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Education

1. University of California – Riverside, April 2007 to 2012 Ph.D. in Entomology
   

2. Advisor: John Trumble
   Major: Plant Insect Interactions
   

3. Minors: Ecology and Ecotoxicology
   

4. Dissertation topic: Selenium accumulation in Brassicaceae plant species and its biotransfer to insect pollinators
   

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6. University of Massachusetts – Amherst, February 2007,  Amherst, MA, Master of Science in Plant Biology
   Advisor: Lynn Adler
   

7. Thesis: Effects of perimeter trap crop pollen, herbivory and pollination on reproduction and plant performance in Cucurbita moschata
   

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9. Boston University, 1999, Boston, MA Bachelor of Arts in Biology
   

10. Advisor: Fred Wasserman
    

Research Focus

I am interested in Insect-plant interactions, pollination ecology, applied insect ecology.

Research Experience

1. Current: University of California – Riverside, July 2012 – 2015 Postdoctoral Entomologist, Department of Entomology
   

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3. University of California – Riverside, 2007 – June 2012 Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Entomology
   

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5. University of California – Riverside, April 2008 – June 2008 Teaching Assistant, Department of Entomology
   

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7. University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Sep 2006 – Feb 2007 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences
   

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9. University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Sept 2005 – Aug 2006 Gilgut Fellow, Plant Biology Graduate Program
   

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11. University of Massachusetts – Amherst, June 2005 – Sept 2005 Graduate research assistant, Department of Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences
    

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13. University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Sept 2004 – May 2005 Graduate teaching assistant, Department of Biology
    

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15. Massachusetts General Hospital, July 2002 – Aug 2004, Boston, MA, Research technician, Department of Molecular Biology
    

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17. Cereon Genomics, April 2000 – June 2002, Cambridge, MA, Research assistant II, Plant Biology Division
    

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Selected Publications 

1. Hladun, K.R., Kaftanoglu, O., Parker, D.R., Tran K.D. and J.T. Trumble. (2013) Effects of the contaminant selenium on survival, development and accumulation in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 32(11). DOI: 10.1002/etc.2357
   

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4. Hladun, K.R., Parker, D.R., Tran, K.D. and J.T. Trumble. (2013) Effects of selenium accumulation on phytotoxicity, herbivory, and pollination ecology in radish (Raphanus sativus L.). Environmental Pollution 172: 70-75.
   

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6. Hladun K.R., Smith B.H., Mustard J.A., Morton R.R. and J.T. Trumble. (2012) Selenium toxicity to honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) pollinators: Effects on behaviors and survival.  PLoS ONE 7(4): e34137. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034137
   

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8. Hladun, K. R., D. R. Parker and J. T. Trumble. 2011.  Selenium accumulation in the floral tissues of two Brassicaceae species and its impact on floral traits and plant performance. Environmental and Expt. Botany 74: 90-97.
   

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10. Hladun, K.R. and L.S. Adler. 2009. Influence of leaf herbivory, root herbivory and pollination on plant performance in Cucurbita moschata.   Ecological Entomology 34: 144-152.
    

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12. Hladun, K.R. and L.S. Adler. 2008. Effects of perimeter trap crop pollen on crop reproduction in butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata).  HortScience 43: 276- 279.
    

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14. Boyle, T.H. and Hladun, K.R. 2005. Influence of seed size, testa color, scarification method, and immersion in cool or hot water on germination of Baptisia australis  (L.) R. Br. seeds.  HortScience 40: 1846-1849.
    

Professional Presentations 

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2. April 2013 Hladun, K.R. Paper presentation in Symposium: What’s the Buzz? Challenges to Pollinator Conservation in Agriculture and Beyond (co- organizer). Introduction to pollinator conservation in the western U.S. 97th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Branch Entomological Society of America. Lake Tahoe, NV.
   

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4. April 2013 Hladun, K.R. and J.T. Trumble. Poster presentation. Pollutant effects on learning, larval development, and whole colony fitness in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.). 97th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Branch Entomological Society of America. Lake Tahoe, NV.
   

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6. August 2012 Hladun, K.R. and J.T. Trumble. Effects of a plant-accumulated pollutant on the gustatory behaviors, survival and pollination ecology of the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.). 24th International Congress of Entomology. Daegu, Korea.
   

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8. March 2012  Hladun, K.R. and J.T. Trumble. Invited Paper Presentation in Student Symposium: Fifty years since Silent Spring. Pollinators in the toxic landscape: Bees as bioindicators and bioaccumulators of pollutants. 96th Entomological Society of America Pacific Branch Meeting. Portland, OR.
   

