Lab Alumni
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| Nate Walton completed his MS on conservation biological control and native bee conservation in blueberry farms during 2009. Since then, he has been working in the Grieshop Lab on organic approaches to fruit pest management. |
| Scott Prajzner has graduated from MSU and is working with Mary Gardiner at Ohio State University in Wooster as a research technician. |
| Natalia Botero-Garces studied grape berry moth behavior and ecology in Michigan vineyards and surrounding woods for her Ph.D. She currently works for Driscoll's Berries in California as a production research manager. |
| Zsofia Szendrei explored the ecology and management of Japanese beetle in Michigan blueberries. She is now the Vegetable Entomologist at Michigan State University. |
| Rodrigo Mercader worked on grapevine physiology and tolerance to herbivory, specifically by Japanese beetle and rose chafer. After a Ph.D in Dr. Scriber's lab he has most recently been studying the Emerald Ash Borer, a new invasive insect attacking our forests, in Deb McCullough's lab. |
| Paul Jenkins is the Small Fruit Education Coordinator at MSU. He studied grape berry moth Management in Michigan vineyards for his Master's degree in the Isaacs' lab. |
| Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski studied rhagoletis fruit fly behavior, ecology and management in collaboration with Larry Gut for her MS degree . She is currently working as a Post doc at the University of Florida in Gainesville. |
Matt O'Neal joined the Isaacs lab for a year to investigate biological control in blueberries, with a focus on carabid beetles. He is now the soybean entomologist at Iowa State University. |
| Nikhil Mallampalli is a member of the Biological and Ecological Effects Division at the EPA in Washington DC. His postdoctoral research in the Isaacs' lab focused on fruitworm sampling and ecology in blueberries. |
| Darek Gajek from Poland's Research Institute of Pomology and Floriculture visited our lab in 2001 to study blueberry bud mites. He is currently an independent contractor in Integrated Fruit Production in Poland. |
| Elly Maxwell ran our grape berry moth colony while she was an undergrad at MSU. After getting her MS Degree from Auburn University, she has moved to Midland, Michigan where she is entomologist at Dow Gardens. |
| Mark Vander Werp inherited the grape berry moth colony from Elly Maxwell and studied the behavior of neonate larvae while he worked in our lab. He now works for Rose Pest Solutions in Grand Rapids, Michigan. |
| Jillian Kallenbach was another grape berry moth colony manager. She also worked on mating disruption, ran tussock moth bioassays and helped with fieldwork. She is currently pursuing her MS in Physiology at Stanford. |