Dr. Claudio Gratton
Gratton Lab Advisor
444 Russell Labs
1630 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-265-3762
Fax: 608-262-3322
Email: gratton@entomology.wisc.edu
Education
Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, 1997 (Entomology)
BS University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991 (summa cum laude, Honors Biology)
Research Interests
Food web ecology, insect-plant-virus interactions, herbivore-natural enemy interactions, invasive species, biological control, soil food webs.
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Academic Postions
- 2003- present Assistant Professor, Dept. Entomology, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- 1997-2002 NSF Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Maryland, College Park
- 1991-1997 Graduate Student Researcher, University of California , Berkeley
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Teaching
Courses:
- University of Wisconsin – Madison:
- Biological Control of Insects, Fall 2003, 2005
- Problems in Oceanography, Fall 2005
- Insect Community Interactions and Ecosystem Function, Graduate Seminar, Fall 2004
- Evolution of Insect-Plant Interactions, Graduate Seminar, Spring and Fall 2002. U Maryland
- Trophic Ecology, Graduate seminar. Spring 1998. U Maryland
- Insect Ecology Laboratory, Fall 1995, UC Berkeley
Guest Lectures:
- Grassland Ecology, Fall 2005, “Soil arthropod food webs”
- Seminar in Agroecology, Fall 2004, “Landscape diversity in agroecosystems”
- Seminar in Organic Agriculture, Spring 2004 - 2006, “Insect Biological control”
- Insect Ecology, Spring 1999, 2001. U Maryland
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Recent Grants and Awards
- USDA, NRI (Managed Ecosystems) – “The Role of Natural Habitats in Agroecosystems: Evaluating Benefits and Establishing Standards for Restored Non-Crop Lands”, 9/06 – 8/09, $450,000 (coPI with P. Zedler, N. Matthews, D. Sexson)
- North Central Soybean Research Program – “Importation Biological Control against the Soybean Aphid”, (Multistate, coPI with R. O’Niel and others, Purdue U., 2/2005 – 2/2008, $105,000
- WI Potato and Vegetable Growers Assoc., “Development of conservation biological control of potato pests”, 3/06-2/07, $6,000
- University of Wisconsin, CALS/Hatch, “Agroecological effects of grassland management: plant, invertebrate, human, and ecosystem responses”, (co-PI with M. Bell, R. Jackson), 10/07 – 9/10, $225,000
- University of Wisconsin, CALS/CIAS, “Grass Based farming and agroecological effects”, 1/06-1/07, $30,000 (coPI with R. Jackson)
2004
- USDA, NRI (Integrative Biology of Arthropods) – “Managing emerging pest complexes in soybean: plant-mediated interspecific interactions between beetles, aphids and viruses”, $435,000
- USDA, RAMP – “Managing soybean aphid at the landscape scale”, $152,200 (coPI with C. Grau, T. German, through Mich. State Univ, PI D. Landis, $1,505,000 total)
- USDA, SARE – “Working towards a sustainable Agriculture: landscape diversity, beneficial insects and pest suppression”, $8,200 (coPI with B. Werling)
- WI Potato and Vegetable Growers Assoc., “Development of conservation biological control of potato pests”, 3/05-2/06, $12,000
- University of Wisconsin, CALS/Hatch, “Effects of landscape spatial structure and resource availability in conservation biological control”, 9/06-8/10, $102,860
- University of Wisconsin, CALS/Hatch, “Agroecological effects of grassland management: plant, invertebrate, human, and ecosystem responses”, (co-PI with M. Bell, R. Jackson), $167,813
- University of Wisconsin, CALS/Hatch, “Ecological linkages between natural and agricultural habitats via movement of natural enemies”, 1/05-9/06$49,832
- University of Wisconsin, CALS/CIAS, “Grass Based farming and agroecological effects”, 1/05-1/06, $30,000 (coPI with R. Jackson)
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Professional Activities and Committees
- Symposium Organizer, Entomological Society of America annual meeting, 2003, section C symposium, “Stable isotopes in basic and applied entomology”
- Advisory Board Member, WWF/Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association/UW-Madison collaboration – Potato BioIPM project (2003-current)
- UW Representative (2005-current), S1010 Multistate project, Soybean Pest Management; NCR 145 Multistate project, Biological Control
- Advisor, Wisconsin Wetlands Association, Phragmites working group (2003-4)
- Student competition judge, Entomological Society of America, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2002
- Member Entomological Society of America, Ecological Society of America
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