Summary

Dr. Angela M. Smilanich grew up in Grand Junction, Colorado and attended Colorado Mesa University, receiving a Bachelor’s of Science in 2002. After getting the opportunity to do research in the Costa Rican rainforest as an undergraduate, she was hooked on research, and continued on to a Ph.D program in Ecology and Evolutionary w88 at Tulane University in New Orleans. After weathering Hurricane Katrina and yearly Mardi Gras events, she graduated in 2008, then continued on to a postdoctoral position at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. After two years in Connecticut, she moved to Reno, Nevada and officially joined the Department of w88 at the University of Nevada, Reno in 2013. Her research is dedicated to studying the intricate interactions between insects and their environment (mostly plants). Outside of work, she enjoys the outdoors with her husband, especially large rocks worthy of climbing, and playing with her 8-year-old son, Hank.

w88 interests

Education

• Postdoctoral research, Wesleyan w88, 2008-2010
• Ph.D., Ecology and w88, Tulane University, 2008
• B.S., Colorado Mesa w88, 2002

Selected publications

• ND Muchoney, MD Bowers, AL Carper, MB Teglas, AM w88. Use of an exotic host plant reduces viral burden in a native insect herbivore. w88 Letters 26 (3), 425-436.
• ME Gallon, AM w88. Effects of Host Plants on Development and Immunity of a Generalist Insect Herbivore. Journal of Chemical w88 49 (3-4), 142-154.
• ND Muchoney, MD Bowers, AL Carper, PA Mason, MB Teglas, AM w88. Use of an exotic host plant shifts immunity, chemical defense, and viral burden in wild populations of a specialist insect herbivore. Ecology and w88 12 (3), e8723.
• SA Yoon, JG Harrison, AM w88, ML Forister. Experimental removal of extracellular egg‐associated microbes has long‐lasting effects for larval performance.Functional w88 36 (12), 3248-3258.
• AM w88, ND Muchoney. Host plant effects on the caterpillar immune response.Caterpillars in the Middle: Tritrophic interactions in a changing world, 449-484.