Kwapich Lab


Christina L. Kwapich, PhD
Behavior and ecology of ant societies: Colony organization, production ecology, myrmecophilous crickets and spiders, ant nest architecture.
Instructor: Behavioral Ecology (BIOL. 4/5360), Entomology (BIOL 4/5550), Entomology Lab (BIOL 4/5550L), Senior Seminar (BIOL.4510)

PhD Student, Teaching/Research Assistant
Hoon Kang
Adaptive nest architecture in subterranean ant species.
Byounghoon_Kang@student.uml.edu
TA: Principles of Ecology (BIOL.3150), Principles of Biology II (BIOL.1180L),
Microbiology, BIOL.3010

MS Project Student
Jennifer Ingraham
Food sharing and signal mimicry between the ant cricket, Myrmecophilus pergandei and its ant hosts.
Jennifer_Ingraham@student.uml.edu

Undergraduate Honors Researcher & Lab Research Assistant
Roman Meneghini
Seed storage and processing in the ant Pheidole pilifera. Function of major workers in dimorphic ants.
Tutor for BIOL.2400
RomanWilliam_Meneghini@student.uml.edu
