{"id":5,"date":"2024-12-10T10:45:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T15:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab-draft\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:17:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T19:17:25","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"826\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Katherine_-Evan_-Jay-826x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Katherine_-Evan_-Jay-826x1024.jpg 826w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Katherine_-Evan_-Jay-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Katherine_-Evan_-Jay-768x952.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Katherine_-Evan_-Jay-364x451.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Katherine_-Evan_-Jay-500x620.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Katherine_-Evan_-Jay.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 826px) 100vw, 826px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/evan-preisser\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"146\">Evan Preisser<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Principal Investigator<\/strong><br>I am a community ecologist who wants to understand how food webs \u2018work.\u2019 I am interested in interspecific interactions and how these interactions affect community structure. I seek to design and conduct field experiments testing both basic and applied ecological questions, in collaboration with researchers from a range of fields.<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/ren-johnson\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Ren-Johnson-headshot-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ren-Johnson-headshot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Ren-Johnson-headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Ren-Johnson-headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Ren-Johnson-headshot-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Ren-Johnson-headshot-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/ren-johnson\/\">Ren Johnson<\/a><div class=\"content\">Ph.D. student (2022 B.S. in Biology, The College of Wooster)<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/linda-forrester\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Linda-Foresster-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Linda-Foresster-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Linda-Foresster-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Linda-Foresster-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Linda-Foresster-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Linda-Foresster.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/linda-forrester\/\">Linda Forrester<\/a><div class=\"content\"><p>Ph.D. student (B.A. in Biology, Ithaca College; M.S. in Zoology, University of New Hampshire)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/brooke-pellegrini\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Brooke_Pelligrini-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"picture of Brooke_Pelligrini\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Brooke_Pelligrini-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Brooke_Pelligrini-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Brooke_Pelligrini-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Brooke_Pelligrini-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/brooke-pellegrini\/\">Brooke Pellegrini<\/a><div class=\"content\"><p><b> M.S. student (2022 B.S. in Biological Sciences, George Washington University)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Pellegrini, B.A., Pintado, L.S., Souza, P.N., Bhavanam, S.P., Orians, C.M., Orrock, J.L., and E.L. Preisser. 2024. Herbivore kairomones affect germination speed, seedling growth, and herbivory. Oecologia https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00442-024-05621-z [PDF] <\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/amy-santiago\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Amy_Santiago-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Amy_Santiago-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Amy_Santiago-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Amy_Santiago-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Amy_Santiago-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/amy-santiago\/\">Amy Santiago<\/a><div class=\"content\"><p><b> M.S. student (2022 B.S. in Biology, University of Southern Maine) <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/katie-overstrum\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Katie_Overstrum-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of Katie_Overstrum\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Katie_Overstrum-scaled-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Katie_Overstrum-scaled-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Katie_Overstrum-scaled-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Katie_Overstrum-scaled-1-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/katie-overstrum\/\">Katie Overstrum<\/a><div class=\"content\"><p><b>M.S. student (2020 B.S. in Environmental Science, Dickinson College)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lab Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/zachary-lee\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/lee-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture