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 biocontrol applications of native Californian mirid predators against Phthorimaea 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, currently focusing on aphids.
Contact: bfmullin@ucdavis.edu
Anna DiPaola
Postdoctoral Scholar
I am a postdoc in the Dept. of Entomology and Nematology as well as the Dept. of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, co-supervised by Dr. Daniel Karp and Dr. Ian Grettenberger. My current work is examining how non-crop habitat could support sustainable pest management of key crops in coastal vegetable production systems.
Contact: addip@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
Now at Suterra
Erika M. Bueno
Postdoctoral Scholar
Caroline Donohew
Junior Specialist
Maxwell Koning
Undergraduate researcher
Omri Livneh
Undergraduate researcher
Babu Panthi
Postdoctoral Scholar
Joe Disi
Postdoctoral Scholar
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
Now at Suterra