Jason Schmidt

As Assistant Professor of Entomology at The University of Georgia my goals are to deliver biological control strategies to the stakeholders of large agricultural crops, and to provide robust scientific discovery on arthropod communities and associated trophic interactions. I am just beginning to build my own laboratory focused on these initiatives but bring experience from my PhD and post-doctoral years in ecology, insect ecology, spider ecology, and agroecosystem management. My current projects span many areas of agroecosystem topics from spatial structure to the effects of within field management on beneficial populations. I specialize in spiders as a predatory group of interest to agriculture and an important beneficial arthropod for long-term food security. My research focus is on applied research to work towards more sustainable solutions to food production that balance the use of human management practices with improving or planning for biodiversity. More can be found on my website and on Research Gate.

September 2016