Susan Whitehead
Assistant Professor

I am an evolutionary ecologist interested in the mechanisms and consequences of interactions involving plants and other organisms. My research is generally grounded in field-based studies, but I take an integrative approach that includes phytochemical analysis, laboratory bioassays, and a diversity of quantitative methods. 

I began as an assistant professor at Virginia Tech in January 2017. Previously I was a postdoctoral researcher with Katja Poveda at Cornell University and a PhD student with Deane Bowers at the University of Colorado.
Contact: swhitehead@vt.edu | Google Scholar | Download CV
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Lauren Maynard
Graduate Student
Lauren finished her B.S. in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology in 2015 and will be joining the lab in Fall 2017. We are so excited to have her!
Alex Corrigan
Undergraduate Researcher
Alex began in the lab in Jan 2017 and is becoming a true whiz at processing chromatograms.  

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The Whitehead Lab would like to grow! Please see the lab opportunities section for more details and contact me if you are interested in joining!

Billy and Joe
Junior Researchers

We are a big brother & little brother team investigating the generalist foraging strategies of lepidopterans and their effects on weight gain prior to pupation.