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Stephanie Swenson-Friedrich

PhD Student

current adress:

Universität Kassel
Institut für Biologie - Fachgebiet Botanik
Heinrich-Plett-Straße 40
34132 Kassel



Research Interests

  • Development of standards for pollen metabarcoding
  • Pollination Ecology, Biodiversity monitoring


Scientific Career

Since March 2016: Ph.D student at the Institute of Botany, Systematic Botany Group, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

2011-2013, Research Associate, Department of Entomology, North Dakota State University

2009-2010, Museum Specialist, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology

2007-2009, Laboratory Technician, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Laboratory of Analytical Biology

2007, Master of Science, Entomology, University of Kansas

2003, Bachelor of Arts, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota


Publications

Brunner, S. M., R. J. Goos, S. J. Swenson, S. Foster, B. Schatz, Y. Lawley, D. A. Prischmann-Voldseth. 2015. Impact of nitrogen fixation and plant growth promoting bacteria on a phloem-feeding soybean herbivore. Applied Soil Ecology 86: 71-81.

Swenson S.J., R. Andres, Prischmann-Voldseth. 2014. Reproduction of soybean aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae, Aphis glycines Matsumura) on clover (Trifolium spp.) Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 87(2) 253-257.

Swenson S.J., Prischmann-Voldseth D.A., Musser F.R., 2013. Corn Earworms (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) as pest of Soybean. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 4: D1-D8)

 Pilgrim E.S., Jackson S.A., Swenson S.J., Turcsanyi I., Friedman E., Weigt L., Bagley M. 2011. Incorporation of DNA barcoding into a large-scale biomonitoring program: opportunities and pitfalls. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30(1):217-231.

 

Teaching Experience

 

General Entomology, North Dakota State University, Head of laboratory sections and guest lecturer

Mammalian Physiology, University of Kansas, Laboratory Teaching Assistant