Responsibilities included:

• Applied insect ecology, insecticide resistance management, population structure, and phylogenetic analysis of onion insects pests from different geographic regions under the supervision of Dr. Brian Nault

Responsibilities included:

• Ecology and Management of Field Crops Insects
• Conducted and coordinated 6 field research trials, 2 diet incorporation assays in the laboratory, and 4 greenhouse experiments to evaluate larval establishment, oviposition preference, and insect development with research team.
• Conducted and coordinated 4 field research trials to evaluate the effect of the volume, timing, and efficacy of insecticide applications.
• Participated in research site preparation and maintenance: planting, weeding, pesticide mixing and application, and harvesting.
• Present research at scientific and commodity group conferences, publish extension and scientific articles
• Partnered with USDA personnel to conduct trials evaluating insects’ effect on yield reduction, nutrient influence, and varietal resistance.
• Supervised five student workers both on campus and at the sugarcane research station.

Responsibilities included:

• Conduct field, greenhouse, and laboratory research in integrated pest management, plant-insect interactions, and pesticide efficacy in sugarcane and rice agroecosystems.
• Examine potential chemical controls for invasive apple snails in rice and crawfish systems.
• Collect biological data: insect counts, insect identification, insect damage, yield, insect mortality, insect egg-laying behaviors, behavioral choice.
• Maintaining laboratory insect colonies in the Department of Entomology LSU.

Responsibilities included:

• Worked in a bioassay for estimation of median lethal doses (LD50) of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae via probit analysis, against the banana root borer (Cosmopolites sordidus).
• Supervised and realized all steps of crop production (plantain, tomatoes, bell pepper, cabbage, coffee, and sugarcane), including planting, pest control, fertilizing, harvesting, design of drip irrigation systems, and commercialization.
• Co-organizer of the First International Congress of Plant Physiology, Mineral Nutrition, and Plant Protection. Catacamas, Honduras.
• Organized extension talks to Honduran Farmers on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP).