Kate LeCroy
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Entomology
Kate LeCroy is a USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow with Scott McArt in the Department of Entomology. Kate explores the drivers of species declines in a group of solitary bee species (mason bees, genus Osmia). She is currently documenting the fungal life histories within the nest cavities of native mason bee species and non-native mason bee species introduced for crop pollination services in North America. Kate is especially interested in evaluating the pathogenicity non-native fungal species that were co-introduced with non-native mason bees, because she has documented novel fungi-native bee species interactions in the introduced range. Kate performs this research by building partnerships with community scientists, which she hopes to do throughout her career. You can follow Kate’s research on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeesYall her website: https://kathrynlecroy.com/ and her Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=u7hBtGQAAAAJ