About
Shayla Salzman received her B.S. from the University of California at Berkeley in Genetics and Plant Biology followed by a Ph.D. in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology from Harvard. Post Graduate, Dr. Salzman received a Post Doctoral Research Fellowship in Biology from the National Science Foundation to work at Cornell University where she was housed in both the Plant Sciences and the Neurobiology Departments. She joined the Entomology Department of the University of Georgia in 2023 as an Assistant Professor with a focus on species interactions and chemical ecology. She is also a Kelly Research Fellow at Montgomery Botanical Center.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University, MA, United States (2019)
Awards and Honors
- Kelly Research Fellow (2025)
- Presentation Award for Women Scientists (2024)
- International Travel Award for Invited Presentations (2024)
Courses
- ENTO 8040: Plant – Insect Group (Spring 2025)
- ENTO 7300: Master's Thesis (Spring 2025)
- ENTO 7000: Master's Research (Spring 2025)
- ENTO 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2025)
- ENTO 4960: Undergraduate Research in Entomology (Spring 2025)
- HORT 4770E: Discover the Wonderful World of Plants and Pollinators and Your Place in It – Service Learning (Summer 2025)
- HORT 6770E: Discover the Wonderful World of Plants and Pollinators and Your Place in It – Service Learning (Summer 2025)
- ENTO 6770E: Discover the Wonderful World of Plants and Pollinators and Your Place in It – Service Learning (Summer 2025)
- ENTO 4770E: Discover the Wonderful World of Plants and Pollinators and Your Place in It – Service Learning (Summer 2025)
- ENTO 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2025)
- ENTO 4960: Undergraduate Research in Entomology (Summer 2025)
- ENTO 6700: Writing Fellowship Proposals for the Biological Sciences (Fall 2025)
- ENTO 4960: Undergraduate Research in Entomology (Fall 2025)
- ENTO 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
- ENTO 8050: Phylogenetics, Systematics, and Evolution (Spring 2026)
- ENTO 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
- ENTO 4960R: Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I (Spring 2026)
- ENTO 3200: Chemical Ecology (Spring 2026)
- ECOL 3200: Chemical Ecology (Spring 2026)
- ENTO 8040: Plant – Insect Group (Spring 2026)
Scholarly Works
- Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea), MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, (2015).
- Microbial Communities of Lycaenid Butterflies Do Not Correlate with Larval Diet, FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, (2016).
- The evolution of red color vision is linked to coordinated rhodopsin tuning in lycaenid butterflies, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, (2021).
- An ancient push-pull pollination mechanism in cycads, SCIENCE ADVANCES, (2020).
- Ecology and evolution of cycad-feeding lepidoptera, ECOLOGY LETTERS, (2020).
Contact
Mailing Address
136 Cedar St., Building C
Room 512
Athens, GA 30602
Shipping Address
136 Cedar St., Building C
Room 512
Athens, GA 30602
