DeVries Lab
DeVries Lab

People

People

Zachary DeVries

​Zachary DeVries
Associate Professor of Urban Entomology
The Bill Gatton Foundation Early Career Professor
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Phone: 859-562-2856
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Gretchen Thomas

Gretchen Thomas
Research Scientist/Lab Manager
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Phone: 859-257-3169 

Julian Porras Villamil

Julian Porras Villamil
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
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Simona Principato

Simona Principato
PhD Student
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Ben Grady

Ben Grady
PhD Student
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Bandana Shrestha

Bandana Shrestha
PhD Student
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Olivia Katz

Olivia Katz
MS Student
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Allison Lopina

Allison Lopina
MS Student
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Sophie Bobinson

Sophie Robinson
MS Student
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Morgan Manderfield
Distance Graduate Student
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Sarah Latyn
Online MS Student
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Caroline Kohnert
Online MS Student
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Macey Dumas

Macey Dumas
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Katherine Zimmerman

Katherine Zimmerman  
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Liam Sassay de Medeiros 
Undergraduate Research Assistant 
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Former Lab Members-Graduate Students and Postdocs (Current Position):

  • Hannah Blevins, MS Student, 2023-2025 (PhD Student, University of Kentucky Dept. of Biology)
  • Johnalyn Gordon, PhD Student, 2020-2024 (Assistant Professor, University of Florida)
  • Angela Sierras, Research Scientist, 2020-2024 (R&D Field Scientist, Syngenta)
  • Isabelle Lucero, MS Student, 2021-2023 (Education & Compliance Officer, JT Eaton)
  • Sudip Gaire, Postdoc, 2020-2022 (Principal Entomologist, Rentokil-Terminix)

 

Former Lab Members-Undergraduate Students (Current Position):

  • Daniela Jackson, 2023-2025 (Patient Care Technician, University of Pittsburg Medical Center)
  • Julia Bianchini Andrade, 2023-2025 (Laboratory Technician, UK College of Medicine)
  • Henry Morgan, 2021-2022 (Clinical Research Coordinator, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)

Contact Information

S225-H Agriculture Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546

(859) 562-2856

zdevries@uky.edu