Cindy Perkovich

Cindy Perkovich graduated with a PhD in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from Kent State University in May 2021.

Where you will be working and what your job will be:

I start my next position on June 1st in the entomology department at Tennessee State University. I will be working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Nursery Crop Research Center in McMinnville for Karla Addesso. She will give the keynote speech for the Tennessee Entomological Society in September, 2021.

Citations of papers published:

Perkovich, C., & Ward, D. (2021). Aboveground herbivory causes belowground changes in twelve oak Quercus species: a phylogenetic analysis of root biomass and non‐structural carbohydrate storage. Oikos, 130(10), 1797-1812.

Perkovich, C. & Ward, D. (2021). Differentiated plant-defense strategies: herbivore community dynamics affect plant-herbivore interactions. Ecosphere, in press.

Perkovich, C. & Addesso, K. (2021). Reduction in potato leaf hopper attacks on red maple trees using selected insecticides. Arthropod Management Tests, in press

Perkovich, C., & Ward, D. (2021). Herbivore‐induced defenses are not under phylogenetic constraints in the genus Quercus (oak): Phylogenetic patterns of growth, defense, and storage. Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7409

Perkovich, C., & Ward, D. (2020). Protein: Carbohydrate Ratios in the Diet of Gypsy Moth Lymantria dispar Affect its Ability to Tolerate Tannins. Journal of chemical ecology, 46:1-9.

Award and recognition you received while at Kent State:

I received the following awards (not including travel and book awards):

2020 Graduate Student Senate Research Award, Kent State University, funded ($2000)

2019 Herrick Grant, Kent State University, funded ($2000)

2019 Graduate Student Senate Research Award, Kent State University, funded ($2000)

2019 Kent State Graduate Student Senate outstanding presentation on gypsy moth dietary preferences at the Kent State Graduate Research Symposium