Team – Fi-Ve Bug IPM Lab

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 started working as a Junior Specialist in the Grettenberger Lab, where I looked at the possible biocontrol applications of native Californian mirid predators against Tuta absoluta, an invasive lepidopteran pest of tomato. As a graduate student, I am now working on conservation biocontrol in lettuce on the Central Coast for key pests.
Contact: bfmullin@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. As a postdoctoral scholar in the Grettenberger lab, I initially lead a project aimed at devising proactive IPM strategies for the possible introduction of the tomato pinworm (Phthorimaea absoluta). I have now been working on a project aimed at addressing management issues for diamondback moth in California, including insecticide resistance and various IPM strategies.

Contact: ebueno@ucdavis.edu

Caroline Donohew
Junior Specialist
I am currently helping develop and share sustainable pest management strategies in the Salinas Valley. Much of this work has focused on diamondback moth and alternative management strategies like mating disruption
Contact: cmdonohew@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
Associate 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 Center of Excellence, IPM lead.

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, Office of Pesticide Consultation and Analysis
Website link | Google Scholar link | Twitter: @bugsbyblee

Buddhi Achhami
Postdoctoral Scholar
Now at California Department of Food and Agriculture
Google Scholar link

Treanna Pierce
Lab Manager/Staff Research Associate – West Side REC/San Joaquin Valley
Now retired.

Sophie Allen
Junior Specialist
Now at UC Irvine, PhD program

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

Maxwell Koning
Undergraduate researcher

Omri Livneh
Undergraduate researcher

Babu Panthi
Postdoctoral Scholar

Joe Disi
Postdoctoral Scholar