Lee\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/lee-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/lee-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/lee-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/lee-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/lee-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/lee-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/lee-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/lee-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/lee-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/lee.jpg 1077w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/zachary-lee\/\">Zachary Lee<\/a><div class=\"content\"><p><b>M.S. 2022<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Currently: Research Technician, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Otis Lab, Buzzards Bay MA<\/p>\n<p>URI-related publications<\/p>\n<p>Lee, Z.A., Baranowski, A.K., and E.L. Preisser. 2021. Auditory predator cues affect monarch (Danaus plexippus; Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) development time and pupal weight. Acta Oecologica 111: 103740. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1146609X21000394?via%3Dihub\">[PDF]<\/a><br>Lee, Z.A., Cohen, C.B., Baranowski, A.K., Berry, K.N., McGuire, M.R., Pelletier, T.S., Peck, B.P., Blundell, J.J., and E.L. Preisser. 2023. Auditory predator cues decrease herbivore survival and plant damage. Ecology 104(4): e4007 <a href=\"https:\/\/esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/ecy.4007\">[PDF]<\/a><br>Lee, Z.A., Baranowski, A.K., Cohen, C.B., Pelletier, T.S., and E.L. Preisser. 2024. Domestication reduces caterpillar response to auditory predator cues. Environmental Entomology 53(4) 587-593\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/13mScGJkRBCQr2B3B8wNgBgmyl_2CKPyz\/view?usp=sharing\">[PDF]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/alex-baranowski\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Alex-Baranowski-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Alex-Baranowski-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Alex-Baranowski-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Alex-Baranowski-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/alex-baranowski\/\">Alex Baranowski<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p><strong>M.S. 2021 (2018 B.S. in Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently: Ph.D. student, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins CO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>URI-related publications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lee, Z.A.,\u00a0<strong>Baranowski, A.K.<\/strong>, Cohen, C.B., Pelletier, T.S., and E.L. Preisser. 2024. Domestication reduces caterpillar response to auditory predator cues. Environmental Entomology 53(4) 587-593\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/13mScGJkRBCQr2B3B8wNgBgmyl_2CKPyz\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/13mScGJkRBCQr2B3B8wNgBgmyl_2CKPyz\/view?usp=sharing\">[PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lee, Z.A.,\u00a0<strong>Baranowski, A.K<\/strong>., and E.L. Preisser. 2021. Auditory predator cues affect monarch (<em>Danaus plexippus<\/em>; Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) development time and pupal weight.\u00a0<em>Acta Oecologica<\/em>\u00a0111: 103740. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1c7ub-_79sYzBA1z1sye1T7VCw-USuKfF\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1c7ub-_79sYzBA1z1sye1T7VCw-USuKfF\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lee, Z.A., Cohen, C.B.,\u00a0<strong>Baranowski, A.K.<\/strong>, Berry, K.N., McGuire, M.R., Pelletier, T.S., Peck, B.P., Blundell, J.J., and E.L. Preisser. 2023. Auditory predator cues decrease herbivore survival and plant damage. Ecology 104(4): e4007\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/13yOxMPkvNGW6s_Y9rAPKwsWPBtgqnalF\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/13yOxMPkvNGW6s_Y9rAPKwsWPBtgqnalF\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">[PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Baranowski, A.K.<\/strong>, Alm, S.R., and E.L. Preisser. 2020.\u00a0<em>Datana drexelii<\/em>\u00a0(Lepidoptera: Notododontidae) oviposition and larval survival on highbush blueberry cultivars.\u00a0<em>Journal of Economic Entomology<\/em>\u00a0113(3): 568-571. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/17TfiZorxVXSO7TBIOEdsNS1NptVeJopP\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kinahan, I.G.,\u00a0<strong>Baranowski, A.K<\/strong>., Whitney, E.R., Savage, S.K., Rigsby, C.M., Shoemaker, E.E., Orians, C.M., and\u00a0E.L. Preisser.\u00a02020. Facilitation between invasive herbivores: hemlock woolly adelgid increases gypsy moth preference for and performance on eastern hemlock.\u00a0<em>Ecological Entomology<\/em>\u00a045(3): 416-422. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1i85KtA5tuEDL8hdAr9HnNKzTT7eJcyy7\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1i85KtA5tuEDL8hdAr9HnNKzTT7eJcyy7\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2020*<strong>Baranowski, A.K<\/strong>., Conroy, C., Boettner, G., Elkinton, J.S., and E.L. Preisser. 2019. Reduced\u00a0<em>Compsilura concinnata<\/em>\u00a0parasitism of New England saturniid larvae.\u00a0<em>Agricultural and Forest Entomology<\/em>\u00a021(3): 346-349.