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Curriculum Vitae Highlights
Education and Postdoctoral Research
  • Postdoctoral Scholar (2019-present) Department of Biology, University of Nevada Reno. Dr. Anne Leonard, supervisor.
  • Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar (2018-2019) School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Prof. Steven Johnson, supervisor.
  • Postdoctoral Scholar (2017-2018) Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Dr. Margarita López-Uribe, supervisor.
  • Ph.D. (2011-2016) Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Dr. Christina Grozinger and Dr. John Tooker, advisors. Dissertation: Pollen nutrition, the foundation of bumble bee foraging 
  • M.S. (2008-2010) Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Dr. James D. Ellis, advisor. Thesis: The effects of land use on Cape honey bee (Apis mellifera capensisEscholtz) nesting dynamics in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
  • B.S. (1999-2003) College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Psychology.

Awards/Fellowships/Grants
  1. Fulbright Science and Technology, Sub-Saharan Africa Grant for postdoctoral research. ($61,000), 2018.
  2. Energy and Environmental Sustainability Laboratories (Penn State) EESLGreen program. CT imaging of bees at the Center for Quantitative Imaging. ($1,250), 2017.
  3. Ralph O. Mumma Graduate Award, Penn State Department of Entomology, for outstanding achievement. ($1,069), 2016.
  4. Plant and Pollen Metabarcoding Workshop 2016. Scholarship and tuition waiver. ($1,606), 2016.
  5. ESA Annual Meeting 2014 Student Competition Presidents Prize. 1st Place in Student Competition. ($75), 2014.
  6. USDA AFRI Student Travel Grant for ESA Annual Meeting 2014. ($500), 2014.
  7. USDA AFRI NIFA Predoctoral Fellowships Grant. ($79,000), 2014.
  8. North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) Bee Health Improvement
    Project Grant. ($9,700), 2014.
  9. BBSRC US-UK Honey Bee Health Exchange. ($3,450), 2013.

Refereed Publications
  1. Vaudo AD, Erickson E, Patch HM, Grozinger CM, and Mu JP (Under Review) Impacts of soil     nutrition on floral traits, pollinator attraction, and fitness in cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.) Scientific Reports. PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square, doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2085798/v1
  2. Wood TJ, Vanderplanck M, Vastrade M, Vaudo AD, and Michez D. (2021) Trees for bees: could woody plant pollen be used as a consistent resource in bee-focused agri-environmental schemes? Entomologia Generalis. doi: 10.1127/entomologia/2021/1241
  3. Francis JS, Tatarko AR, Richman SK, Vaudo AD, and Leonard AS. (2021) Microbes and pollinator behavior in the floral marketplace Current Opinion in Insect Science. 44:16-22. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.10.003
  4. Vaudo AD, Biddinger DJ, Sickel W, Keller A, and López-Uribe MM. Introduced bees (Osmia cornifrons) collect pollen from both coevolved and novel host-plant species within their family-level phylogenetic preferences. Royal Society Open Science. 7: 200225. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200225
  5. Vaudo AD, Tooker JF, Patch HM, Biddinger DJ, Coccia M, Crone MK, Fiely M, Francis JS, Hines HM, Hodges M, Jackson SW, Michez D, Mu JP, Russo L, Safari M, Treanore ED, Vanderplank M, Yip E, Leonard AS, Grozinger CM. (2020) Pollen protein:lipid macronutrient rations may guide broad patterns of bee species floral preferences. Insects. 11:132 
  6. Russo L, Keller J, Vaudo AD, Grozinger CM, Shea K. (2020) Warming increases pollen lipid concentration in an invasive thistle, with minor effects on the associated floral-visitor community. Insects. 11:20
  7. Treanore ED, Vaudo AD, Grozinger CM, Fleischer SJ. (2019) Examining the nutritional value and effects of different floral resources in pumpkin agroecosystems on Bombus impatiens worker physiology. Apidologie. doi: 10.1007/s13592-019-00668-x
  8. Russo L, Vaudo AD, Fisher J, Grozinger CM, Shea K. (2019) Bee community preference for an invasive thistle associated with higher pollen protein content. Oecologia. doi: 10.1007/s00442-019-04462-5
  9. Vaudo AD, Fritz ML, and López-Uribe MM. (2018) Opening the door to the past: Accessing phylogenetic, pathogen, and population data from museum curated bees. Insect Systematics and Diversity. doi: 10.1093/isd/ixy014​
  10. Vaudo AD, Farrell LM, Patch HM, Grozinger CM, and Tooker JF. (2018) Consistent pollen nutritional intake drives bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) colony growth and reproduction across different landscapes. Ecology and Evolution. 8: 5765-5776.
  11. Vaudo AD, Stabler D, Patch HM, Tooker JF, Grozinger CM, and Wright G (2016) Bumble bees regulate their intake of essential protein and lipid pollen macronutrients. Journal of Experimental Biology. 219: 3962-3970.
  12. Vaudo AD, Patch HM, Mortensen DA, Tooker JF, and Grozinger CM (2016) Macronutrient ratios in pollen shape bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) foraging strategies and floral preferences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1606101113
  13. Bohnenblust EW, Vaudo AD, Egan JF, Mortensen DA, and Tooker JF (2015) Effects of the herbicide dicamba on non-target plants and pollinator visitation. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. doi: 10.1002/etc.3169
  14. Vaudo AD, Tooker JF, Grozinger CM, Patch HM (2015) Bee nutrition and floral resource restoration. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 10: 133-141. (most cited article in journal as of June 26, 2017)
  15. Vaudo AD, Patch HM, Mortensen DA, Grozinger CM, and Tooker JF (2014) Bumble bees exhibit daily behavioral patterns in pollen foraging. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 8: 273- 283.
  16. Human H, Brodschneider R, Dietemann V, Dively G, Ellis JD, Forsgren E, Fries I, Hatjina F, Hu F, Jaffé R, Jensen AB, Köhler A, Magyar JP, Özkýrým A, Pirk CWW, Rose R, Strauss U, Tanner G, Tarpy DR, van der Steen JJM, Vaudo A, Vejsnæs F, Wilde J, Williams GR, and Zheng H (2013) Miscellaneous standard methods for Apis melliferaresearch. Journal of Apicultural Research. 52(4): doi: 10.3896/IBRA.1.52.4.10
  17. Vaudo AD, Ellis JD, Cambray GA, and Hill M (2012) Honey bee (Apis mellifera capensis/A. m. scutellata hybrid) nesting behavior in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.Insectes Sociaux. 59: 323-331.
  18. Vaudo AD, Ellis JD, Cambray GA, and Hill M (2012) The effects of land use on honey bee (Apis mellifera) population density and colony strength parameters in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Journal of Insect Conservation. 16: 601-611.
Current Projects/Collaborations
  1. Vaudo AD, Dyer L, Leonard AS. Pollen nutrition structures bee-flower community interactions in the Eastern Sierra
  2. Vaudo AD, Willis-Monroe, Johnson SD. Bee-flower interaction networks, phylogenetic consistency in interaction partnerships, functional trait matching, and bee pollen foraging preferences across different biomes in South Africa.
  3. Vaudo AD, Mu JP, and López-Uribe MM. Long term effects of managed honey bees on native bee communities in the Tibetan Plateau.
  4. Vaudo AD, Erickson E, Patch HM, Grozinger CM, and Mu JP. The effects of soil nutrient concentrations and ratios on cucumber plant growth, floral rewards, and bee foraging preferences.​