Makhdzir Mardan (Ph.D.). Thermoregulation in the Asiatic Giant Honey Bee, Apis dorsata (Hymenoptera: Apidae). 1984 - 1989. Committee member.
Karen Bull-Romel (M.Sc.). The reproductive biology and behaviour of the Greater Wax Moth, Galleria mellonella (L.), and a re-revaluation of the male sex pheromone. 1988 - 1991. Supervisor.
John S.K. Mbaya (Ph.D.). Resource hoarding and defensive behaviours of African honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in Kenya. 1988 - 1993. Committee member.
Zhi-yong Huang (Ph.D.). Mechanism of hypopharyngeal gland activation by brood of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). 1988. Committee member.
Barbara Dawicke (M.Sc.). A comparison of the migration and reproduction of the honey bee tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi (Rennie)) in drone and worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). 1991. Co-supervisor.
Huarong Lin (M.Sc.). A comparison of resistance in Buckfast and Canadian stocks of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) to infestation by honey bee tracheal mites (Acarapis woodi (Rennie)). 1992. Co-supervisor.
Mauricio Montes-Castillo (M.Ag.). Non-thesis. 1992. Committee member.
Dennis Van Engelsdorp (M.Sc.). A field evaluation of nine genetic lines of bees for tracheal mite resistance and other economically important traits. September 1992 - April 1995. Committee member.
Hai Yu (Ph.D.). Relationships of epidemiological factors, Gliocladium roseum, and bee vectors to gray mold on raspberry caused by Botrytis cinerea. September 1992 - July 1996. Committee member.
Soesilawati Hadisoesilo (Ph.D.). A comparative study of two species of cavity nesting honey bees of Sulawesi, Indonesia. September 1992 - June 1997. Co-supervisor.
Julie A. McCarthy (M.Sc.). The effects of insect pollination on the seed set and seed viability of American ginseng (Panax quinquefolium L.). September 1993 - April 1996. Supervisor.
Yonghong Tang (Ph.D.). Withdrew due to personal problems. September 1993 - September 1998. Committee member.
Hannah Wittick Fraser (M.Sc.). Behavioural analyses of the volatile sex pheromone components released by the male greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). September 1994 - April 1996. Supervisor.
Rachel Cheverie (M.Sc.). Resistance management strategies for the use of Newleaf™ potatoes (Solanum tubarosum L.) for the control of Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). September 1995 - April 1997. Committee member.
Jasna Krajl (M.Sc.). Selection of honey bees with rapid development as a component to Varroa mite resistance. September 1996 - July 1998. Committee member.
Jennifer K. MacIntyre (M.Sc.). Biology and control of Acalymma vittatum (Fabricius), the striped cucumber beetle, in southwestern Ontario. September 1998 - July 2000. Co-supervisor.
Christy A. Hoepting (M.Sc.). Pesticide interactions in the management of onion maggot, Delia antiqua (Meigen) and onion smut, Urocystis cepulae Frost, in Ontario. September1998 - June 2001. Co-supervisor.
Elizabeth Wanja (Ph.D.). Host plant resistance in eight Okra (Abelmoscus esculentus (L.) Moench: Malvaceae) varieties. September 1998 - August 2002. Committee member.
Terri Jones (M.Sc.). Use of greenhouse microclimate to optimize the effectiveness of biological and biocide control measures for integrated pest management of thrips on greenhouse cucumber. September 1999 - April 2002. Co-supervisor.
Sean Westerveld (M.Sc). The development of nutrient management plans and integrated crop management programs for onions, carrots and cabbage in Ontario. September 1999 - May 2002. Co-supervisor.
Gwynne McAneney Lannen (M.Sc.). Honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) drone size and its effects on aspects of male fitness. September 2000 - April 2004. Committee member.
Janisse C. Bailey (M.Sc.). Evaluation of a new insecticide and alternative strategies for control of European Corn Borer with minimal impact on honey bees foraging in sweet corn. September 2001 - January 2004. Supervisor.
Jennifer K. MacIntyre Allen (Ph.D.). Identification of insecticide resistance and development of an enhanced integrated management program for onion thrips attacking onions in southwestern Ontario. September 2000 - May 2004. Co-supervisor.
G. Chris Cutler (Ph.D.). Potential utility of novaluron in Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), management. September 2002 - March 2006. Supervisor.
Sarah (McCann) Jandricic (M.Sc.). Atheta coriaria Kraatz, a potential biological control agent of fungus gnats in greenhouse floricultural crops. January 2003 - April 2005. Co-supervisor.