\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Y4ODnPJQoDw1xHK9lWHYd0ZleqJhj0LJ\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Y4ODnPJQoDw1xHK9lWHYd0ZleqJhj0LJ\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>*<strong>Baranowski, A.K<\/strong>., and E.L. Preisser. 2018. Predator cues increase silkmoth mortality.\u00a0<em>Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution<\/em>\u00a06: 220. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1q6MxMi49u0nZjpTMAtgGOPSlgxOt3lzd\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1q6MxMi49u0nZjpTMAtgGOPSlgxOt3lzd\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>*<strong>Baranowski, A.K.,<\/strong>\u00a0and E.L. Preisser. 2018. Can\u00a0<em>Darapsa myron<\/em>\u00a0(Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) successfully use the invasive plant\u00a0<em>Ampelopsis brevipedunculata<\/em>\u00a0as a food resource?\u00a0<em>Journal of the Lepidopterist\u2019s Society<\/em>\u00a072(2): 152-154. <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1gqfQa9lAZ4a-G0dZ3SL-crzOdfzXUmzI\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1gqfQa9lAZ4a-G0dZ3SL-crzOdfzXUmzI\/view?usp=sharing\">[PDF]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/ian-kinahan\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/ian-kinahan-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture of ian-kinahan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/ian-kinahan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/ian-kinahan-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/ian-kinahan-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/ian-kinahan-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/ian-kinahan-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/ian-kinahan-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/ian-kinahan.jpg 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/ian-kinahan\/\">Ian Kinahan<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p><strong>M.S. 2020 (2014 B.S. in Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst MA)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently: Inland Ecologist, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Boston MA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>URI-related publications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rigsby, C.M., Body, M.J.A., May, A., Oppong, A., Kostka, A., Houseman, N., Savage, S.K., Whitney, E.R.,\u00a0<strong>Kinahan, I.G.<\/strong>, DeBoef, B., Orians, C.M., Schultz, J.C., Appel, H.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2021. Impact of chronic stylet-feeder infestation on folivore-induced signaling and defenses.\u00a0<em>Tree Physiology<\/em>\u00a041(3): 416-427. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1he0bbudIVfsJi7q0opiFyyUfGg_jLqD0\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kinahan, I. G.<\/strong>, Rigsby, C.M., Savage, S.K., Houseman, N.L., Marsella, A.S., Oppong-Quaicoe, A., DeBoef, B.L., Orians, C.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2020. Seasonal changes in eastern hemlock (<em>Tsuga canadensis<\/em>) foliar chemistry.\u00a0<em>Canadian Journal of Forest Research\u00a0<\/em>50(6): 557-654.[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1uuKRKJpUrVe4MaIOKLUUpylNfXYmhYbZ\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1uuKRKJpUrVe4MaIOKLUUpylNfXYmhYbZ\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rigsby, C.M.,\u00a0<strong>Kinahan, I.G.<\/strong>, May, A., Kostka, A., Houseman, N., Savage, S.K., Whitney, E.R., and E.L. Preisser. 2020. Impact of hemlock woolly adelgid (<em>Adelges tsugae<\/em>) (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) infestation on the jasmonic acid-elicited defenses of eastern hemlock (<em>Tsuga canadensis<\/em>).\u00a0<em>Environmental Entomology<\/em>\u00a049(5): 1226-1231.[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1A0d6Tz8t2729QEM-vFQq7gfphzFRkNPg\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kinahan, I.G.,<\/strong>\u00a0Baranowski, A.K., Whitney, E.R., Savage, S.K., Rigsby, C.M., Shoemaker, E.E., Orians, C.M., and\u00a0E.L. Preisser.\u00a02020. Facilitation between invasive herbivores: hemlock woolly adelgid increases gypsy moth preference for and performance on eastern hemlock.\u00a0<em>Ecological Entomology<\/em>\u00a045(3): 416-422. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1i85KtA5tuEDL8hdAr9HnNKzTT7eJcyy7\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1i85KtA5tuEDL8hdAr9HnNKzTT7eJcyy7\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kinahan, I. G<\/strong>., Grandstaff, G., Russell, A., Rigsby, C.M., Casagrande, R.A., and\u00a0E.L. Preisser. 2020. A four-year, seven-state reforestation trial with eastern hemlocks (<em>Tsuga canadensis<\/em>) resistant to hemlock woolly adelgid (<em>Adelges tsugae<\/em>).\u00a0<em>Forests<\/em>\u00a011(3): 312. