I am a PhD student in the Entomology program. I am generally interested in plant/insect interaction and am currently trying to understand how early season caterpillar feeding influences the arthropod community on goldenrod. As an undergraduate at UConn, I worked in a caterpillar biology lab and a (mammalian) neuroscience lab.

Alexela finds caterpillars more interesting than these lifeless adults

Alexela finds caterpillars more interesting than these lifeless adults

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John Tooker, Ph.D.
  • Professor of Entomology