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\"OLYMPUS<\/a>JENNIFER SWEENEY<\/strong> is a MS student in the FLIES Facility and the Rollins Urban and Structural Entomology Facility. Currently\u00a0she is\u00a0co-advised by Dr. Tomberlin and Dr. Robert Puckett and is collaborating\u00a0with PhD student Elida Espinoza.\u00a0She received her BA in Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2014 where she also researched and reared\u00a0the common house fly and multiple\u00a0blow fly species.\u00a0She\u00a0interned at\u00a0the University of Tennessee\u00a0Knoxville’s Forensic Anthropology Center before\u00a0coming to\u00a0TAMU and has interests within\u00a0both forensic and urban entomology. Jen’s MS research\u00a0focuses on bacterial messaging\u00a0impacts the foraging behavior of the red imported fire ant (RIFA), Solenopsis invicta<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JENNIFER SWEENEY is a MS student in the FLIES Facility and the Rollins Urban and Structural Entomology Facility. 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