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1sLm3AUthdxdhofHx1H8NcU48bObAIdF_\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1sLm3AUthdxdhofHx1H8NcU48bObAIdF_\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/elizabeth-whitney\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Whitney-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture of Elizabeth Whitney\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Whitney-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Whitney-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/elizabeth-whitney\/\">Elizabeth Whitney<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p><strong>M.S. 2018 (2015 B.S. in Biology with Botany minor, Unity College, NH)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently: Lead Field Technician for Two-lined Spittlebug project, University of Hawaii, M\u0101noa HI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>URI-related publications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rigsby, C.M., Body, M.J.A., May, A., Oppong, A., Kostka, A., Houseman, N., Savage, S.K.,\u00a0<strong>Whitney, E.R.,\u00a0<\/strong>Kinahan, I.G., DeBoef, B., Orians, C.M., Schultz, J.C., Appel, H.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2021. Impact of chronic stylet-feeder infestation on folivore-induced signaling and defenses.\u00a0<em>Tree Physiology<\/em>\u00a041(3): 416-427.[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/search?q=Tree-Physiology-41_3-416-427.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/search?q=Tree-Physiology-41_3-416-427.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kinahan, I.G., Baranowski, A.K.,\u00a0<strong>Whitney, E.R.<\/strong>, Savage, S.K., Rigsby, C.M., Shoemaker, E.E., Orians, C.M., and\u00a0E.L. Preisser.\u00a02020. Facilitation between invasive herbivores: hemlock woolly adelgid increases gypsy moth preference for and performance on eastern hemlock.\u00a0<em>Ecological Entomology<\/em>\u00a045(3): 416-422. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1i85KtA5tuEDL8hdAr9HnNKzTT7eJcyy7\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1i85KtA5tuEDL8hdAr9HnNKzTT7eJcyy7\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rigsby, C.M., Kinahan, I.G., May, A., Kostka, A., Houseman, N., Savage, S.K.,\u00a0<strong>Whitney, E.R<\/strong>., and E.L. Preisser. 2020. Impact of hemlock woolly adelgid (<em>Adelges tsugae<\/em>) (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) infestation on the jasmonic acid-elicited defenses of eastern hemlock (<em>Tsuga canadensis<\/em>).\u00a0<em>Environmental Entomology<\/em>\u00a049(5): 1226-1231.[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1A0d6Tz8t2729QEM-vFQq7gfphzFRkNPg\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1A0d6Tz8t2729QEM-vFQq7gfphzFRkNPg\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schaeffer, R.N., Wilson, C.M., Radville, L.,\u00a0<strong>Whitney, E.R.<\/strong>, Barrett, M., Roitman, S., Miller, E.R., Wolfe, B.E., Thornber, C.S., Orians, C.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2017. Individual and non-additive effects of exotic sap-feeders on root functional and mycorrhizal traits of a shared conifer host.\u00a0<em>Functional Ecology<\/em>\u00a031(11): 2024-2033. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16DBDhV-Gsx2XVmHrxZruN-ld0Tek54u9\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16DBDhV-Gsx2XVmHrxZruN-ld0Tek54u9\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/mary-mallinger\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Mallinger-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture of Mary Mellinger\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Mallinger-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Mallinger-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Mallinger-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Mallinger-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/mary-mallinger\/\">Mary Mallinger<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p><strong>M.S. 2017 (2012 B.S. in Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently: Conservation Engagement Specialist, Minnesota Zoo, St. Paul MN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>URI-related publications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rigsby, C.M., Shoemaker, E.,\u00a0<strong>Mallinger, M.M.<\/strong>, Orians, C.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2019. Conifer responses to a stylet-feeding invasive herbivore and induction with methyl jasmonate: impact on the expression of induced defences and a native folivore.\u00a0<em>Agricultural and Forest Entomology<\/em>\u00a021(2): 227-234.\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1yOdJtHmsHG8HW41mKoDXzAEYdgDwluHv\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1yOdJtHmsHG8HW41mKoDXzAEYdgDwluHv\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/claire-wilson\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"137\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Untitled-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture of Wilson\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/claire-wilson\/\">Claire Wilson<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p>M.S. 2016 (2014 B.A. in Biology, Carleton College, MN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently: Communications Associate, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>URI-related publications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Wilson, C.M.<\/strong>, Schaeffer, R.N., Hickin, M., Rigsby, C.M., Sommi, A., Thornber, C.S., Orians, C.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2018. Chronic impacts of invasive herbivores on a foundational forest species: a whole-tree perspective.\u00a0<em>Ecology\u00a0<\/em>99(8): 1783-1791.