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The Wiegmann Lab at North Carolina State University
Principal Investigator Brian Wiegmann
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor
Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
PhD, Entomology, The University of Maryland, College Park, 1994.
Masters Student Sylas Akulin
Sylas Akulin is coadvised by Brian Wiegmann and Gareth Powell, with research focused on the systematics and ecology of short-palped crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) of the eastern United States. They graduated from Old Dominion University in 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Minor in Environmental Health. Sarah worked as a mosquito surveillance technician in Virginia from 2022-2023. Their research interests include integrated pest management, lower dipteran diversity and delineation of species boundaries, developing techniques in insect rearing, and the behavioral & evolutionary ecology of sexual selection. Sarah's hobbies include art, live music, arthropod husbandry, and reading.
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