Education

• PhD - Utah State University - 2010
• BS - Weber State University - 2004
• Other - Weber State University - 2003

Awards/Honors

• Claude E. Zobell Scholarship 2007
• James A. and Patty MacMahon Ecology Scholarship 2007
• Seely-Hinckley Scholarship 2007
• Academic Honor Award 2004
• Evolutionary Ecology Award 2004
• Outstanding Senior Award 2004
• Utah Campus Compact/SSUN Civic Engagement Award 2004
• Aspire-Utah Trio Scholarship 2003
• Jerry B. Jensen Activity Scholarship 2003
• Weber State University College of Science Private Foundation Scholarship 2003
• Aspire-Utah Trio Scholarship 2002
• Services for Women Students Academic Scholarship 2002

Publications

• Journal Article, Professional Journal - Evaluation of a Standard Trap for Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in North America - 2012
• Newsletter - CAPS Update: Elm seed bug - 2012
• Newsletter - Drought and Honey Bees - 2012
• Newsletter - CAPS Update: The search for brown marmorated stink bug in Utah. - 2012
• Newsletter - CAPS Update: Khapra beetle results in tighter restrictions on rice imports - 2012
• Newsletter - The ongoing search for fungicide effects on blue orchard bees - 2012
• Journal Article, Academic Journal - Olfactory conditioning of the solitary bees Osmia lignaria and Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
• Fact Sheet-Extension - Blue Orchard Bees (Osmia lignaria) - 2012
• Newsletter - CAPS Update: Spotted wing drosophila detected at more sites during 2011 orchard survey - 2012
• Newsletter - Honey Bee Navigation - 2012
• Fact Sheet-Extension - Monitoring for Spotted Wing Drosophila in Utah - 2012
• Fact Sheet-Extension - Booklice and their relatives - 2012
• Journal Article, Professional Journal - Attraction to old nest cues during nest selection by the solitary bee Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) - 2011
• Newsletter - CAPS Update: Japanese Beetle - 2011
• Newsletter - Honey bees as structural pests - 2011
• Multi-Media-Video - Trapping and identifying spotted wing drosophila - 2011
• Newsletter - CAPS update: gypsy moth - 2011
• Newsletter - It's swarm time - 2011
• Journal Article, Academic Journal - Attraction to old nest cues during nest selection by the solitary bee Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) - 2011
• Journal Article, Academic Journal - Influence of rough handling on blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria) nest establishment. - 2011
• Newsletter - CAPS update: light brown apple moth - 2011
• Newsletter - Monitoring for insect pests - 2011
• Multi-Media-Web-Based - bees.usu.edu - 2011
• Newsletter - Detection of invasive pests in Utah demonstrates importance of CAPS - 2011
• Fact Sheet-Extension - Africanized Honey Bees - 2010
• Newsletter - Encouraging native pollinators in your yard and garden - 2010
• Newsletter - European grapvine moth - 2010
• Newsletter - Exotic moth Survey - 2010
• Newsletter - Farm bill programs that support increasing pollinator habitat - 2010
• Newsletter - Grasshopper outlook 2010 - 2010
• Newsletter - Increasing the number of pollinators on the farm - 2010
• Fact Sheet-Extension - Japanese Beetle - 2010
• Newsletter - Spotted wing drosophila detected in Utah - 2010
• Newsletter - Spotted Wing Drosophila detected in Utah caneberries - 2010
• Newsletter - The Importance of native bees for farms - 2010
• Newsletter - Update on monitoring for spotted wing drosophila - 2010
• Multi-Media-Web-Based - CAPS.usu.edu - 2010
• Fact Sheet-Extension - Spotted wing drosophila - 2010
• Guide/Manual-Extension - Ch. 6 - Entomology - 2010
• Other - The Importance of Native Bees for Farms - 2010
• Journal Article, Academic Journal - The proboscis extension reflex not elicited in megachilid bees - 2010
• Other - Attraction to old nest cues during nest selection by the solitary bee Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) - 2010
• Curriculum Materials-Other - Introduction to Pollination - 2009
• Other - Encouraging Native Pollinators in Your Yard and Garden - 2009

Contracts/Grants Awarded

• Brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomrpha halys) survey - $29682 - 2011-10-01
• Synergistic effects of fungicides and adjuvants on learning in the blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria) - $17462 - 2011-10-01
• Small Grains Commodity Survey - $15500 - 2013-02-01
• Utah CAPS infrastructure Project - $75145 - 2013-02-01
• Workshop to educate fruit growers on two invasives: spotted wing drosophila and brown marmorated stink bug - $6399 - 2012-10-01
• Drosophila suzukii Education Program - $5940 - 2012-07-01
• Toxicity of Pristine and Break-Thru to the blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria) - $6900 - 2012-07-31
• Honey Bee Education Program - $9100 - 2012-05-31
• Orchard commodity survey - $31350 - 2012-07-01
• Effect of fungicides on learning and memory in the blue orchard bee - $8840 - 2010-10-01
• Alfalfa and Corn Commodity Survey - $15500 - 2012-01-01
• Utah CAPS Infrastructure Project - $97161 - 2012-01-01
• Cooperative Agricultural Pests Survey (CAPS) Core Project - $114307 - 2011-01-01
• Orchard Commodity Survey - $29682 - 2011-01-01
• 2010 CAPS Bark Beetle and Woodborer Survey - $12000 - 2010-01-01
• Exotic Moth Survey - $29682
• Methods of improving retention of commercial blue orchard bee populations - $5500
• Utah plant pest infratructure project - $114306
• Nest lures for wild blue orchard bees in commercial orchards - $4400
• Utah State University Vice President of Research Fellowship - $15000 - 2004-12-31
• National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellowship - $3000