Ariel Heminger

• Jubb, C. S., McAvoy, T.J., Stanley, K. E., Heminger, A.R., Salom, S. M. (In Review). Establishment of the predator, Laricobius nigrinus, introduced as a biological control agent for hemlock wooly adelgid in Virginia, USA. BioControl
• Jubb, C. S., Heminger, A. R., Mayfield III, A. E., Elkinton, J. S., Wiggins, G. J., Grant, J. F., Lombardo, J.A., McAvoy, T.J., Crandall, R.S., & Salom, S. M. (2019). Impact of the biological control agent, Laricobius nigrinus, on hemlock woolly adelgid sistens generation and their ovisacs in the eastern United States. Biological Control, 104180.
• Fletcher, R. A., Brooks, R. K., Lakoba, V. T., Sharma, G., Heminger, A. R., Dickinson, C. C., & Barney, J. N. (2019). Invasive plants negatively impact native, but not exotic, animals. Global change biology, 25(11), 3694-3705.

Select Presentations:

Select Talks:

• Heminger A., Mayfield A., Wiggins G., Grant J., Elkinton J., McAvoy T., Tait A., Lombardo J., and Salom S. Impact assessment of Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), a predator of hemlock woolly adelgid. North American Forest Insect Working Conference, Washington D.C. May 31- June 3 2016.
• Heminger A., Mayfield A., Elkinton J., Wiggins G., Grant J., Lombardo J., McAvoy T., Tait A., Mudder B., and Salom S. Impact assessment of Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), a predator of hemlock woolly adelgid. International Congress of Entomology Orlando, FL. 25-30 Sept., 2016. 40 Attendees.
• Heminger A., Mayfield A., Wiggins G., Grant J., Elkinton J., McAvoy T., Tait A., Lombardo J., and Salom S. Impact assessment of Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), a predator of hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera: Adelgidae). Entomological Society of America National Meeting Minneapolis, MN. 15-18 Nov., 2015. 40 Attendees.

Invited talks:

• Heminger A. O the places you will go, the impacts of invasive plants on animals and ecosystems. Invited presentation to Blue Ridge Wildflower Society, Roanoke, VA. November 25th, 2019. 30 Attendees.
• Heminger A., Mayfield A., Wiggins G., Grant J., Elkinton J., McAvoy T., Mudder B., and Salom S. Impact assessment of Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), a predator of hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera: Adelgidae). Invited presentation to HWA Biological Control Working Group, Annapolis, MD. January 10th, 2017. 80 Attendees.
• Heminger A., Mayfield A., Wiggins G., Grant J., Elkinton J., McAvoy T., Tait A., Lombardo J., Mudder B., and Salom S. Impact assessment of Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), a predator of hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera: Adelgidae). Invited presentation to HWA Biological Control Working Group, Annapolis, MD. January 12th, 2016. 80 Attendees.

Select Poster Presentations:

• Fletcher RA*, Lakoba VT*, Brooks RK, Sharma G*, Heminger AR, Dickinson CC*, Barney JN (2020) Invasive plants reduce the abundance of native animals, especially in wet ecosystems. Northeastern Plant, Pest, and Soil Conference. Philadelphia, PA. January 9-11, 2020
• Fletcher RA*, Lakoba VT*, Brooks RK, Sharma G*, Heminger AR, Dickinson CC*, Barney JN (2019) Invasive plants impact native, but not exotic, animals. 15th Conference on Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions. Prague, Czech Republic. September 9-13, 2019
• Heminger A., Haak D.C. Microbiome Mediated Plant-Pollinator Interactions in Non-Agricultural Landscapes. Ecological Society of America Mid-Atlantic Meeting, Bowie, MD. April 6th, 2019
• Heminger A., Haak D.C. Microbiome Mediated Plant-Pollinator Interactions. Plant Biology Symposium: Wild and Tamed Phytobiomes, State College, PA. June 19th-22nd, 2018

•  Alwood Extension Award- Master's Student winner (2017)

• Michael "Jaret" Arnold, VT-REEL program, Summer 2019
• Nicholas Anderson, Undergraduate, Fall 2017-Fall 2018
• Elisa Gagliano, Undergraduate MAOP program, Summer 2017

Instructor of Record:

• Biological Invasions, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science (Fall 2020)

Graduate Teaching Assistant:

• Plant Pathology Lab, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science (Fall 2019)
• Biological Invasions, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science (Fall 2018)
• Plant Taxonomy, Dept. of Biology (Spring 2018)
• Weeds and How They Shape Our World, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science (Fall 2017)
• Insects and Human Society, Dept. of Entomology (Spring 2016)

• President (2018-2019) Translational Plant Science Graduate Student Organization (2017-2020)
• Entomological Society of America (2015-present)
• Editor (2016-2016) Virginia Entomological Society (2016-2016)
• Entomology Graduate Student Representative (2015- 2016)
• Alwood Society (2014-2017)
• President (2013-2014), Web-master (2011-2013) Horticulture Club, University of Delaware (2010-2014)
• Vice President (2012-2014), Entomology Club, University of Delaware (2012-2014)