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Spencer Behmer
- Professor
- Office:
- HPCT 510
College Station - Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- (979) 321-5808
- Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PWFkATcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Education
- Undergraduate Education
- B.S. Biology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Graduate Education
- Ph.D. Entomology, The University of Arizona
- M.S. Biology/Ecology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Areas of Expertise
- Physiological Ecology with an emphasis on nutrition
Professional Summary
Spencer Behmer is a professor in the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University. Behmer is also a member of the Ecology & Evolutionary Biology PhD program, including being the Founding Chair. His research focuses on the nutritional physiology and ecology of insects, including ants, aphids, grasshoppers, caterpillars, and honey bees. He has 85 peer-reviewed publications and over the last 20 years secured $15M in federal funding to support his research program. Spence has been cited in peer-reviewed outlets over 5,400 occasions. He is currently the co-Editor for the Journal of Insect Physiology and serves on 4 editorial boards (Current Opinion in Insect Science, Current Research in Insect Science, Insect Science, and Insects). He was the Chair (2019) and Vice-Chair (2017) for the Gordon Research Conference on Plant-Herbivore Interactions and Panel Manager (2018) for the USDA-AFRI Pest and Beneficial Species in Agricultural Systems Program.