Kristen Brochu-De Luca

About

Dr. Kristen Brochu-De Luca completed her Bachelor of Science in Agricultural & Environmental Sciences at McGill University in 2008, her Master of Science in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto in 2011, and her PhD in Entomology at Cornell University in 2018. She started at the University of the Bahamas in the Fall of 2023. Her research focuses on factors affecting the behaviour and health of insects in natural and agro-ecosystems, especially community-level interactions between insects, plants, and microbes. She is also interested in biodiversity and conservation of insects, as well as science education and communication.

Work

University of the Bahamas

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Assistant Professor

Bahamas

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York University

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Sessional Lecturer

Canada

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University of Toronto

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Sessional Lecturer

Canada

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Pennsylvania State University

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Postdoctoral Scholar

US

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Education

Cornell University

United States of America
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PhD

University of Toronto

Canada
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MSc

McGill University

Canada
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BSc Wildlife Biology

Publications

Ecologically mediated differences in electric organ discharge drive evolution in a sodium channel gene in South American electric fishes

Biology Letters

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Biology and pollination services of the squash bee, Eucera (Peponapis) pruinosa

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Pollen defenses negatively impact foraging and fitness in a generalist bee (Bombus impatiens: Apidae)

Scientific Reports

journal-article

Pollen defenses negatively impact foraging and fitness in a generalist bee (Bombus impatiens: Apidae)

data-set

To see or not to see: molecular evolution of the rhodopsin visual pigment in neotropical electric fishes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

journal-article

Vertical Stratification of Beetles (Coleoptera) and Flies (Diptera) in Temperate Forest Canopies

Environmental Entomology

journal-article

Systematics and ecology of the Nearctic species ofNeophyllomyza(Diptera: Milichiidae)

The Canadian Entomologist

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