University of Kentucky College of Agriculture

University of Kentucky Invertebrate Ecology Laboratory

 

Kacie Athey

Kacie JohansenSenior Laboratory Technician

 

Department of Entomology
S-225 Agricultural Science Center N
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40546-0091
Ph: 859.257.2759 Laboratory
Fax: 859.323.1120
Email: kacie.johansen@uky.edu

Education

  • University of Kentucky (expected graduation 2016)
    Ph.D., Entomology
    Major Professor: Dr. James Harwood
  • University of Kentucky (2010)
    Master’s, Entomology
    Major Professor: Dr. Michael Sharkey
  • University of Nebraska at Omaha (2007)
    B.S., Biology (Honors)

 

Research Interests

I am interested in biological control and predator-prey interactions. My research focuses on stink bugs and their associated predators and parasitoids. Early season predation of stink bugs and overwintering behavior are topics I would like to investigate throughout my PhD.

 

Publications

  • Johansen, K. J., Sharkey, M.J., & Fisher, J. R. 2010. Molecular Evidence from a Parasitoid Wasp, Schlettererius cinctipes (Hymenoptera: Stephanidae), for a North American West-to-East Transcontinental Conduit for Wood-Boring Insects. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 103(4): 548-554.

 

Presentations

  • Ruberson, J.R., Olson, D.M., Athey, K.J., Harwood, J.D. 2012. Biological control of stink bugs in cotton. Procedings of the 2012 Beltwide Cotton Conference. pp. 1153-1158. National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN.
  • Athey, K.J., Ruberson, J.R., and Harwood, J.D. 2012 The pentatomid hunters: molecular tracking of predation on stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in cotton and soybeans. North Central Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Lincoln, NE.
  • Athey, K.J., Ruberson, J.R., and Harwood, J.D. 2012 The pentatomid hunters: molecular tracking of predation on stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in cotton and soybeans. Joint Meeting of the Southeastern and Southwestern Branches of the Entomological Society of America, Little Rock, AK.
  • Johansen, K.J., Ruberson, J.R., and Harwood, J.D. 2011 What’s eating you? Molecular tracking of predation on stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in cotton. Entomological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Reno, NV.
  • Johansen, K.J. 2010. What’s that Bug? Creating Keys to the Subfamilies of Braconidae. Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
  • Johansen, K.J. 2008. Host specificity: The Answer to the Temperate Parasitoid Diversity Anomaly. Entomological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Reno, NV.
  • Johansen, K.J. 2008. Rearing the Beast: Raising Caterpillars and Parasitoids. Annual Meeting of the Society of Kentucky Lepidopterists, Lexington, KY.
  • Johansen, K.J. 2008. The Caterpillar Hunters: Ecological & Phylogenetic Studies of Host-Parasitoid Relationships. Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
  • Johansen, K.J. 2008. Schlettererius cinctipes: Relic Population or Introduced Species? The University of Kentucky, Center for Ecology, Evolution and Biology Spring Research Symposium, Lexington, KY
  • Johansen, K.J. 2008. Elucidating Problematic Hymenopteran Relationships Using Novel Genes. North Central Branch of the Entomological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH.
  • Johansen, K.J. 2007. Schlettererius cinctipes: Relic Population or Introduced Species? Ohio Valley Entomological Association, Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH.
  • Johansen, K.J. 2006. Dragonflies and Damselflies as Indicators of Restored Wetland Habitat. University of Nebraska Honors Program Spring Symposium, Omaha, NE.

 

Affiliations

  • Entomological Society of America
  • Gamma Sigma Delta
  • Golden Key International Honor Society
  • Ohio Valley Entomological Association
  • Tri-Beta Biological Honor Society

 

 

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