![]() Research Associate Professor; Curator, State Arboretum of Virginia Ph.D., Auburn University, 1999. RESEARCH AREA
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T'ai
H. Roulston My primary research area is plant-pollinator interactions,
which I study through field and laboratory approaches. These include
Current Grants Roulston, T.H., and M. Mckenna. 2008-2012. REU Site: Field Ecology at the University of Virginia's Blandy Experimental Farm. $334,188. NSF Award No. DBI 0755198 Carr, D.E., Roulston, T.H. and K. Haynes. A New Laboratory for Blandy Experimental Farm. NSF Award Number DBI 1034846. $350,000. |
![]() Large sweat bee (Lasioglossum zephyrym) reared on protein rich pollen, small bee reared on protein poor pollen ![]() Specialist bee (Colletes latitarsis) collecting pollen from its host, Physalis subglabrata. ![]() Epeolus bifasciatus, a common cleptoparasite of Colletes latitarsis Bee is being held for marking. ![]() Female of Eucera hamata, a common spring bee at Blandy. |