Audrey Simard

Independent critical scholar with hands-on experience performing field and laboratory work to advance academic research objectives. Assist in graduate team success with expertise in data review, science communication, and experimental design. Specializes in turfgrass entomology, plant physiology, and nutrition. To seek and maintain a full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, management opportunities, and research-to-field problem-solving.

• Advancement in insect pest management. McGraw, B., Simard, A., & Price, G.Y. 2023. In: Findanza, M. (ed.) Achieving Sustainable Turfgrass Management. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing; Cambridge, UK.
• Evaluation of nitrogen fertility and plant growth regulator impacts on annual bluegrass weevil (Listronotus maculicollis) oviposition and larval survivorship. Simard, A., Czyzewski, B. D., Price, G. Y., & McGraw, B. A., International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. (2022)
• Empirical and theoretical assessment of mechanical and injection cultivation methods to manage white grubs in turfgrass. McGraw, B. A., Price, G., Simard, A., & Trotta, K International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. (2022)
• Reproductive phenology and feeding patterns of Listronotus maculicollis during spring emergence: implications for spring management. McGraw, B. A., Price, G. Y., Simard, A., & Vittum, P. J Crop Science. (2021)