Meredith Miller

Education

Bachelor of Bio-Resource Management (Environmental Major)  - Graduated with Distinction June 2012 - University of Guelph 

Masters of Science in Environmental Science - Candidate - University of Guelph 

Advisor: Steve Marshall

Research

Meredith is working with Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae, a common genus of fruit fly. The project focuses on a review of the Drosophila species in northeastern North America, and on the creation of a photographic identification key to species. This key will include the Spotted-Wing Drosophila (SWD), a recent invasive pest. 

Publications

Renkema, J.M., Miller, M., Fraser, H., Légaré, J-PH. & Hallett, R.H. (2013). First Records of Zaprionus indianus Gupta (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from Commercial Fruit Fields in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 144: 125 - 130. 

Drewniak, Z., Finnegan, K., Miles, C. & Miller, M. (2013). National parks and protected areas in African countries: A free market environmentalism approach for social and environmental sustainability. Studies by Undergraduate Researchers at Guelph (SURG), 6(1). 

Awards

 OMAFRA- U of Guelph Partnership HQP Scholarship 

 Entomological Society of Canada's Biological Survey of Canada Scholarship