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T'ai H. Roulston
Associate Professor
Curator, State Arboretum of Virginia
Unit: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Blandy Experimental Farm
Office location and address
Clark 352
No Address
Boyce,
Virginia
22620
Education
PhD Entomology, Auburn University
M.S. Botany, University of Tennessee
B.S. Biology, Humboldt State University
M.S. Botany, University of Tennessee
B.S. Biology, Humboldt State University
Biography
My primary research area is plant-pollinator interactions, which I study through field, laboratory, and phylogenetic approaches. These include (i) studies of pollen chemistry to characterize the diversity of pollen nutrient rewards; (ii) phylogenetic analyses to associate shifts in pollen nutrient content with evolutionary shifts in pollination syndrome; (iii) observations of pollinator host choices to determine pollinator assessment of pollen nutrition, and (iv) studies of insect development and body size to assess the potential importance of variation in pollen nutrients. Other research areas include endangered species conservation, habitat fragmentation, foraging behavior, and the impact of exotic species on native organisms.
Publications
Sponsored Awards
AS-BLAN Sustainable management of neonicotinoid seed coatings: reducing exports from fields while avoiding ecological traps
Source: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universit
April 01, 2019 – June 01, 2022
AS-BLAN Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Systemic Pesticide on Alfalfa Leafcutter Bees
Source: U.S. Department Of Agriculture
September 01, 2014 – March 31, 2018
AS BLAN Increasing and Improving the Forest at Blandy Farm
Source: Virginia Department Of Forestry
June 11, 2012 – June 15, 2013
Courses
Credits: 1–6
Original research usually involving a field or laboratory problem in the environmental sciences under the direction of one or more faculty members. The results may form the basis of an undergraduate thesis which is required to partially fulfill the Distinguished Majors Program in environmental sciences. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Credits: 1–6
Individual or group study in developing or special areas of ecology and interrelated areas.
Credits: 1–12
For master's research, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
Credits: 1–12
For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
Credits: 1–12
Individual or group research on interdisciplinary problems in environmental sciences.
Credits: 1–12
For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected.
Credits: 1–12
For doctoral research, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.