Roxane Magnus
M.S. Program with Dr. Szalanski
Insect Genetics
ADDRESS:
Department of Entomology
319 Agriculture Building
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
PHONE: 479.575.4214
FAX: 479.575.2452
E-MAIL: rmagnus@uark.edu
EDUCATION:
- B.S. Agriculture, B.A. Spanish, Southeast Missouri State University, 2006
- A.A. Foreign Language, Illinois Valley Comm. Coll., 1990
RESEARCH PROJECT:
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
- Judd, T.M., R.M. Magnus, and M.P. Fasnacht. 2010. The distribution of micro and macronutrients in colonies of the wasp, Polistes metricus, during different times of the colony cycle. Journal of Insect Physiology 56: 42-56.
- Szalanski, A.L., and
R.M. Magnus
. 2010
. Mitochondrial DNA diversity of Africanized honey bee (Apis mellifera
L.) populations from south central United States. Journal of Apicultural
Research 49: 177-185.
- Magnus, R.M . and A.L. Szalanski . 2010 . Genetic evidence of honey bees belonging to the Middle East lineage in the United States. Sociobiology 55: 285-296.
RECENT PRESENTATIONS:
- Tripodi, A., R.
Magnus, and
A.L. Szalanski. 2010.
Genetic diversity of bumble bees in south central United States. International
Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health and Policy. State College, PA.
- Magnus, R., and A.L. Szalanski. 2
010. Genetic variation
of honey bees (
Apis mellifera
L.) from feral, managed and queen breeder colonies using DNA sequence analysis.
Gamma Sigma Delta Arkansas Chapter student competition, Fayetteville, AR.
(1st place MS poster).
- Szalanski, Allen.L
.; Trout, Rebecca;
Austin, James W.; Magnus, Roxane; Charlwood, J. Derek. Temporal genetic
variation, and bloodmeal identification of
Anopheles funestes
and An. gambiae
mosquitoes from Mozambique. 4
th Annual Arthropod
Genomics Symposium, Kansas City, MO.
- Magnus, R., and A.L. Szalanski. 2009
. Genetic variation of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) from
feral, manged and queen breeder colonies using DNA sequence analysis.
Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Indianapolis,
IN.
- Magnus, R. and A.L. Szalanski. 2009. Genetic variation of honey bees from central United States. Third Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium, Kansas City, MO.
- Szalanski, A.L., and R.M. Magnus. 2009. Genetic diversity of Africanized honey bees in the United States. Annual meeting of the north central branch – Entomological Society of America, St. Louis, MO.
- Judd, T. M., R. M. Magnus, & M. P. Fasnacht. 2008.
The Distribution of Micronutrients in Colonies of the Wasp, Polistes
metricus During Different Times of the Colony Cycle. Annual
Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. San
Antonio, TX.
- Magnus, R., and A.L. Szalanski. 2008. Genetic variation of honey bees, Apis mellifera, from south central United States. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Reno, NV.
AWARDS AND HONORS:
- First place poster presentation , Gamma Sigma Delta Arkansas Chapter student competition, Fayetteville, AR.
- Runner up poster presentation , insect plant interactions section, 2009 annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Indianapolis, IN.
- Runner up poster presentation, bee biology, insect plant interactions section, 2008 annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Reno, NV.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- Entomological Society of America.
- International Union for the Study of Social Insects
- Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
- Northwest Arkansas Beekeepers Association