Grace Hirzel
Postdoctoral Researcher
I’m studying how intra-specific variation in floral traits, such as color and nectar quality, affect bee visitation to flowers. I’m particularly interested in solitary native bees and am examining what wild bees find attractive in a flowering crop (sunflower), as well as other, less domesticated species in family Asteraceae.
Email: grace.hirzel@ndsu.edu
Meredith Johnson
Postdoctoral Researcher
Meredith is an insect physiologist with a passion for flight thermoregulation and water balance. Her work centers around understanding how insects will respond to a changing climate. She currently studies the interactive effects of environmental conditions and nutrition on alfalfa leafcutting bee flight performance and reproductive physiology.
Email: meredith.johnson.2@ndsu.edu