Dr. Elizabeth Long
Welcome to Dr. Elizabeth Long as she returns to the Purdue Department of Entomology family as our second hire in Horticulture Entomology. Elizabeth received her Bachelors of Science in Biological Sciences from North Carolina State University in 2007 and obtained her PhD in Plant, Insect and Microbial Sciences from the University of Missouri in 2013. Elizabeth previously was a Post Doctoral Associate in our department from 2013-2016. Elizabeth has spent the last three years as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Entomology at The Ohio State University. Her research has centered around three key themes: (1) addressing the consequences of human-mediated change to the environment for ecosystem services and function, (2) building our understanding of the impacts of biodiversity loss, and (3) evaluating the unintended impacts of agricultural management on non-target organisms in agroecosystems and surrounding areas. Elizabeth looks forward to engaging with horticultural crop producers in Indiana.