Center for Pollinator Research

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Websitehttps://ento.psu.edu/research/centers/pollinators

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Advancing Pollinator Health and Conservation Through Research

The Center for Pollinator Research comprises a dynamic group of more than 40 independent faculty, including researchers, educators, extension specialists and outreach coordinators, spanning multiple departments and colleges. The mission of the Center for Pollinator Research is to conduct and communicate research that advances the health of managed and wild pollinator populations and promotes the conservation of their ecosystems.

Jared Gregory Ali
- Entomology - Associate Professor
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Center for Pollinator Research
Person: Academic
20062025
Etya Amsalem
- Entomology - Associate Professor
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Center for Pollinator Research
Person: Academic
20092025
Mary Ellen Barbercheck
Person: Academic
19912025
David Biddinger
- Entomology - Associate Professor
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Center for Pollinator Research
Person: Academic
19942025
Natalie K. Boyle
- Entomology - Assistant Research Professor, Genomics of Social Behavior and Bee Health
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Center for Pollinator Research
Person: Academic
20172025
Shannon Cruz
- Communication Arts and Sciences - Assistant Professor
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Center for Pollinator Research
Person: Academic
20152025
Andrew Robert Deans
- Entomology - Professor
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Center for Pollinator Research
Person: Academic
20032025
Jose Fuentes, PhD
Person: Academic
19892025
Christina M. Grozinger
- Entomology - Distinguished Professor and Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Center for Pollinator Research
Person: Academic
19962025
Kathleen Mitchell Hill, PhD
- Curriculum & Instruction - Assistant Professor of Science Education
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Center for Pollinator Research
- Center for Science and the Schools (CSATS) - Director
Person: Academic
20152025

73858 Citations
121 h-index
1437 Article
103 Review article
51 Conference contribution
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Adapting to change: bee pollinator signatures in anthropized environments
López-Uribe, M. M., Almeida, E. A. & Alves, D. A., Apr 2025, In: Current Opinion in Insect Science. 68, 101297.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

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An insect pheromone primes tolerance of herbivory in goldenrod plants
Yip, E. C., Mescher, M. C., De Moraes, C. M. & Tooker, J. F., Jan 2025, In: Ecology. 106, 1, e4486.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Avenues towards reconciling wild and managed bee proponents
Beaurepaire, A. L., Hogendoorn, K., Kleijn, D., Otis, G. W., Potts, S. G., Singer, T. L., Boff, S., Pirk, C., Settele, J., Paxton, R. J., Raine, N. E., Tosi, S., Williams, N., Klein, A. M., Le Conte, Y., Campbell, J. W., Williams, G. R., Marini, L., Brockmann, A. & Sgolastra, F. & 7 others, Boyle, N., Neuditschko, M., Straub, L., Neumann, P., Charrière, J. D., Albrecht, M. & Dietemann, V., Jan 2025, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 40, 1, p. 7-10 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review

Open Access
Connecting education and persuasion: insights from cognitive structure among college students in a pollinator conservation course
Cruz, S. M., Keating, D. M. & Grozinger, C. M., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Environmental Education Research.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Discrepancies in precipitation trends between observational and reanalysis datasets in the Amazon Basin
Polasky, A., Sapkota, V., Forest, C. E. & Fuentes, J., Dec 2025, In: Scientific reports. 15, 1, 7268.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
DNA metabarcoding reveals unexpected diet breadth of the specialist large-headed resin bee (Heriades truncorum) in urbanised areas across Germany
Crone, M. K., Fornoff, F., Klein, A. M. & Grozinger, C. M., Mar 2025, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 18, 2, p. 149-160 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Effects of baculovirus-killed cadavers on plant defenses and insect behavior
Jones, A. G., Shikano, I., Mason, C. J., Peiffer, M., Felton, G. W. & Hoover, K., Feb 2025, In: Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 19, 1, 22.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Flipping indirect defense: chemical cues from natural enemies mediate multitrophic interactions
Kansman, J. T., Hermann, S. L., Ali, J. G. & Helms, A. M., Apr 2025, In: Current Opinion in Insect Science. 68, 101330.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Hormetic response to pesticides in diapausing bees
Amsalem, E., Derstine, N. & Murray, C., Jan 22 2025, In: Biology Letters. 21, 1, 20240612.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Insecticides may facilitate the escape of weeds from biological control
Rowen, E. K., Pearsons, K. A., Smith, R. G., Wickings, K. & Tooker, J. F., 2025, In: PeerJ. 13, 1, e18597.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

