Yasmin J. Cardoza

Assistant Professor of Entomology

2315 Gardner Hall
Campus Box 7613
Raleigh, NC USA 27695-7613
Phone: 919.513.1285
Fax: 919-515-7746
E-mail: yasmin_cardoza@ncsu.edu

EDUCATION

Agronomist, 1992. Panamerican School of Agriculture
(El Zamorano), Tegucigalpa Honduras.

B. S., University of Florida
M. S., University of Florida
Ph.D., University of Florida

Program Area: Soil Arthropod Ecology

RESEARCH PROGRAM

Deployment of host plant resistance, biological control, and knowledge on the chemical ecology of plant-pest and plant-microbe interactions for the sustainable management of economically important soil-dwelling arthropod species in agricultural and turf systems. I am also interested in the role microbes (pathogenic and/or mutualistic) in modulating the interactions of insects with their environment.

Research Opportunities in the Cardoza Lab:
The Cardoza lab welcomes inquiries from outstanding, enthusiastic, self-motivated undergraduate and graduate students and researchers with interest in the behavior, biology or chemical ecology of soil arthropods. Our research employs a multidisciplinary approach to elucidating the mechanisms driving insect pest interactions with their environment, particularly in agricultural systems.

Topics of research in our lab include:
1) Host plant-insect interactions; 2) Evaluation of host plant resistance and biological control to manage plant pests; 3) Multi-trophic interactions; 4) Insect behavior and chemical ecology and 5) Interactions between arthropods and mutualistic and/or pathogenic microorganisms.

If the description fits and your interest is peaked, please contact Yasmin to discuss potential collaborative opportunities.

TEACHING PROGRAM

ENT 601A/801A - Insect Mutualisms - with Dr. Jules Silverman

PP590/790E - Soil/Ecosystem Ecology - with Dr. Shuijin Hu

LINKS

ENTOMOLOGY HOME PAGE

The W. M. Keck Center for Behavioral Ecology

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/beh_bio/

The North Carolina Mathematics and Science Education Network

http://ncsu.edu/crmse/CRMSEPrograms.htm

North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals

http://www.thencshp.org/about/index.shtml