University of Arizona
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Biological Sciences West, room 409
PO Box 210088
Tucson, AZ 85721-0088
Email: dorite@email.arizona.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Entomology with concentration in Behavioral Biology, 2007
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Dissertation: Chemical Communication in the German Cockroach: Pheromones and Heterospecific Courtship Eliciting Compounds.
Advisor: Dr. Coby Schal
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
M.S. in Plant Protection (Magna cum laude), 2002
Hebrew University, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Rehovot, Israel
Thesis: Aspects of the Control of Pheromone Production in the Cotton Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera.
Advisors: Dr. Shalom W. Applebaum and Dr. Ada Rafaeli
Department of Entomology
B.S. in Animal Sciences (Magna cum laude), 1998
Hebrew University, Faculty of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Quality Sciences, Rehovot, Israel
Teaching Experience
- Pima Community College, Adjunct Instructor, Human Nutrition and Biology (BIO 127), Spring, 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013.
- University of Arizona, Lab Module development, Animal Behavior.
- Pima Community College, Adjunct Instructor, Introduction to Biology for the Allied Health Sciences (BIO156), 2 sections, Fall, 2012.
- Pima Community College, Adjunct Instructor, Independent Research in Biology (BIO295), Summer, 2012.
- Pima Community College, Instructor, Introduction to Biology (for majors), Spring, 2011. This is an integrated lab and lecture course (4 credits). During the semester the lecture part of the course developed from mostly lecture-based to discussion-based.
- Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ: Guest lecture for “Animal Behavior”, Fall, 2008.
- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC: Teaching assistant for "Techniques in Molecular Ecology and Evolution", Spring 2007.
- Hebrew University, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Rehovot, Israel: Teaching assistant for "Introduction to Entomology (for non majors)", Fall 2001. I taught basic entomology concepts to small groups of undergraduate students as part of the laboratory portion of the course, and designed quizzes to evaluate their understanding.
Awards and Scholarships
- University of Arizona Center for Insect Science Postdoctoral travel award, Sixth International Symposium on Molecular Insect Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 2011.
- NIH-IRACDA-PERT postdoctoral fellowship
- Postdoctoral travel award, North American Section of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, October 2008.
- North Carolina Entomological Society Outstanding PhD Student award, November 2006.
- North Carolina Pest Control Association's Indoor Urban Entomology Scholarship, November 2004.
- Student travel award, Joint Meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology and the Phytochemical Society of North America, Ottawa, Canada, July 2004.
Professional Affiliations & Professional Development
- The Lepidoptera Course, Southwestern Research Station, Portal, AZ, 2012
- Biodiversity of True Bugs OTS course, Costa Rica, 2010
- Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop, Chapel Hill, NC, 2005
- Professional Development Workshop of the W.M. Keck Center for Behavioral Biology, Raleigh, NC, 2005
- Member of the International Society of Chemical Ecology
- Member of the Entomological Society of America
- Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Member of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (2007-2009)
Technical Skills
Chromatographic techniques, chemical synthesis, insect rearing, behavioral and physiological bioassays, scanning electron microscopy
Languages: English (fluent), Hebrew (native), Spanish, French, Arabic.
Institutional Service & Outreach Activities
- Reviewer: National Science Foundation, Naturwissenchaften, Journal of European Biology
- Arizona Assurance Mentor, 2012-2013
- Arizona Insect Festival, 2012
- PERT representative to the PERT Selection Committee for the Fall 2011 search
- Small group leader, Undergraduate Biology Research Program, Summer 2011
- Mentor, MCB181 Student project, Fall 2010
- Organizer, PERT Undergraduate Student Recruitment Event, Spring 2010
- Mike Duke Memorial Seminar committee, Entomology Graduate Student Association, 2005–2006
- President, Entomology Graduate Student Association, 2004–2005
- Outreach committee, Entomology Graduate Student Association, 2003–2005
- Organizer of cockroach display, Bugfest, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, 2004–2006
- Linnaean Games, team member, 2003–2005 (2003 National Champions)
- Entomology outreaches in schools (8 activities, 40-120 K-12 students each)
- Raleigh foodbank, community outreach service, Fall 2002