\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1HrEJpUR0a5iljfURj9wTcAlJbmRzV_0s\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1HrEJpUR0a5iljfURj9wTcAlJbmRzV_0s\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schaeffer, R.N.,\u00a0<strong>Wilson, C.M<\/strong>., Radville, L., Whitney, E.R., Barrett, M., Roitman, S., Miller, E.R., Wolfe, B.E., Thornber, C.S., Orians, C.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2017. Individual and non-additive effects of exotic sap-feeders on root functional and mycorrhizal traits of a shared conifer host.\u00a0<em>Functional Ecology<\/em>\u00a031(11): 2024-2033. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16DBDhV-Gsx2XVmHrxZruN-ld0Tek54u9\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16DBDhV-Gsx2XVmHrxZruN-ld0Tek54u9\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wilson, C.M.<\/strong>, Vendettuoli, J.F., Orwig, D.A., and E.L. Preisser. 2016. Impact of an invasive insect and plant defense on a native forest defoliator.\u00a0<em>Insects\u00a0<\/em>7: 45. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Uf8FeLpbzPzJ_0ufn9StEoYgGcyC5cVa\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Uf8FeLpbzPzJ_0ufn9StEoYgGcyC5cVa\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/katharine-harrison\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/IMG_1096-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture of Katharine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/IMG_1096-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/IMG_1096-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/IMG_1096-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/IMG_1096-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/katharine-harrison\/\">Katharine Harrison<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p><strong>M.S. 2016 (2004 B.S. in Biological Sciences, Boston College)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently: Associate Professor, Community College of Rhode Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>URI-related publications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Harrison, K.V.<\/strong>, and E.L. Preisser. 2016. Dropping behavior in the pea aphid: how does environmental context affect anti-predator responses?\u00a0<em>Journal of Insect Science<\/em>\u00a016(1): 89. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/11gzKszn1mY9YE65cUxFB4rq6ZrMCmFSl\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/11gzKszn1mY9YE65cUxFB4rq6ZrMCmFSl\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/mauri-hickin\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Mauri_Hickin_Grad.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"picture of mauri\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/mauri-hickin\/\">Mauri Hickin<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p><strong>M.S. 2015 (2012 B.S. in Zoology with Climatology minor, Kent State University, OH)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently: Research Entomologist, USDA APHIS, Buzzards Bay MA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>URI-related publications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wilson, C.M., Schaeffer, R.N.,\u00a0<strong>Hickin, M.<\/strong>, Rigsby, C.M., Sommi, A., Thornber, C.S., Orians, C.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2018. Chronic impacts of invasive herbivores on a foundational forest species: a whole-tree perspective.\u00a0<em>Ecology\u00a0<\/em>99(8): 1783-1791. [<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/Ecology-998-1783-1791.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schaeffer, R.N., Wilson, C.M., Radville, L., Whitney, E.R.,\u00a0<strong>Barrett, M.<\/strong>, Roitman, S., Miller, E.R., Wolfe, B.E., Thornber, C.S., Orians, C.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2017. Individual and non-additive effects of exotic sap-feeders on root functional and mycorrhizal traits of a shared conifer host.\u00a0<em>Functional Ecology<\/em>\u00a031(11): 2024-2033. [<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/Funct-Ecol-2017-3111-2024-2033.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hickin, M.<\/strong>, and E.L. Preisser. 2015. Effects of light and water availability on the performance of hemlock woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae). Environmental Entomology 44(1): 128-135 [<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/Env-Ent-2015-441-128-135.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/jamie-rafter\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Jamie_rafter_grad_small-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture of Jaime\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Jamie_rafter_grad_small-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Jamie_rafter_grad_small-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Jamie_rafter_grad_small-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Jamie_rafter_grad_small-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Jamie_rafter_grad_small.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/jamie-rafter\/\">Jamie Rafter<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p><strong>Ph.D. 2015 (2010 B.S. in Biology &amp; Environmental Science, King\u2019s College, PA)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently: Assistant Professor, Muskingum University, New Concord OH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>URI-related publications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rafter, J.L.<\/strong>, Vendettuoli, J., Gonda-King, L., Niesen, D., Seeram, N.P., Rigsby, C.