Former Students and Post-Docs
Tara-Kay Jones
PhD: Entomology, Texas A&M University (2025)
MS: Delaware State University
BS: College of Agriculture and Science in Jamaica
Email: tarakay.jones@corteva.com
Current Position: Research Scientist, Corteva, Johnston, Iowa
Crystal Wright
PhD: Entomology, Texas A&M University (2025)
Email: Cryswright7@gmail.com
Current Position: Capabilities and Insights Analyst, McKinsey and Company, Boston, Massachusetts
Jocelyn Holt
PhD: Entomology, Texas A&M University (2025)
Email: jocelyn.holt@tsu.edu
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas
Mackenzie Tietjen
PhD: Entomology, Texas A&M University (2020)
BS: Brigham Young University-Idaho (2014)
Email: Mackenzie.tietjen@usda.gov
Current Position: Postdoc, USDA-Knipling-Bushland US Livestock Research Laboratory, Kerrville, Texas
Kyle Harrison
PhD: Entomology, Texas A&M University (2017)
BS: University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2011)
Email: kyle.harrison@usda.gov
Current Position: Postdoc, USDA-ARS Agroecosystem Management Research Unit, Lincoln, Nebraska
Josephine Antwi
PhD: Entomology, Texas A&M University (2015)
MS: Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University (2010)
BS: Renewable Natural Resources, Kwame Nkrumah Univ. of Science and Technology (2005)
Email: josephineantwi@gmail.com
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Oregon State University
Suhas Vyavhare
PhD: Entomology, Texas A&M University (2014)
MS: Plant, Soil and Environmental Science, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX (2010)
BS: Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Pune, India (2008)
Email: Suhas.Vyavhare@ag.tamu.edu
Current Position: Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, AgriLife Extension, Lubbock, Texas
Apurba Barman
PhD: Entomology, Texas A&M University (2011)
MS: Entomology, Texas Tech University (2006)
MS: Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University (2001)
BS: Agricultural Sciences, Assam Agricultural Univ. (1999)
Email: apurbabarman@tamu.edu
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, Tifton, Georgia
Aaron Dickey
PhD: Entomology, Texas A&M University (2010)
MS: Biology, University of Texas (2006)
BS: Zoology, Colorado State University (1997)
Email: aaron.dickey@ars.usda.gov
Current Position: Research Molecular Biologist, USDA-Nebraska
Emilie Hartfield
MS: Entomology, Texas A&M University (2010)
BS: Entomology, Texas A&M University (2005)
Email: emilie_newmons@yahoo.com
Current Position: Science teacher at Waco independent school district
Andrea Joyce
PhD: Entomology, Texas A&M University (2007)
MS: Entomology, University of California, Riverside (1997)
Email: ajoyce2@ucmerced.edu
Current Position: Associate Professor at the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at the University of California Merced