Amanda King (M.Sc.). Impact of agricultural managements systems of canola on wild pollinator abundance and diversity. September 2003 - September 2005. Supervisor.
Zhara Moineddin (M.Sc.). The potential of novel seed treatments to control the onionsmut-onion maggot complex on onions in Ontario. January 2004 - December 2006. Co-supervisor.
Kathryn Carter (Part-time M.Sc.). Novel reduced-risk biopesticides to control insect pests of apples and their potential impact on associated biological control agents. January 2004 - May 2006. Supervisor.
Lisa Conroy (M.Sc.). The development of a greenhouse floriculture IPM program for insecticide tolerant strains of serpentine leafminer. January 2006 - May 2008. Supervisor.
Peter Unger (M.Sc.). Genotypic effects on four behavioural traits of evolutionary and economic importance in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). January 2006 – March 2009. Committee member.
Angela Gradish (M.Sc.). Potential side-effects of fungicides on three biological control agents and pollinators used in greenhouse vegetable agroecosystems. September 2006 - January 2009. Co-supervisor.
David Cheung (M.Sc.). A digital guide to nursery landscape pests of Ontario - Simplifying insect identification with the power of digital tools. September 2007 - July 2011. Committee member.
Krilen Ramanaidu (M.Sc. - Nova Scotia Agricultural College/Dalhousie University). IPM potential of novel reduced-risk insecticides for control of blueberry spanworm on wild blueberries. Co-Supervised with Dr. Chris Cutler (Faculty, NSAC). September 2008 - August 2010. Committee member.
Hanh D. Pham (Ph.D.). Characterizing the importance of honey bees and other insects in the pollination of longan and peanut in Vietnam. September 2008 - present. Committee member.
Pradeep Nampoothiry (M.Sc.). Reduced risk biochemical biopesticides as attractants and repellants for the mitigation of house flies in organic dairy operations. September 2008 - April 2011. Supervisor.
Wendy Romero (M.Sc.). Development of control strategies for insect pests associated with vegetative propagation materials used in floricultural greenhouses. January 2009 - April 2011. Supervisor.
Kristy Grigg McGuffin (M.Sc.). Managing codling moth insecticide resistance in southwestern Ontario pome fruit. January 2009 - April 2011. Supervisor.
Caleigh Irwin (M.Sc.). Potential of cyazypyr as a seed treatment on canola for the control of flea beetles and its non-target effect on honey bee foragers. January 2009 - July 2011. Supervisor.
Murali Mohan Ayyanath (Ph.D.). Hormetic dose-response in green peach aphid, Myzus persicae, exposed to imidacloprid. January 2010 – July 2013. Co-supervisor with Chris Cutler – Dalhousie University.
Meghann Waite (M.Sc.). Developing new strategies to improve the efficacy of the predatory buy Orius insidiosus for biological control of Frankliniella occidentalis (Western flower thrips) in greenhouse ornamental crops. September 2010 – December 2012. Co-supervisor - Dr. Michael Brownbridge (VRIC).
Laura Hewitt (M.Sc.). Influence of seasonal greenhouse climate on the use of the predatory mites - Amblyseius swirskii and Neoseiulus cucumeris, for pest management practices developed for Western flower thrips in greenhouse ornamental crops. September 2010 – January 2013. Co-supervisor - Dr. Les Shipp (AAFC).
Andrew Frewin (Ph.D.). The use of DNA barcoding in plant pest monitoring. January 2011 – March 2015. Co-supervisor with Robert Hanner (Integrative Biology).
Hanan Gashout (Ph.D.). Effects of synthetic and natural acaracides on Varroa destructor and on the behavior and natural resistance of honey bees. September 2010 - present. Committee member.
Maryam Sultan (M.Sc.). The use of sterile leafminers and Diglyphus isaea to control leafminer pests in ornamental greenhouse operations. September 2012 – April 2015. Advisor.
Justine Shiell (M.Sc.). Management of pest flies in poultry production facilities. May 2013- September 2015. Co-Advisor with Simon Lachance (Alfred College)
Meredith Miller (M.Sc.). "A review of the Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in Ontario Canada, including the invasive Spotted-Wing Drosophila". January 2013- May 2015. Committee member.
Mike Tomascik (M.Sc.). Arthropod detoxification mechanisms with special reference to arachnids. September 2012- September 2015. Committee member.
Kelly Grieg (MES). The impact of organic and conventionally grown forage corn on Bombus impatiens colonies in southern Ontario. Supervisor. Sept. 2013 – June 2015.
Tiffany Yau (M.Sc.). A revision of Sphaeroceridae, the small dung flies, genus Bromeloecia. January 2014 – present. Committee member.
Pamela Loughran (M.Sc.). Development of standardized methods for assessing risk of pesticide exposure to bumble bees. September 2014 – present. Co-Advisor with Dr. Chris Cutler (Dalhousie U). Transferred to MES program January 1, 2016.
Zach Telfer (M.Sc.). Management of carrot weevil on carrots in Ontario. September 2014 – present. Co-Advisor with Dr. Mary Ruth McDonald (Plant Ag).
Jason Lemay (M.Sc.). Management of carrot rust fly on carrots in Ontario. September 2014 – present. Co-Advisor with Dr. Mary Ruth McDonald (Plant Ag).
Pascal Tuarze (MES). Alkylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in fish and risk to human health: Implications for ecological and human health risk assessments in the Alberta oil sands. September 2014- February 2016. Co-Advisor with Dr. Loren Knopper (Adjunct SES).
Kaelyn Hunter (M.Sc.). Sustainable management of brown marmorated stink bug: chemical control and mitigation of overwintering aggregations. September 2015 – present Advisor.
Tara Celetti (M.Sc.). Semi-field testing of risk assessment methodologies for bumble bees associated with insecticide exposure in agroecosystems. September 2015- present. Co-Advisor with Dr. Chris Cutler –Dalhousie Univ.
Jason Sproule (M.Sc. - Dalhousie University). Evaluating the hazard of Pristine fungicide to bumble bees. September 2014 – present. Co-Advisor (Adjunct Prof at Dalhousie Univ.) with Dr. Chris Cutler (Dal Univ).
MacKenzie Plommer (M.Sc.). Controlling insect pests in high tunnels used to produce high-value organic vegetable and nutraceutical crops in Canadian climates. September 2015 – present. Co-Advisor with Dr. Mary Ruth McDonald (Plant Ag).
Rachel England (MES). Effects of low doses of imidacloprid on Bombus impatiens reproduction and development. September 2015 – present. Advisor.
Melanie Raby. (Ph.D.). Toxicity of neonicotinoids to aquatic invertebrates. January 2015 – present. Committee member.
Chase Jones-Baumgardt – Microcolony studies on bumble bees. January 2016 – April 2016.
John Ciancio – Developing diagnostic tools for detection of damage by Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in vegetable crops in Ontario. September 2015- December, 2016.
Angela Miller – Survey of wireworms in southern Ontario. May- September, 2014 and 2015.
Lucus Sunderland – Relative toxicity of insecticides to control BMSB. September 2014 – May 2015.
Kaelyn Hunter – Compatibility of insecticides used for brown marmorated stink bug control on associated parasitoids. September –December 2014.
Kaelyn Hunter – Compatibility of insecticides used for brown marmorated stink bug control on associated parasitoids. Jan-April 2015.
Alexander Stinson = carrot insect pests. Coop Student Sept-Dec. 2014
Lucas Sunderland – bumble bee risk assessment methods Coop Student Jan –April 2015
Zhuli Cui – Potential impact of Bagrada hilaris on Ontario agriculture. September –December 2014.
Sarah Pirani - Susceptibility of some Canadian Colorado potato beetle populations to imidacloprid and metaflumizone. April - October 2007.
Andrew McFarlane - Modification of the micro-colony toxicology bioassay for Bombus impatiens. September - December 2010.
Maryam Sultan - Biocontrol of insect pests of berry crops. January - December 2011.
Mehdi Mosallah - Recycling of plastic plant pots in greenhouse operations. May 2011.
Niko Canedo – September –December, 2012.
Medhat Nasr (PDF). 1990 - 1994. Co-supervisor.
Rosemarije Buitenhuis (PDF). Use of the generalist predatory mite, Amblysieus swirskii, for biological control in greenhouse ornamentals. April 2007 - March 2009. Co-Supervised with Dr. Les Shipp (Research Scientist AAFC).
Dr. Angela Gradish (PDF). Sustainable integrated pest management and agroecosystem impacts on beneficial insects. September 2014 – 2019. Advisor.
Dr. Andrew Frewin (PDF) Developing risk assessment methodology for leaf cutting bees. November 2015 – October 2017. Advisor.