Research Technician
Ey239@cornell.edu
Education A.L.B., Biology with Honors, cum laude, 2010, Harvard University Extension School
Current Projects and Research Interests
I help lead our collaborative on-station research through the collaborative Precision Sustainable Agriculture project. We are investigating the effects of cover crop species and fertility rates in field corn to provide data to support farmer decision-making for site-specific cover crop and nitrogen management. We are also investigating the effects of cover crop termination and corn planting time on insect pest and slug prevalence, weed populations, and diseases. In addition, I provide technical support for all additional ongoing research projects.
I am especially interested in how agroecological strategies can enhance populations of beneficial soil invertebrates and am currently examining the effects of crop rotation and management strategies in a long-term organic cropping system on soil mesofauna.
When not in the field or lab, I can be found in the woods identifying plants and insects and foraging for mushrooms or curating ants in the Cornell University Insect Collection.
Publications
Malé, P. J. G., Youngerman, E., Pierce, N. E., & Frederickson, M. E. (2020). Mating system, population genetics, and phylogeography of the devil’s garden ant, Myrmelachista schumanni, in thePeruvi an Amazon. Insectes Sociaux, 67(1), 113-125.
Janda, M., Matos-Maraví, P., Borovanska, M., Zima, J., Youngerman, E., & Pierce, N. E. (2016).Phylogeny and population genetic structure of the ant genus Acropyga (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) in Papua New Guinea. Invertebrate Systematics, 30(1), 28-40.
Cembrowski, A. R., Reurink, G., Hernandez, L. A., Sanders, J. G., Youngerman, E., & Frederickson, M. E. (2015). Sporadic pollen consumption among tropical ants. Insectes Sociaux, 1-4.
Youngerman, E., Brooke E. Flammang, and George V. Lauder. (2014). Locomotion of free-swimming ghost knifefish: anal fin kinematics during four behaviors. 337-348.