Nadya Muchoney collecting field data in Dixie National Forest, Utah.

ABOUT me

 I received my Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from Boston College in 2013.  After completing my degree, I contributed to diverse ecological research projects throughout the Intermountain West, New England, and the Mariana Islands as a field technician.

I completed my Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology at University of Nevada, Reno in 2022, where I was an NSF Graduate Research Fellow within the lab of Dr. Angela Smilanich. I am currently an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology within the lab of Dr. Jaap de Roode at Emory University.
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My research focuses on the complex interactions between plants, the insect herbivores that ​consume them, and the natural enemies that attack those herbivores. Through both laboratory and field-based inquiry, I am examining the intersecting influences of host plant chemistry, insect immune defenses, and entomopathogen infection on the ecology and evolution of wild Lepidoptera.