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Netta Dorchin (PI)

Ronen Raz (Lab manager)

PhD students

Carmel Herold-Lozover
Understanding the biology and ecology of the Little Fire Ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, as means towards its containment in Israel

Yael Kenigsberg
The nature of insect-fungus interactions in ambrosia gall midges

Almog Hershko-Pnuel
Systematics and ecology of the Trichoptera of Israel

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MSc students

Dafna Luz
Taxonomy and ecology of Elmidae (Coleoptera) in Israel

Ilya Nudelman
Chemical Ecology of the Little Fire Ant (Wasmannia auropunctata)

Talia Perl
The terrestrial phase of oak-galling wasps and midges in Israel

Lab alumni

Idan Hayon (MSc) 2012-15
Taxonomy and biology of gall midges preying on mealybugs in the agricultural landscape of Israel

Gilad Danon (MSc) 2012-15
Host-associated differentiation in bud-galling midges on Suaeda spp. in Israel

Liz Morgulis (PhD) 2012-17
Phylogenetic revision and classification of Acanthiophilus Becker and Tephritomyia Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Einat Shachar (PhD) 2012-2020
Systematics of the oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) of Israel and influence of habitat fragmentation on their distribution patterns

Zohar Yanai (PhD) 2013-19
Taxonomy, systematics and habitat characterization of the mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of Israel

Nadine Santana-Magal (MSc) 2014-17

Molecular characterization of wood-boring beetles and moths in Israel, and identification of essential and unique genes in Capnodis tenebrionis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Noa Keidar (MSc) 2014-18
Enemy-free space and sequential radiation in gall-inducing insects and their parasitoids

Gidi Pisanty (Postdoc) 2015-17
Taxonomy of the genus Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) in Israel

Nir Bonda (MSc) 2016-19
Acclimation of the weevil Melanterius castaneus for the biological control of Acacia saligna in Israel

Maya Sa'ar (Postdoc) 2018-20
Systematics of harvester ants of the genus Messor (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Pheidolini) in Israel

Stephany van Munster (MSc) 2018-21
Taxonomy and Life History of Gall Midges (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) on Drosanthemum and Malephora (Aizoaceae) in South Africa

Omer Segal (MSc) 2019-22
Development of the weevil Melanterius castaneus in Israel and its dissemination as a biological control agent of Acacia saligna

Zohar Yanai (Postdoc) 2020
Taxonomy and ecology of Hydropsychidae larvae (Insecta: Trichoptera) in Israel

Ella Fishman (MSc) 2020-23
Taxonomy, distribution and biology of the fireflies (Lampyridae) in Israel

Yael Kenigsberg (MSc) 2020-23
Are C4 plants superior hosts for gall-inducing midges in harsh environments?

Almog Hershko (MSc) 2020-23
Taxonomy and ecology of the Hydropsychidae (Trichoptera) of Israel

Oriel Fischer (MSc) 2020-23
The influence of photosynthetic pathways in plants on the fitness of herbivorous insects of different guilds

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