Ada Szczepaniec
Ph.D. Candidate

E-mail: aszczep@umd.edu
Phone: 301-405-3940
Fax: 301-314-9290
Web: http://www.raupplab.umd.edu
Mail: Department of Entomology , 4112 Plant Sciences Building , University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-4454
 
 
Research and Extension Interests
My interests are primarily in integrated arthropod pest control in urban forests. My Ph.D. research focuses on mechanisms that contribute to secondary spider mite outbreaks following applications of systemic neonicotinoid pesticides, imidacloprid in particular. The high efficacy, ease and safety of application, and low non-target impact of these pesticides are offset by increased mite populations on treated plants that can significantly reduce their aesthetic value. The goal of my current research is to study if neonicotinoids affect ecology and physiology of the study organisms in ways, which could explain why spider mite outbreaks occur. I combine field studies, bioassays and tools of molecular biology to answer my research questions.

I also have a keen interest in outreach and extension programs. Among a few of my outreach activities are presentations about insects for the 2nd graders in Maryland elementary schools. By the virtue of being a member of an IPM lab, I have also been exposed to and involved in various extension programs, which have shaped my enthusiasm for outreach and belief in importance of extension work.

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Education
B.S. Cell Molecular Biology and Genetics; High Honors in Entomology. University of Maryland, 2003.
Ph.D. program, Dept. of Entomology, University of Maryland. (degree expected 2008)
 
 
Representative Publications
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Barbosa P, Hines J, Kaplan I, Martinson H, Szczepaniec A, Szendrei Z. In review. Associational resistance and susceptibility: having right or wrong neighbors. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution & Systematics
 

Szczepaniec A., and M.J. Raupp. 2007. Residual Toxicity of Imidacloprid to Hawthorn Lace Bug, Corythuca cydoniae, Feeding on Cotoneasters in Landscapes and Containers. J. Environ. Hort. 25: 43-46.
 

Raupp M.J., Ralph E. Webb, Adrianna Szczepaniec, Donald Booth, and Robert Ahern. 2004. Incidence, Abundance, and Severity of Mites on Hemlocks Following Aplications of Imidacloprid. J Arbor; 30(2).
 

 

Awards and Recognition

Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship. Graduate School. University of Maryland. 2008

Bamford Doctoral Fellowship Award. College of Life and Chemical Sciences, University of Maryland. 2008

Entomology Student Organization Travel Award. Department of Entomology, University of Maryland. 2008

Goldhaber Travel Award. The Graduate School, University of Maryland. 2007

Bamford Fellowship Award. College of Chemical and Life Sciences, University of Maryland. 2007

Gahan Fellowship Award. Department of Entomology, University of Maryland. 2007

First Place,Student Competition for the President's Prize; 10 minute oral presentation. Entomological Society of America National Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. 2006

Honors Research Grant Award. College of Chemical and Life Sciences, University of Maryland. 2003

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship Award. College of Chemical and Life Sciences, University of Maryland. 2003.

Ernest Corey Department of Entomology Undergraduate Scholarship Award. Department of Entomology, University of Maryland. 2002.

 

Teaching

Teaching Assistant: Freshmen General Biology Course. University of Maryland September 2003-December 2004.

 

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