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2017. Pretty picky for a generalist: impacts of toxicity and nutritional quality on mantid prey processing.\u00a0<em>Environmental Entomology<\/em>\u00a046(3): 626-632. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ssLqOXQs-dS4FoiFVcfV_V0HudLR0dG8\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ssLqOXQs-dS4FoiFVcfV_V0HudLR0dG8\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rafter, J.L.<\/strong>, Gonda-King, L., Niesen, D., Seeram, N.P., Rigsby, C.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2017. Impact of consuming \u2018toxic\u2019 monarch caterpillars on adult Chinese mantid mass gain and fecundity.\u00a0<em>Insects<\/em>\u00a08: 23.\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1SV8UkyuH-aA_yQVtLrJAn8UCTMWeVKp2\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1SV8UkyuH-aA_yQVtLrJAn8UCTMWeVKp2\/view?usp=sharing\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rafter, J.L.,<\/strong>\u00a0Agrawal, A.A., and E.L. Preisser. 2013. Chinese mantids gut toxic monarch caterpillars: avoidance of prey defense? Ecological Entomology 38(1): 76-82\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Eyp6Xv4FsnCtjBiA8qfJJZKhdF5whP_G\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Eyp6Xv4FsnCtjBiA8qfJJZKhdF5whP_G\/view?usp=sharing\">PDF<\/a>] (Winner of Royal Entomological Society Award:\u00a0<em>Ecological Entomology<\/em>\u00a0Best Paper, 2012\/2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/liahna-gonda-king\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/liahna_gonda-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture of lLahna Gonda\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/liahna_gonda-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/liahna_gonda-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/liahna_gonda-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/liahna_gonda-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/liahna-gonda-king\/\">Liahna Gonda-King<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p><strong>M.S. 2013 (2010 B.A. in Biology, St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland, MD)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently: Amgen Fellow, Teach for America, Hartford CT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>URI-related publications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rafter, J.L., Vendettuoli, J.,\u00a0<strong>Gonda-King, L.<\/strong>, Niesen, D., Seeram, N.P., Rigsby, C.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2017. Pretty picky for a generalist: impacts of toxicity and nutritional quality on mantid prey processing.\u00a0<em>Environmental Entomology<\/em>\u00a046(3): 626-632.\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ssLqOXQs-dS4FoiFVcfV_V0HudLR0dG8\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ssLqOXQs-dS4FoiFVcfV_V0HudLR0dG8\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rafter, J.L.,\u00a0<strong>Gonda-King, L<\/strong>., Niesen, D., Seeram, N.P., Rigsby, C.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2017. Impact of consuming \u2018toxic\u2019 monarch caterpillars on adult Chinese mantid mass gain and fecundity.\u00a0<em>Insects<\/em>\u00a08: 23.\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1SV8UkyuH-aA_yQVtLrJAn8UCTMWeVKp2\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1SV8UkyuH-aA_yQVtLrJAn8UCTMWeVKp2\/view?usp=sharing\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Soltis, N., G\u00f3mez, S.,\u00a0<strong>Gonda-King, L.<\/strong>, Preisser, E.L., and C.M. Orians. 2015. Contrasting effects of two exotic hemipterans on whole-plant resource allocation in a declining conifer. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 187(1): 86-97. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1fcs3BymFtwZ2P-UkqqW8XHmrpSOIl-sH\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1fcs3BymFtwZ2P-UkqqW8XHmrpSOIl-sH\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>G\u00f3mez, S.,<strong>\u00a0Gonda-King, L.<\/strong>, Orians, C.M., Orwig, D.A., Panko, R., Radville, L., Soltis, N., Thornber, C.S., and E.L. Preisser. 2015. Interactions between invasive herbivores and their long-term impact on New England hemlock forests. Biological Invasions 17(2): 661-673 [<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/Biol-Inv-172-661-673.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Radville, L.,\u00a0<strong>Gonda-King, L.,<\/strong>\u00a0G\u00f3mez, S., Kaplan, I., and E.L. Preisser. 2014. Are exotic herbivores better competitors? A meta-analysis. Ecology 95(1): 30-36 [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1hesHovMVrcvE8c9lMQaneajzUbifasfr\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1hesHovMVrcvE8c9lMQaneajzUbifasfr\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gonda-King, L.<\/strong>, G\u00f3mez, S., Martin, J., Orians, C.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2014. Tree responses to an invasive sap-feeding insect. Plant Ecology 215(3): 297-304 [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1lUfsFtmLF2s5RlOHvw2YkrQs85uQoXGt\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1lUfsFtmLF2s5RlOHvw2YkrQs85uQoXGt\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>G\u00f3mez, S.,\u00a0<strong>Gonda-King, L.<\/strong>, Orians, C.