CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
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Dr. Qian "Karen" Sun, PI Associate Professor of Entomology Email: [email protected] Office: A511 Life Sciences Building Lab: A505/507 Life Sciences Building |
Dr. Yangzhou Wang
Postdoctoral Researcher (2025-current) Project: Desiccation resistance in termites |
Haşim Hakanoğlu
Ph.D. Student (2022-current) Project: Varroa mite resistance in honey bees (with the USDA Honey Bee Lab in Baton Rouge) |
Austin McKay
Ph.D. Student (2025-current) Project: Physiological ecology of termites |
LeighAnn Slowick, Undergraduate Researcher (2024-current)
Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University |
LAB ALUMNI
Graduate Students
- Arjun Khadka (2020-2025), Ph.D. (now postdoc at University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
- Paula Castillo (2018-2023), Ph.D. (now Extension Associate at the USDA Honey Bee Lab in Baton Rouge)
- Steven Richardson (2020-2022), M.S. (now Ph.D. student at University of Florida)
- Joseph McCarthy (2019-2022), M.S. (now Extension Associate at the USDA Honey Bee Lab in Baton Rouge)
- Payton Floyed (2022-24), Agricultural Pest Management, LSU (recipient of CoA Undergraduate Research Grant)
- Myriel Green (2022-24), Animal Sciences, LSU (AgCenter ASPIRE intern and CoA Undergraduate Research Grant recipient)
- Alexis deQueiroz (2023), Chemical Engineering, LSU (AgCenter ASPIRE intern)
- Brendon Davis (2022), Biology, Southern University
- Kieu Ngo (2021-22), Biological Sciences (recipient of LSU CoA Undergraduate Research Grant)
- Nathan Le (2019-21), Biological Sciences (recipient of LSU CoA Undergraduate Research Grant and Discover Research Grant)
- Holly Boone (2020), Wildlife Ecology, LSU
- Ryan Nguyen (2019-2020), Biological Sciences (recipient of LSU CoA Undergraduate Research Grant)
- Jeremy Zuccaro (2018-19), Electrical Engineering, LSU
- Michael Hom (2019), Electrical Engineering, LSU
- Alicia Hoover (2018), Interdisciplinary Studies, LSU
- Justice Rougeau (2021-23), Plant & Soil Systems, LSU