Author Bio

Allison Zablah is an international student from Honduras. She received her B.S. from Zamorano University, where she majored in Agronomy. Allison joined the lab in summer 2022 as a research scholar; she is currently working on her M.S.. Allison studies beneficial insects such as syrphid flies, which, in addition to being predators in their larval stage, are pollinators in their adult stage. Information on syrphid flies is currently lacking, especially in the context of high tunnel specialty crops production. Her thesis aims to measure the ecological role that syprhid flies play in these protected culture environments.