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ALLISON HANSENPost-doctoral Research Associate I am interested in insect-bacterial endosymbiont interactions. My current focus is on gene expression and genome evolution of Sternorrhyncha endosymbionts. E-mail: ahansen1@email.arizona.edu |
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Education
- B.S. (High Honors), Forestry, 2003, University of Montana, Missoula
- M.S., Forestry, 2005, University of Montana, Missoula
- Ph.D., Entomology, 2009, University of California, Riverside
Research and Professional Experience
- Graduate Research Assistant in Entomology, University of California, Riverside, 2006-2009
- Teaching Assistant in Entomology, University of California, Riverside, 2007-2008
- Educational Outreach in Entomology, University of California, Riverside, 2006
- Teaching Assistant in Soil Science, University of Montana, Missoula, 2005
- Graduate Research Assistant in Forestry, University of Montana, Missoula, 2003-2004
Honors and Awards
- John Henry Comstock Award, Pacific Branch winner, Entomological Society of America, 2009
- First place in Graduate student Paper competition for the President’s prize award at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, 2007
- Don Dahlsten Memorial Fund Award, The California Forest Pest Council, 2007
- "Best Paper" in the C.C. Burkhardt Graduate Student Paper Competition at the 77th Rocky Mountain Conference of Entomologists, Colorado Springs, CO, presenting: "Symbiotic relationship between a facultative endosymbiont and an invasive psyllid, Glycaspis brimblecombei, in California", 2006
- Graduate Division Fellowship award, University of California, Riverside, 2005
- Second place in Graduate student Paper competition (as a masters graduate student competing against all graduate students) for the President’s prize award at the 52nd National Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Salt Lake City, UT, 2004
- Second place in the M.S. Graduate student Competition at the 88th Annual meeting of the Pacific Branch of Entomological Society of America. Bozeman, MT, 2004
- George E. Bright Memorial Scholarship, UM, 2004
- Graduate School Thesis/ dissertation award, UM, 2004
Competitive Grants Received
- International Congress of Entomology Travel Award Grant, Entomological Society of America ($2,000), 2008
- Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG) (0808408: Influence of a facultative endosymbiont on an invasive psyllid's phenotype), National Science Foundation ($12,000), 2007
- Graduate Student Dissertation Grant ($700), UC-R, 2006
- Irene Evers Undergraduate Research Scholarship ($2,000), UM, 2002
Publications
- Hansen, A.K., Six, D.L., Ortega, Y.K. 2009. Comparison of ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in Rocky Mountain savannas invaded and un-invaded by an exotic forb, spotted knapweed. Northwest Science. In press.
- Hansen, A. K., Trumble, J.T., Stouthamer, R. and T.D. Paine. 2008. New Huanglongbing (HLB) Candidatus species, "C. Liberibacter psyllaurous", found to infect tomato and potato is vectored by the psyllid Bactericerca cockerelli (Sulc). Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74(18): 5862-5865.
- Hansen, A.K., Jeong, G., Paine, T.D., and R. Stouthamer. 2007. Frequency of secondary symbiont infection in an invasive psyllid relates to parasitism pressure on a geographic scale in California. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73(23): 7531-7535.
- Mc Donnell, R.J., Hansen, A., Paine, T.D. and Gormally, M.J. 2008. A record of the invasive slug, Veronicella cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1840) in California. The Veliger. 50(2): 81-82.
- Darcy A. Reed, Katharine A. Luhring, Candice A. Stafford, Allison K. Hansen, Jocelyn G. Millar, Lawrence M. Hanks, and Timothy D. Paine. 2007. Host Defensive Response Against an Egg Parasitoid Involves Cellular Encapsulation and Melanization. Biological Control. 41214-41222.