Past lab members

Laboratory Manager, Senior Research Technician

Wisconsin Beekeeper Extraordinaire

Hobbies

Bees, beekeeping

Lloyd St. Bees | Lloyd St. Bees on Instagram

USDA SARE Grant Fellow

Justine studied how internal factors, such as the gut microbiome, and external factors, like exposure to pollutants, all influence social behavior and scale to affect societal dynamics.

Justine is now a post-doc in the Bartlett lab at the University of Georgia Athens

Hobbies

Full time cat and plant mom, crocheting, video gaming, and cooking

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Undergraduate Student

Zac researched how bees behave when they can’t feel temperature.

Hobbies

amateur beekeeper, record collector, and any activities involving the beach

Undergraduate Student

Elsa is interested in the role of collective behavior on thermoregulation, physiology, and decision making.

Now Elsa is pursuing her PhD at UC Davis.

Hobbies

Reading, hiking, snowboarding

Undergraduate Student

Christian researches how environmental factors influence bee behavior and physiology

Hobbies

Playing video games, watching anime and reading manga, and watching YouTube

Undergraduate Researcher

Macnessa researched how environmental pollutants affect cognition and social behavior in honey bees.

Hobbies

Walking her dogs (Jim and Tula) and reading a good book with a cup of herbal tea (and honey, of course!)

High School Student

Eve worked at the Cook lab for 2 years and 2 years earlier began her apprenticeship with Lab Manager Trevor at Lloyd St. She ran an independent project investigating the effects of propolis on antibiotics treated honeybees.

Hobbies

Bees, reading, painting, studying Arabic

Undergraduate Student

Natalia is interested in the complexity of colony level social and what factors influence bees decision making process.

Hobbies

Skiing, rock climbing, hiking, biking, doing water sports, and beekeeping

Undergraduate Student

Jordan is interested in studying evolutionary processes and behaviors as means for furthering conservation efforts.

Now Jordan is pursuing her PhD at UC Riverside.

Hobbies
Reading, playing guitar, and hanging out with animals

Jordan is a student leader of Biological Undergraduate Society

Undergraduate Student

Alyssa is interested in how social and genetic information affect collective behavior.

Now Alyssa is pursuing her PhD at Iowa State University.

Hobbies

Puzzle building, playing video games/board games, yoga

Alyssa is a student leader of MU Yoga Club | Yoga Club on Instagram

Intern Research Assistant

Noor is interested in analyzing the relationship between temperature changes and honeybee movement using video tracking data to identify patterns in velocity across different group sizes.

Hobbies

Reading, cooking, traveling, working out and spending quality time with loved ones

Intern Research Assistant

Ella is interested in bridging technology and the humanities through exploring how digital tools can help us understand human interaction.

Hobbies
reading, traveling, and spending time with her dog
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