Jason Schmidt
Professor
Areas of expertise
ZoologyHorticultural ProductionEcologyEcological ApplicationsAgriculture, Land and Farm ManagementApplied Ethics
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Miami University, OH, United States (2011)
Bachelor of Science, Biology/Biological Sciences, General
Adams State College, CO, United States (2001)
Awards and Honors
- Georgia Entomological Society PhD student Scholarship (2025)
- Gary A. Herzog Award of Excellence to Junior Scientist – Research (2018)
Courses
- ENTO 6000L: General Entomology (Fall 2025)
- ENTO 6000: General Entomology (Fall 2025)
- ENTO 7000: Master's Research (Fall 2025)
- ENTO 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2025)
- ENTO 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
- ENTO 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
- ENTO 7000: Master's Research (Spring 2026)
- ENTO 4500E: Biological Control (Spring 2026)
- ENTO 6500E: Biological Control (Spring 2026)
- ENTO 8900: Problems in Entomology (Summer 2026)
- ENTO 7000: Master's Research (Summer 2026)
- ENTO 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
- ENTO 6000: General Entomology (Fall 2026)
- ENTO 6000L: General Entomology (Fall 2026)
- ENTO 7000: Master's Research (Fall 2026)
- ENTO 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2026)
Scholarly Works
- Life-stage specific predatory efficiency of 2 generalist predators of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, (2026).
- DNA metabarcoding to estimate diet overlap between the introduced Joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) and three native orb-weaving spiders, PLOS ONE, (2026).
- Honey, What’s for Dinner? Dietary Overlap and Size Dimorphism Between Female and Male Joro Spiders (Trichonephila clavata), INTEGRATIVE ZOOLOGY, (2026).
- Leaf trichome and insecticide interactions relative to Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) management in a cotton-cucurbit strip cropping arrangement, JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, (2026).
- Neighboring forest habitat in blueberry systems reduces patterns of dominance and generates higher seasonal stability of spider communities, GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, (2026).
Contact
Mailing Address
0001 Entomology Bld Lab
2360 Rainwater Road
Tifton, GA 31793 0000
Shipping Address
0001 Entomology Bld Lab
2360 Rainwater Road
Tifton, GA 31793 0000
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