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Jennifer S.Thaler
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWellesley College, University of California at Davis
SpouseAnurag Agrawal
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology, chemical ecology
InstitutionsWellesley College, University of California at Davis, Wageningen University, University of Toronto, Cornell University
Thesis Induced Plant Resistance: Linking Chemical Mechanism with Populations across Three Trophic Levels  (1999)
Doctoral advisorRichard Karban
Other academic advisorsRichard Bostock, Marcel Dicke
Websitelab website

Jennifer S. Thaler is an American entomologist who is a faculty member in the Department of Entomology, with a joint appointment in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.[1] She has expertise in the areas of population and community ecology, plant-insect interactions, tri-trophic interactions, and chemical ecology.

Education

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Thaler attended Wellesley College as an undergraduate, receiving a bachelor's degree in biology in 1993, and writing a thesis about Temperature-dependent Predation of the Rove beetle (Lathrobium negrum).[1][2] In 1993, Thaler worked as a summer research assistant at the Harvard Forest, where she worked on a project titled Macrosite Correlation Between Vegetation and Butterfly Diversity.[3] She received her PhD in Entomology from the University of California at Davisin 1999, working under the supervision of Richard Karban. Thaler's PhD research focused on the interactions between tomato plants, beet armyworms, and parasitic wasps, resulting in a thesis titled Induced Plant Resistance: Linking Chemical Mechanism with Populations across Three Trophic Levels.[2][4] Thaler investigated insect defense and crosstalk between jasmonate and salicylate signaling pathways in plants.[5] She published a single-author paper in Nature showing that jasmonate induction of plant defenses increases parasitism of caterpillars feeding on these plants.[6] During a second postdoctoral position with Marcel Dicke at Wageningen University, Thaler published further research on direct and indirect defenses in jasmonate-deficient plants.[7]

Research

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Thaler was an assistant professor at the University of Toronto from 2000 to 2004.[8] She moved to Cornell University as an assistant professor in 2004, was promoted to associate professor in 2006, and became a professor in the Entomology Department in 2015.[1] Thaler's current research involves species interactions and the chemical ecology of Solanaceae, including tomato, potato, and tomatillo. Specifically, insect prey responses to the risk of predation have been major focus of her research for the past several years.[1][9][10] An ongoing project in the Thaler lab, funded by the United States Department of Agriculture - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, is titled Using Colorado Potato Beetle Responses to Predators to Maximize Pest Control.[11]

Thaler's research publications have been cited over 9,000 times.[2][12][13] Articles about Thaler's research on plant-herbivore interactions have been published by the Financial Times (2000), Targeted News Service (2012), and US Official News (2017).[14][10][15]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Jennifer S. Thaler". CALS. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  2. ^ a b c "Jennifer S Thaler". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  3. ^ "Harvard Forest Summer Student Research Assistants" (PDF). Harvard Forest Summer Student Research Assistants. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  4. ^ WebDev, I. E. T. (1999-06-10). "Caterpillars Foiled When Tomato Plants Summon Parasitic Wasps". UC Davis. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  5. ^ "Jennifer S. Thaler: H-index & Awards - Academic Profile". Research.com. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  6. ^ Thaler, Jennifer S. (1999). "Jasmonate-inducible plant defences cause increased parasitism of herbivores". Nature. 399 (6737): 686–688. Bibcode:1999Natur.399..686T. doi:10.1038/21420. ISSN 1476-4687. S2CID 204993934.
  7. ^ Thaler, Jennifer S.; Farag, Mohamed A.; Paré, Paul W.; Dicke, Marcel (2002). "Jasmonate-deficient plants have reduced direct and indirect defences against herbivores: Jasmonate-deficient plants". Ecology Letters. 5 (6): 764–774. doi:10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00388.x.
  8. ^ "Solving the Two-Body Problem". www.science.org. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  9. ^ "UC Davis » All Public Events » Colleges, Schools, Research Centers and Library » College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences - Calendar". www.trumba.com. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  10. ^ a b "Caterpillar Gets More from its Food When Predator is on the Prowl". Targeted News Service / Athena Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd. July 12, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  11. ^ "Activities: Projects : LMD". portal.nifa.usda.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  12. ^ "Scopus - Author search results". www.scopus.com. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  13. ^ "Web of Science". www.webofscience.com. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  14. ^ Cookson, Clive (June 17, 2000). "Bodyguards on the alert for pests: THE NATURE OF THINGS: Some plants can call on a whole army of predatory guardians when under attack". Financial Times. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  15. ^ "Over easy: Cannibal larvae eat eggs, grow fast, avoid predators". US Official News / Right Vision Media. April 10, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  16. ^ "Awards". www.amnat.org. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  17. ^ "Faculty Fellows – Atkinson Center". ACSF-2017-Fellows. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  18. ^ Nero, Mark (2017-02-03). "UC Davis Names Annual Alumni Award Winner". Patch (Davis, CA). Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  19. ^ Keatley Garvey, Kathy (February 2, 2017). "Jennifer Thaler, UC Davis Alumni Award Recipient, Knows Bugs and Ecology of Fear". Bug Squad - Happenings in the Insect World. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
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