Jeremy Irvine

Jeremy Irvine

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He is a Vanier Scholar and PhD student investigating integrated pest management in forage seed systems. He is deeply committed to science communication, and much of his work centers on building inclusive communities both within and beyond academia.

Chemical ecology of forage seed pests

My PhD work explores the chemical ecology of economically important insect pests in forage seed systems. The goal is to identify semiochemicals involved in host-location and foraging behavior.

Ongoing work includes:

  • headspace volatile collection from plant tissues and conspecifics
  • GC-MS compound identification
  • GC-EAD electrophysiology to identify active compounds
  • behavioral assays with Y-tube olfactometers
  • evaluation of attract-and-monitor or attract-and-disrupt strategies

This research supports the development of pheromone-based or semiochemical-based tools that reduce reliance on broad-spectrum insecticides.