6 Active
13 Finished

Collaborative Research: IRES: International Research Experiences on Tropical Plant-Pollinator interactions in a Changing World
Lopez-Uribe, M. M. (CoPI) & Duque, N. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
9/1/24 → 8/31/27
Project: Research project
NRT-HDR: Interdisciplinary Studies in Entomology, Computer Science and Technology NETwork (INSECT NET)
Grozinger, C. M. (PI), Narayanan, V. (CoPI), Robinson, A. C. (CoPI), Cheng, B. (CoPI) & Cheng, H. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
7/15/23 → 6/30/28
Project: Research project
Measuring human behavior and ecological dimensions of pathogen transmission for outbreak control and prevention
Bharti, N. (PI) & Robinson, A. C. (CoPI)
Fogarty International Center
7/1/22 → 1/31/26
Project: Research project
A Community Laboratory Facility for Exploring and Sensing of Aerosol-Cloud-Drizzle Processes: The Aerosol-Cloud-Drizzle Convection Chamber
Flagan, R. C. (CoPI), Krueger, S. S. K. (CoPI), Fuentes, J. (CoPI), Shaw, R. A. (PI) & Kollias, P. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
8/15/21 → 7/31/25
Project: Research project
CAREER: Ecoevolutionary dynamics of plant-pollinator interactions in agricultural systems
Lopez-Uribe, M. M. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
5/1/21 → 4/30/26
Project: Research project
CAREER: Sterility inducing mechanisms in social insects
Amsalem, E. (PI)
National Science Foundation
7/1/20 → 6/30/25
Project: Research project
Travel Grant: Workshop on Impacts of Unusual Weather Events and Climate Anomalies on a Tropical Rainforest
Fuentes, J. (PI)
National Science Foundation
3/1/24 → 2/28/25
Project: Research project
Workshop on impacts of extreme climate events on Amazon rainforest
Fuentes, J. (PI)
NASA Headquarters
3/1/24 → 2/28/25
Project: Research project
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION - LEARNING IN GARDENS AT SCHOOL (AG SEED-LINGS)
Hill, K. M. (PI)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
3/1/21 → 2/28/25
Project: Research project
Testing General Relativity with Gravitational Wave Observations
Sathyaprakash, B. S. (CoPI) & Hill, K. M. (PI)
National Science Foundation
9/1/20 → 8/31/23
Project: Research project

Center for Pollinator Research

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Jared Gregory Ali

Etya Amsalem

Mary Ellen Barbercheck

David Biddinger

Natalie K. Boyle

Shannon Cruz

Andrew Robert Deans

Jose Fuentes, PhD

Christina M. Grozinger

Kathleen Mitchell Hill, PhD

Adapting to change: bee pollinator signatures in anthropized environments

An insect pheromone primes tolerance of herbivory in goldenrod plants

Avenues towards reconciling wild and managed bee proponents

Connecting education and persuasion: insights from cognitive structure among college students in a pollinator conservation course

Discrepancies in precipitation trends between observational and reanalysis datasets in the Amazon Basin

DNA metabarcoding reveals unexpected diet breadth of the specialist large-headed resin bee (Heriades truncorum) in urbanised areas across Germany

Effects of baculovirus-killed cadavers on plant defenses and insect behavior

Flipping indirect defense: chemical cues from natural enemies mediate multitrophic interactions

Hormetic response to pesticides in diapausing bees

Insecticides may facilitate the escape of weeds from biological control

Collaborative Research: IRES: International Research Experiences on Tropical Plant-Pollinator interactions in a Changing World

NRT-HDR: Interdisciplinary Studies in Entomology, Computer Science and Technology NETwork (INSECT NET)

Measuring human behavior and ecological dimensions of pathogen transmission for outbreak control and prevention

A Community Laboratory Facility for Exploring and Sensing of Aerosol-Cloud-Drizzle Processes: The Aerosol-Cloud-Drizzle Convection Chamber

CAREER: Ecoevolutionary dynamics of plant-pollinator interactions in agricultural systems

CAREER: Sterility inducing mechanisms in social insects

Travel Grant: Workshop on Impacts of Unusual Weather Events and Climate Anomalies on a Tropical Rainforest

Workshop on impacts of extreme climate events on Amazon rainforest

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION - LEARNING IN GARDENS AT SCHOOL (AG SEED-LINGS)

Testing General Relativity with Gravitational Wave Observations

Center for Pollinator Research

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