Dr. Michelle Flenniken
Michelle is an Associate Professor in the Plant Sciences Department at Montana State University, where she investigates honey bee host-pathogen interactions. She is also Co-Director of Montana State University's Pollinator Health Center and the recent recipient of a prestigious NSF CAREER award. |
Dr. Michael Simone-Finstrom
Michael is a Research Molecular Biologist who works for USDA-ARS. His research has focused on individual and social mechanisms of disease resistance, including resin/propolis use, hygienic behavior and genetic diversity. |
Dr. Reed Johnson
Reed is an Associate Professor at the Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University. Dr. Johnson conducts research in honey bee toxicology, pharmacology and looks to answer questions of honey bee foraging. Dr. Johnson and his colleagues are seeking to understand how to protect pollinators from the pesticides and toxins they encounter. |
Dr. Mike Goblirsch
Mike Goblirsch is a Research Entomologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service. His research focuses on understanding the role of pathogens and other stressors in honey bee health. He is particularly interested in pathogen-mediated effects to bee cell health. He has developed the first continuous honey bee cell line that serves as a tool, along with individual and colony-level studies, to understanding intracellular microbes that have a negative impact on honey bees |
Dr. Brandon Hopkins
Brandon is an Assistant Research Professor at Washington State University in the Department of Entomology. Initially working on the development of cryopreservation of honey bee germplasm for breeding and conservation, work that enabled the establishment of the world’s first honey bee germplasm repository at WSU and inclusion of honey bee semen in the USDA National Animal Germplasm Program. More recently, research efforts have expanded to include developing practical solutions for the beekeeping industry ranging from bee breeding to varroa control. |
Dr. Marta Guarna
Marta is a Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia. Marta is originally from Argentina and obtained a Ph.D. from New York University before moving to Canada, where she has also worked in the biomedical field. She has authored 30+ scientific and outreach publications, and is a member of the American Association of Professional Apiculturists, the Entomology Society of America, the BeeHIVE Research Cluster, COLOSS, and the BeeBiome Consortium. She also serves as chairperson of the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists’ Research Committee, and the Canadian Bee Research Fund. Her collaborative research combines field and high-throughput laboratory techniques to study queen health, bee pathogens, and pollination. |
Dr. Rob Currie
Rob is a Professor and Head of the Department of Entomology at the University of Manitoba. His research program on managed pollinators focuses on the biology, behaviour, management of honey bees and the stressors that interact to affect their health. |
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