Alumni

Sushil’s PhD research sort to improve methods for evaluating the quality of mass reared fruit flies used in sterile insect technique programs. He worked under laboratory and mass production conditions, ensuring that the techniques used for mass rear...

Iffat's MRes research investigated the composition and functions of cuticular chemistry of the Queensland fruit fly. In particular, Iffat focused on the role of cuticular compounds in sexual communication and as olfactory signals of reproductive status....

Jamil’s PhD seeked to improve strategies for pre-release holding of Queensland fruit fly in sterile insect technique programs. He has found more than 6-fold increase in recapture rates when extending pre-release holding from the previous standard of...

Vivek’s PhD research investigated chemical ecology of tephritid fruit flies, and is especially focusing on the chemical relations between these flies and their enemies, such as ants, spiders and wasps. Can the flies detect and avoid areas that have ...

Maurizio's PhD developed cold storage technologies for two key insects: a tachinid fly that is important in biological control of lepidopteran pests, and the Queensland fruit fly, an insect pest posing a significant threat for the...