Current Projects
- Integrated Invasive Pest Survey Using Satellites, Unmanned Aerial Systems, Sensors, and Artificial Intelligence, 2021-2024. USDA-NIFA AFRI Foundational Program: Tactical Science for Agricultural Biosecurity.
- Forest Canopy Health Monitoring Protocols for UAS/Multisensor System for Mixed-Hardwood Forests Damaged by Invasive Insect s , 2019-2022. USDA Forest Service.
- Spatiotemporal Interactions among Mile-A-Minute Weed, Its Natural Enemy, and Environment, 2019-2024. Hatch Project (WVA00724), West Virginia University.
- Tissue-Specific Engineering of Terpenes with Activity against Aphids in Cultivated Tomato , 2018-2021. USDA-NIFA AFRI Foundational Program.
- Implementation of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems for the Management of Invasive Plants in Eastern North America Using Biological Control, 2017-2021. USDA Forest Service.
- An Areawide Biointensive Management Plan for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug to Reduce Impacts throughout the Agro-Urban Interface, 2016-2021. USDA-ARS Invasive Pests of Crops, Crop Production and Protection Programs
- Development of Precision Pollination Robot , 2016-2021. USDA-NIFA AFRI National Robotics Initiative.
Past Projects
- International Pollinator Project, 2018-2019. WVU Davis College Faculty Enhancement Grant and WVU Faculty Senate Travel Grant
- Citizen science projects with bees, veterans, and WV citizens, 2018-2019. WVU Davis College C2D2 Program and WVU Faculty Senate Grant for Community Engagement
- Implementation of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems for the Management of Invasive Plants in Eastern North America Using Biological Control, 2018-2019. USDA APHIS Farm Bill.
- Proximal and Remote Sensing of Alfalfa Canopies for Early Detection of Insect Pest Stress and Rapid Integrated Pest Management Decision-Making, 2017-2020. USDA-NIFA AFRI Alfalfa and Forage Research Program.
- Effects of Imidacloprid Treatment of Hemlocks on Aquatic Ecosystems: Is the cure worse than the disease? 2017-2019. USGS/National Park Service Water Quality Partnership Program and Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, West Virginia University,
- Effects of Imidacloprid on Soil Macrofauna within Riparian Hemlock Forests, 2016-2020. National Park Service and CESU.
- Aerial monitoring of orchard pests using unmanned aerial system, 2015-2016. State Horticulture Association of Pennsylvania.
- Development of Mobile Insect Zoo, 2015-2016 Community Engagement Grant, WVU Faculty Senate.
- Building Attract-and-Kill Systems for Management of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in Apple Orchards, 2014-2017. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education.
- Effect of Climate Change on Multitrophic Interactions among Crops, Bees, and Pests, 2014-2015. USDA-NIFA AFRI Foundational Program: Climate Change and Variability.
- Development of Systems for Predicting Spatial Distribution of Stink Bugs using Geospatial Analysis, Sensing Technology, and Population Genetics, 2013-2015. National Academy of Agricultural Science, Korea.
- Development of UAV/AAV Systems for Forest Insect Pest Management, 2011-2017. USDA Forest Service.
- Organic Stink Bug Management through Research and Education, 2011-2017. USDA-NIFA AFRI Organic Research and Education Initiative.
- Management of Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs on Specialty Crops in West Virginia, 2011-2014. USDA-WV Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.
- Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Control in Fruit Orchard, 2011-2012. State Horticulture Association of Pennsylvania.
- Attracting Generalist Natural Enemies Using Pheromones, 2010-2011. State Horticulture Association of Pennsylvania.
- Educational Outreach with WVU Insect Zoo Programs, 2010-2011. WVU Grants for Public Service.
- Extension Integrated Pest Management, 2009. USDA Extension Integrated Pest Management Coordination and Support Program.
- Cacapon River Watershed Sediment and Nutrient Reduction Program for Farms, 2009-2013. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Ser vice.
- Landscape-Scale Detection of Pests Using Geospatial and Aerospace Technologies, 2008-2009. Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, West Virginia University.
- Site-Specific Biological Control Using Pheromones, 2008-2009. Faculty Senate Grant at West Virginia University.
- Imidacloprid Impact on Insect Fauna Associated with Eastern Hemlock, 2006-2010. USDA Forest Service.
- Continued Development of IPM PIPE Risk Management, 2007-2009. USDA Cooperative Extension & North Carolina State University.