Christina L. Kwapich, PhD
Assistant Professor
Behavior and ecology of ant societies: Colony organization, production ecology, myrmecophilous crickets and spiders, ant nest architecture.
Instructor:
UCF Courses: Ornithology, and TBD
UML Courses: Behavioral Ecology, Entomology, Entomology Lab, Senior Seminar
Ant Lab Alumni
Gabe Muniz
Undergraduate Researcher, UML
Hidden biodiversity in ant nests. Myrmecophilous Phruronellus spiders with Crematogaster cerasi.
Hoon Kang
MS Project Student, UML
Adaptive nest architecture in subterranean ant species. Seasonal demography and ant colony organization.
Roman Meneghini
Undergrad Honors Researcher and MS project student, UML
Seed storage and processing in the ant Pheidole pilifera. Function of major workers in dimorphic ants.
Sydney Hy
MS project Student, UML
Social parasites, myrmecophiles, and seed use by Tetramorium immigrans in its introduced range. Urban ecology of invasive species.
Jennifer Ingraham
MS Project Student, UML
Food sharing and signal mimicry between the ant cricket, Myrmecophilus pergandei and its ant hosts.
Kelsie Belanger
Undergraduate Senior Research Student, UML
Island syndrome in myrmecophiles with poor dispersal abilities. Designing data harvesting tools in Python.
*Now at Tufts University, Graduate Program in Conservation Medicine
Yocha DeChavez
Undergraduate Research Assistant, ASU (pictured, left)
Connor McLeod
Undergraduate Research Assistant, ASU
Melissa Griffin
Undergraduate Research Assistant, ASU
*High School Biology Teacher
Chris Schwartze, ASU
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Connor and Melissa with Veromessor pergandei, in Phoenix, Arizona.
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