Lirio Milenka Arevalo
Ph.D. Program with Dr. Goggin
Cell and Molecular Biology
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Department of Entomology
319 Agriculture Building
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
PHONE: 479.575.8437
FAX: 479.575.2452
E-MAIL: lareval@uark.edu
EDUCATION:
BS in Agronomy, University Autónoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 2000.
MS in Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, 2005.
RESEARCH PROJECT:
Role of Spr2, a Fatty Acid Desaturase in Tomato, in Regulating Plant Defenses against Herbivores.
AWARDS:
Second place for poster presentation at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in Nashville, TN, 2003.
CAREER GOALS:
Conduct research in Molecular Biology with emphasis on insect plant interactions.