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10. Nov 2011  Hladun, K.R. and J.T. Trumble. Paper presentation. 1st Place Winner in Student Competition for the President’s Prize. Pollination ecology in a selenium-accumulating plant: Impacts on visitation and survival of the honey bee. 59th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Reno, NV.
    

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12. Aug 2011 Hladun, K.R., Mustard, J.A., Smith, B.H. and J.T. Trumble. Paper presentation. Effects of the pollutant selenium on the foraging behaviors and survival of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.). 14th Symposium on Insect Plant Interactions. Wageningen, The Netherlands.
    

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14. March 2011  Hladun, K.R., Morton, R.R. and J.T. Trumble. Poster presentation. 1st Place Winner for PhD Student Posters. Poster title: “Selenium’s impact on the Pollination ecology, Learning and survival of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)”. Entomological Society of America Pacific Branch Meeting. Waikoloa, HI.
    

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16. Dec 2010  Hladun, K.R., B.H. Smith, J.A. Mustard and J.T. Trumble.  Paper presentation.  Paper title: “Effects of a plant-accumulated pollutant on the foraging behaviors of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)”.  Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.  San Diego, CA.
    

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18. July 2010  Hladun, K.R., B.H. Smith, J.A. Mustard and J.T. Trumble.  Poster  presentation.  Poster title: “Effects of the pollutant selenate on the gustatory and foraging behaviors of the honey bee (Apis mellifera): Implications for plant-pollinator interactions”.  International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health and Policy.  State College, PA.
    

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20. Aug 2009  Hladun, K.R. and J.T. Trumble. Paper presentation.  Paper title:    “Selenium accumulation in the floral tissues of two Brassicaceae plant    species: Implications for plant-pollinator interactions”. Ecological Society 
    

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23. May 2009  Hladun, K.R. and J.T. Trumble.  Invited poster presentation for UC- TSR&TP Fellows.  Poster title: “Selenium Accumulation in    floral tissues of two phytoremediating Brassicaceae plant species:   Implications for biotransfer to insect pollinators”. University of California  Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program Annual Research  Symposium.  Berkeley, CA.
    

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25. Aug 2008        Hladun, K.R. and J.T. Trumble.  Poster presentation. Poster title:   “Selenium accumulation in floral tissues of Brassica juncea:  Implications for pollination ecology”. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Milwaukee, WI.
    

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27. Dec 2007        Hladun, K.R. and L.S. Adler. Poster presentation. Entomological Society  of America Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA.
    

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29. Aug 2007 Hladun, K.R. and L.S. Adler. Invited paper presentation in Organized Oral Session 24: Soil biota alteration of aboveground plant interactions. Ecological Society of America/Society for Ecological Restoration Joint Annual Meeting. San Jose, CA.
    

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31. Nov 2006        Hladun, K.R. Invited paper presentation. Plant Biology Fall 2006  Research Seminar. University of Massachusetts – Amherst.
    

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33. Oct 2006         Hladun, K.R. and L.S. Adler. Poster presentation. Annual Symposium in Plant Biology, University of Massachusetts – Amherst.
    

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35. Mar 2006 Hladun, K.R. Invited paper presentation for Gilgut Fellows. Annual Plant Biology Colloquium, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
    

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37. Oct 2005  Hladun, K.R. and L.S. Adler. Poster presentation. Annual Symposium in Plant Biology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
    

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39. July 2005 Research presentation. Crop and Animal Research and Education Center Field Day, University of Massachusetts South Deerfield Research Farm.
    

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Grants, Fellowships and Awards

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2. 2012 Earle C. Anthony Graduate Student Travel Award
   

3. 2009 - 2012 EPA Science to Achieve Results Fellowship
   

4. 2008 - 2010 University of California Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program Fellowship
   2009 UC-Riverside Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Research Grant
   2007 ESA Plant Population Ecology Student Travel Award
   

5. 2005 – 2006 Dr. Constantine J. Gilgut Fellowship
   2005 Albert L. Delisle Scholarship Fund and Richard J. & Florence F. Davis Botany Fund – Research Grant
   

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Teaching Experience

1. 2008 Natural History of Insects (ENTM 010) UC - Riverside
   

2. 2005 Plant Geography (BIO 526) UMass - Amherst
   2004 Plant Ecology (BIO 421) UMass - Amherst
   

Memberships

1. Ecological Society of America Plant Population Ecology Section since 2005
   

2. Entomological Society of America, Pacific Branch, since 2007
   Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry since 2010
   California Native Plant Society since 2010
   

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