Alyssa Curry
EDUCATION
BS in Environmental Resource Management, Pennsylvania State University (2023)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I am interested in the different variables that contribute to the health and efficiency of honey bee colonies. Previously, during my undergraduate career at Penn State, I conducted lab work focused on the protein and lipid concentrations in collected pollen samples to better understand honey bee’s seasonal foraging preferences. Additionally, I spent a summer looking into brood manipulation as a pest management strategy which grew my passion for beekeeping and field work as a whole.
My current research is focused on how seasonality and nutritional variance impacts royal jelly production in nurse bees. I also work with the lab on conducting protein and lipid assays for a variety of projects and am excited to continue building my wet lab skill set.
AWARDS
Erickson Discovery Grant (2021)
Apes Valentes Undergraduate Award (2022)
College of Ag Sciences Undergraduate Research Award (2021)
Dutch Gold Honey Undergraduate Scholarship (2021)