John W. Wenzel, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology
E-mail: wenzel.12@osu.edu
Office: 614-292-1995

Ryan M. Caesar

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PhD Candidate
Department of Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology
E-mail: caesar.6@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Office: 614-292-9794

 Glené Mynhardt

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PhD Candidate
Department of Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology
E-mail: mynhardt.1@osu.edu
Office: 614-292-9794

Wenzel Lab Alumni


Miguel Archangelsky
PhD 1996
Current Position: Investigador Adjunto, Universidad Nacional de La Patagonia, Argentina
Dissertation Title: Studies on the biology, ecology, and systematics of the preimaginal stages of New World Hydrophiloidea, with considerations on their phylogeny (Coleoptera: Staphyliniformia)

Miguel Archangelsky

Todd Blackledge
PhD 2000
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Akron
Dissertation Title: Stabilimenta in spider webs : predator-prey conflict and sensory drive

Blackledge Lab

Marc A. Branham
PhD 2002
Dissertation Title: The evolution of Lampyridae, with special emphasis on the origin of photic behavior and signal system evolution (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Florida

 Branham Lab at UF

Sibyl R. Bucheli
PhD 2006; Postdoc 2006-2007
Dissertation Title: Systematics of the megadiverse superfamily gelechioidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Sam Houston State University

Randle-Bucheli Lab @ SHSU

Mary Daniels
 Wenzel Lab Technician, 199X-2001?
Current Position: Ohio Department of Health, Zoonotic Disease Program
Todd Gilligan
MS 2007
Thesis Title: Revision of the genus Hystrichophora (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Current Position:  Ph.D. student at Colorado State University

Todd's Totricidae Webpage

Istvan Karsai
Postdoctoral Researcher, 1996-1998
Research Interests: Theoretical Biology, Animal Behavior, Ecology and Evolution
Current Position:  Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Eastern Tennessee University

Karsai Webpage @ ETU

Mariam Lekveishvili
Research Associate, 2007
Research Interests: Systematics and evolutionary biology of mites
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biology, West Virginia University

Wells Lab at WVU

Gloria Luque
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2006-2008
Research Interests: Ant Ecology
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow,

Link to Courchamp Lab

Giancarlo Martinez-Lopez
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2008
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Florida Insect Physiology Lab

Insect Physiology at UF

 Sarah Mominee
MS May 2008

Fernando Noll
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2000-2001
Research Interests: Systematics and behavior of social wasps
Current Position: Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica do Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas da Unesp, em São José do Rio Preto – SP

Noll Lab Webpage

Kurt Pickett

PhD 2003
Dissertation Title: Evolution of transitional forms: behavior, colony dynamics, and phylogenetics of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Vermont

Pickett Lab

 Joseph M. Raczkowski
PhD 2008
Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
Dissertation Title: Phylogeny and founding stage of Lasius (Acanthomyops) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
E-mail: raczkowski.2@osu.edu
Current Position: Lecturer, Departments of Entomology and EEOB, Ohio State University
Hojun Song
PhD 2006
Dissertation Title: Systematics of Cyrtacanthacridinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae) with a focus on the genus Schistocerca Stål 1873: evolution of locust phase polyphenism and study of insect genitalia
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Brigham Young University

Whiting Lab, BYU