Current team
Madison Hendrick
Graduate Student – PhD
Currently, I study insecticide resistance in alfalfa weevil and tadpole shrimp. I aim to better understand how resistance works in these crops to improve management strategies and slow the development of insecticide resistance in these pests. Before coming to UC Davis, I earned my Bachelor’s degree in International Studies with a minor in Japanese language from North Carolina State University. I also studied briefly at Nagoya University in Japan.
Contact: mlhendrick@ucdavis.edu
Briley Mullin
Graduate Student – PhD
I study plant/insect ecology by looking at multi-trophic systems, and I am especially interested in those featuring relationships between natural enemy communities and herbivore hosts. I currently work as a Junior Specialist in the Grettenberger Lab, where I am looking at the possible biocontrol applications of native Californian mirid predators against Tuta absoluta, an invasive lepidopteran pest of tomato.
Contact: bfmullin@ucdavis.edu
Addie Abrams
Graduate Student – PhD
I am working on improving management of thrips and aphids in lettuce production using precision applications of insecticides as well as drone releases of natural enemies
Contact: aeabrams@ucdavis.edu
Erika M. Bueno
Postdoctoral Scholar
I am an entomologist specializing in insect evolutionary ecology. My focus lies in agricultural insect pests, where I combine laboratory experiments and genomics to investigate the mechanisms underlying adaptive traits. Currently, as a postdoctoral scholar in the Grettenberger lab, I’m leading a project aimed at devising proactive IPM strategies for the possible introduction of the tomato pinworm (Phthorimaea absoluta).
Contact: ebueno@ucdavis.edu
Sophie Allen
Junior Specialist
I am working on a number of project, including spray coverage in lettuce and insecticide resistance in tadpole shrimp. I am also very interested in marine invertebrates, community ecology, and global change!
Contact: socallen@ucdavis.edu
Kevin Goding
Staff Research Associate
Currently, the majority of the projects I work on are in alfalfa, rice, and cotton. I enjoy doing research in applied entomology as it is an ever evolving and changing field, with lots of variety. I enjoy being able to problem solve, fabricate research items, and rearing research organisms. I have a passion for biology and outdoor activities, with fly fishing and fly tying a lifelong hobby.
Contact: kmgoding@ucdavis.edu
Ian Grettenberger
Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist
I am a field and vegetable crops entomologist and have research and extension programs in a number of crops.
Contact: imgrettenberger@ucdavis.edu
Lab alumni
Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla
Graduate Student – Masters
Now at Univeristy of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, UC Statewide IPM Program.
Contact: jramirezbonilla@ucdavis.edu; IG: @sorrytobugya
Seth Jean
Graduate Student – Masters
Current project: cucumber beetle management using feeding stimulants coupled with insecticides and volatiles for attract and kill/better monitoring
Contact: sjean@ucdavis.edu@ucdavis.edu
Ben Lee
Postdoctoral Scholar
Now at California Department of Food and Agriculture
Website link | Google Scholar link | Twitter: @bugsbyblee
Buddhi Achhami
Postdoctoral Scholar
Now at California Department of Food and Agriculture
Google Scholar link
Contact: bachhami@ucdavis.edu
Treanna Pierce
Lab Manager – West Side REC/San Joaquin Valley
Now retired.
Maxwell Koning
Undergraduate researcher
Omri Livneh
Undergraduate researcher
Babu Panthi
Postdoctoral Scholar