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2014. Competitor avoidance drives within-host feeding site selection in a passively-dispersed herbivore. Ecological Entomology 39(1): 10-16 [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1m7K6BuUsaEczXxUiIyua77h0SlngmhGK\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1m7K6BuUsaEczXxUiIyua77h0SlngmhGK\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gonda-King, L.,<\/strong>\u00a0Radville, L., and E.L. Preisser. 2012. False ring formation in eastern hemlock branches: impacts of hemlock woolly adelgid and elongate hemlock scale. Environmental Entomology 41(3): 523-531\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/15EiKw7VzgXa4CuEuc134GoM78uSFUkJ7\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/15EiKw7VzgXa4CuEuc134GoM78uSFUkJ7\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/laura-radville\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/laura_radville.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture Laura Radville\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/laura-radville\/\">Laura Radville<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p><strong>M.S. 2012 (2009 B.A. in Biology and Art, College of the Holy Cross, MA); 2015 Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently: Research Program Associate, George Washington University, Washington DC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>URI-related publications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Schaeffer, R.N., Wilson, C.M., <strong>Radville, L.<\/strong>, Whitney, E.R., Barrett, M., Roitman, S., Miller, E.R., Wolfe, B.E., Thornber, C.S., Orians, C.M., and E.L. Preisser. 2017. Individual and non-additive effects of exotic sap-feeders on root functional and mycorrhizal traits of a shared conifer host.\u00a0<em>Functional Ecology<\/em>\u00a031(11): 2024-2033. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16DBDhV-Gsx2XVmHrxZruN-ld0Tek54u9\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16DBDhV-Gsx2XVmHrxZruN-ld0Tek54u9\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>G\u00f3mez, S., Gonda-King, L., Orians, C.M., Orwig, D.A., Panko, R.,\u00a0<strong>Radville, L.<\/strong>, Soltis, N., Thornber, C.S., and E.L. Preisser. 2015. Interactions between invasive herbivores and their long-term impact on New England hemlock forests. Biological Invasions 17(2): 661-673 [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1blBVLvE1i9MkNtga1fOoKhmWFCcGxwTd\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1blBVLvE1i9MkNtga1fOoKhmWFCcGxwTd\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Radville, L.,<\/strong>\u00a0Gonda-King, L., G\u00f3mez, S., Kaplan, I., and E.L. Preisser. 2014. Are exotic herbivores better competitors? A meta-analysis. Ecology 95(1): 30-36 [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1hesHovMVrcvE8c9lMQaneajzUbifasfr\/view?usp=sharing\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gonda-King, L.,\u00a0<strong>Radville, L.,<\/strong>\u00a0and E.L. Preisser. 2012. False ring formation in eastern hemlock branches: impacts of hemlock woolly adelgid and elongate hemlock scale. Environmental Entomology 41(3): 523-531\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/15EiKw7VzgXa4CuEuc134GoM78uSFUkJ7\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/15EiKw7VzgXa4CuEuc134GoM78uSFUkJ7\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Radville, L.<\/strong>, Chaves, A., and E.L. Preisser. 2011. Variation in plant defense against herbivores: evidence for a hypersensitive response in eastern hemlocks (<em>Tsuga canadensis<\/em>). Journal of Chemical Ecology 37(6): 592-597 [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/18ouzOJFhcARqpaCnuIy7y5SmkcT6OBK3\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/18ouzOJFhcARqpaCnuIy7y5SmkcT6OBK3\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/mailea-miller-pierce\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/maiea_miller.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture of Maiea Miller\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/mailea-miller-pierce\/\">Mailea Miller-Pierce<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p><strong>M.S. 2010 (2009 B.A. in Biology and Art, College of the Holy Cross, MA); 2016 Ph.D., Washington State University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently: Celtic Spirit Healer, Vancouver WA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>URI-related publications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ingwell, L.L.,\u00a0<strong>Miller-Pierce, M.R.<\/strong>, Trotter, R.T. III, and E.L. Preisser. 2012. Vegetation and invertebrate community response to eastern hemlock decline in southern New England. Northeastern Naturalist 19(4): 541-558 [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16eIDPVxPEwhbrIT6-Qb2-b9gw0P8lRRV\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Miller-Pierce, M.R.<\/strong>, and E.L. Preisser. 2012. Asymmetric priority effects influence the success of invasive forest insects. Ecological Entomology 37: 350-358 [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1nlt0BVTRursXw3f5jF6MFTKkmnQCAmwE\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1nlt0BVTRursXw3f5jF6MFTKkmnQCAmwE\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preisser, E.L.,\u00a0<strong>Miller-Pierce, M.R<\/strong>, Vansant, J.L., and D.A. Orwig. 