Dr. Aramee Diethelm is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Davis in the Department of Evolution and Ecology.
She earned her PhD from the Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology department at the University of Nevada, Reno in Dr. Elizabeth Pringle’s lab. Her doctoral thesis is titled: 'From plants to predators: investigating the phytochemical landscape from the herbivore's perspective.'
Aramee is broadly interested in plant-insect-predator dynamics, with a focus on chemical ecology and conservation biology.
MY LATEST RESEARCH
I'm a currently investigating the above-ground chemistry and distinct physical characteristics of five milkweed (Asclepias) species found in northern Nevada. I'm also analyzing how differences both within and among the species influence the use of plants by the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) for oviposition behavior across a natural climatic gradient.
Previously, I examined the interacting effects of herbivory and drought on the above-ground chemistry and physical characteristics of narrowleaf milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis) as well as the intraspecific variation of individual plants from populations across an environmental gradient. The results of this experiment are currently being written as a manuscript.