My position as Senior Research Associate II serves to bring a level of expertise in Insect Behavior to the Chemical Ecology program on the Entomology Department. A fundamental responsibility is to design and conduct a multidisciplinary, collaborative,research program that allows, as a PI or Co-PI, for sustained funding for the behavior/neuroethology studies. Our research program has both basic and applied aspects, studying basic processes involved in olfaction, and the development of monitoring and control tools for agriculture.