at]ucr.edu​

Alumni -- Graduate Students

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Madvhi Venkatraman
PhD 2021, BISI/BEES
Co-mentored with Dr. Rob Fleischer, Senior Scientist at Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Research: Population genomics, plasticity, and adaptation in the avian family Zosteropidae

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Alexander Forde
MS 2020, BISI/BEES
Research: Community ecology, multi-trophic interactions, ecological effects of biodiversity.
https://aforde.weebly.com/

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Mayda Nathan
PhD, 2020
Research: ​Plant-insect interactions in a shifting coastal ecosystem: Avicennia germinans and its associated arthropods

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Elske Tielens
PhD, 2019, BEES
Research: Diversity and structure of Metrosideros polymorpha canopy arthropod communities across space and time.
Current: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Oklahoma
https://elsketielens.com/

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Cora Ann Johnston
PhD, 2016, BEES
Research: Marine community assembly in a dynamic ecotone. 
Current: Site Director for University of Virginia's Coastal Research Center and the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER

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Brian Thompson
PhD 2013, Entomology
Research: Community Ecology of the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), interactions with microbial symbionts and native insects

Rachel Goeriz Pearson  PhD 2009, Entomology; Current: Entomologist, US Food & Drug Administration
Danny Lewis  PhD 2009, Entomology; Assistant Research Professor of Biology, Georgetown University 

Alumni -- Undergraduate Students

Grace Soltis  B.S., Biological Sciences (Entomology Minor), 2022 (High Honors in Entomology)
Madison Jones  
B.S., Environmental Science and Technology, 2020
Betsy Wang  B.S., Biological Sciences, 2020
Kristin Jayd  B.S., Biological Sciences, 2019 (High Honors in Entomology)
Lily Durkee  B.S., Biological Sciences: Ecology and Evolution, 2018 (High Honors in Entomology)
Victor Settles  (now with vanEngelsdorp group)
Marina Peterson  B.S., Environmental Science and Policy, 2018
Caroline Gonter  B.S., Biological Sciences, 2018
Yuroslava Kuzina  B.A., English Language and Literature, 2017
Kristine Persing  B.S., Environmental Science and Technology, 2017
Kathryn Sullivan  B.S., Biological Sciences, 2017
Giovanni Tundo  B.S., Biological Sciences, 2017
Claire Morse   B.S., Animal Sciences, 2017
Hashem Hraky   B.S., Biological Sciences, 2016
Sze Wing Yu  B.S., Environmental Science and Policy, 2015 (High Honors in Environmental Science and Policy)
Sara Reedy  B.S., Environmental Science and Policy 2015
George Bradley Reahl  B.S., Biological Sciences, 2015
Micah Miles  B.S., Environmental Science and Policy 2014
Jake Bodart  B.S., Biological Sciences: Ecology and Evolution, 2013
Sarah Davies  B.S., Biological Sciences, 2013
Irene Xue  B.S., Biological Sciences, 2013
Camilo Vanegas  B.S., Kinisieology, 2012
Amy Carpenter  B.S, Environmental Science and Policy, 2012
Jane Joo  B.S., Biological Sciences 2012
Sydney Pickett  B.A., Philosophy 2012
Heather Eversole  B.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2011
Allison Salas  B.S., Biological Sciences, 2011
Danielle Marshall  B.S., Biological Sciences, 2011
Christopher Holden  B.A., English Language and Literature 2011
Elmer Haapala  B.S., Biological Sciences: Microbiology, 2010
Emily Ross  B.S., Biological Sciences 2009
Melissa DiPietro  B.S., Biological Sciences 2009

Alumni -- High School Students

Tiffany Young  2013-2016  home schooled
​Jeanaya Bertrand  2014-2015  Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Lily Durkee  2013  Montgomery-Blair High School
Jason Young  2011-2012  Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Vanessa Niba  2010  Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Xiaoshan Zhang  2010  Montgomery-Blair High School

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Department of Entomology
4112 Plant Sciences Bldg
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
4142 Plant Sciences (office)
4164 Plant Sciences (lab)
(301) 405-3957
​dsgruner [at] umd.edu
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