<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div dir="auto"><div style="font-size: inherit;"><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px; font-size: inherit; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Hi all,<br><br></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px; font-size: inherit; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">My name is Mel, and I am a graduate student in Dr. Wilson's agroecology lab here in the department.<span style="font-size: inherit;"> I am conducting research on the newly invasive pest the black fig fly (</span><i style="font-size: inherit;">Silba adipata</i><span style="font-size: inherit;">) that has been infesting figs all over the state. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px; font-size: inherit; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px; font-size: inherit; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This summer session, I am looking for entomology undergraduate students to help me with data collection for research credits (up to 4 units through ENTM 197). Experiments will include a trapping study to refine a monitoring program for the fly, a soil study, and an investigation into the host selection behavior of the fly. </div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px; font-size: inherit; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px; font-size: inherit; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Students will generally focus on data collection with opportunities for learning data management and basic statistical analysis. We can also talk about conducting your own small studies throughout the summer as well!</div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px; font-size: inherit; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br>If you are interested, please send me (<a href="mailto:mthay002@ucr.edu" style="font-size: 1rem; border-color: rgb(66, 133, 244); color: rgb(66, 133, 244);">mthay002@ucr.edu</a>) a brief blurb about yourself! I can't wait to hear from y’all!<br><br></div><div dir="auto" style="word-spacing: 1px; font-size: inherit; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sincerely,</div></div></div></div><div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Mel<br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b>Melissa Thayer</b></font></div><div style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><i>Graduate Student </i></font></div><div style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><u><a href="https://treecrops.ucr.edu/" target="_blank">Wilson Lab </a></u></font><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b>|</b> Agroecology and IPM in Orchards and Vineyards </span></div><div style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Department of Entomology <b>|</b> University of California, Riverside</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>