Nadir Erbilgin
Forest Entomology & Chemical Ecology
Contact Information:
Office: 230A Earth Sciences Building
Phone: (780) 492-8693
Fax: (780) 492-1767
Email: erbilgin@ualberta.ca
Current Research Interests
My program in Forest Entomology & Chemical Ecology investigates how plant defense chemistry changes in response to biotic such as insects and diseases and abiotic such as drought stress agents and how these changes in turn affect tree-insect-disease interactions. Past and current projects conducted in my lab can be framed under three main research themes: (a) invasion biology, (b) plant-symbiont interactions, and (c) plant-insect-disease interactions. In all three research themes, undergraduate and graduate students and research staff in my lab use primary and secondary chemistry of trees to characterize tree responses to stress and identify possible mechanisms underlying tree susceptibility to insects and diseases. Infrastructure in my lab is capable of identifying different classes of chemicals including terpenoids, phenolics, fatty acids, and non-structural carbohydrates using Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometry and Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography.
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Education
Ph.D.
Entomology
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Minor: Forestry and Biostatistics
Advisor: Kenneth F. Raffa
1996 - 2001
M.S.
Forest Entomology
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
Advisor: David L. Kulhavy
1994 - 1996
B.S.
Forestry
Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
1987 - 1991
Research & Professional Experience
Professor
Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta
2017-Present
Canada Research Chair & Associate Professor
Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta
2013-2017
Canada Research Chair & Assistant Professor
Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta
2007-2013
Associate Specialist Div of Organisms and Environment
University of California at Berkeley
Supervisor: David L. Wood
2005-2007
Postdoctoral Research Associate Div of Organisms and Environment
University of California at Berkeley
Supervisor: David L. Wood
2001-2005
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