2011. Eastern hemlock (<em>Tsuga canadensis<\/em>) regeneration in the presence of hemlock woolly adelgid (<em>Adelges tsugae<\/em>) and elongate hemlock scale (<em>Fiorinia externa<\/em>). Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41(12): 2433-2439\u00a0 [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1sxd5ocDgVa3RIe1iegERujE2o2Y-ezKo\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1sxd5ocDgVa3RIe1iegERujE2o2Y-ezKo\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Miller-Pierce, M.R.<\/strong>, Orwig, D.A., and E.L. Preisser. 2010. Effects of hemlock woolly adelgid and elongate hemlock scale on eastern hemlock growth and foliar chemistry. Environmental Entomology 39(2): 513-519. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1TBUr2Yl4XWaqpWUYBrXvw-Cai9R_o5XG\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1TBUr2Yl4XWaqpWUYBrXvw-Cai9R_o5XG\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/laura-ingwell\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Laura_ingwell.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture Laura Ingwell\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/laura-ingwell\/\">Laura Ingwell<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p><strong>M.S. 2009 (2007 B.S. in Biological Sciences with Chemistry minor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI); 2013 Ph.D., University of Idaho<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Purdue University, Purdue IN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>URI-related publications<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ingwell, L.L<\/strong>., Miller-Pierce, M.R., Trotter, R.T. III, and E.L. Preisser. 2012. Vegetation and invertebrate community response to eastern hemlock decline in southern New England. Northeastern Naturalist 19(4): 541-558\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16eIDPVxPEwhbrIT6-Qb2-b9gw0P8lRRV\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16eIDPVxPEwhbrIT6-Qb2-b9gw0P8lRRV\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ingwell, L.L<\/strong>., and E.L. Preisser. 2011. Using citizen science programs to identify host resistance in pest-invaded forests. Conservation Biology 25(1): 182-188. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1FTBM1bdHOgu5DZloAsryeAyMVmq4Dz0N\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1FTBM1bdHOgu5DZloAsryeAyMVmq4Dz0N\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ingwell, L.L.,<\/strong> Brady, J., Fitzpatrick, M.C., Maynard, B., Casagrande, R., and E.L. Preisser. 2009. Intraspecific variation in\u00a0<em>Tsuga canadensis<\/em>\u00a0foliar chemistry. Northeastern Naturalist 16(4): 585-594. [<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1yEGjN9b4hNem5j8T4rUHbIVM3-xVd_xI\/view?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1yEGjN9b4hNem5j8T4rUHbIVM3-xVd_xI\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/santhi-bhavanam\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/SanthiBhavanam-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture of Shanti\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/SanthiBhavanam-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/SanthiBhavanam-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/SanthiBhavanam-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/santhi-bhavanam\/\">Santhi Bhavanam<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p>Post-Doctoral Researcher 2022-2024<br>Currently: Post-doctoral researcher, New Mexico State University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/chad-rigsby\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/Chad_Rigsby-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture of Chad Rigsby\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/chad-rigsby\/\">Chad Rigsby<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p>Post-Doctoral Researcher\u00a02016-2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently: Head of Research, Midwest Region, Bartlett Tree, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/robert-schaeffer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"147\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/robert-147x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/robert-schaeffer\/\">Robert Schaeffer<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p>Post-Doctoral Researcher 2014-2016<br>Currently: Assistant Professor, Utah State University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/sara-gomez\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/sara_gomez.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/sara-gomez\/\">Sara Gomez<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p>Post-Doctoral Researcher 2010-2013<br>Currently: Administrative Director, Tufts University Environmental Studies Program<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/matt-fitzpatrick\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2257\/fitz.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Picture of Matt\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/preisserlab\/matt-fitzpatrick\/\">Matt Fitzpatrick<\/a><div class=\"content\">\n<p>Post-Doctoral Researcher 2007-2009<br>Currently: Associate Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evan Preisser Principal InvestigatorI am a community ecologist who wants to understand how food webs \u2018work.\u2019 I am interested in interspecific interactions and how these interactions affect community structure. 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