Leo Carpenter

Leo is interested in how bridging lab and field work to study pollinator behavior and health. In the Jones lab, he’s looking forward to examining the effects of environmental stressors in agroecosystems and lab settings on bumble bee colony health, learning, and social behaviors. They earned their B.S. with Honors in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology at Missouri State University, where they researched bumble bee communities, pollinator-plant interactions, and foraging behavior in Dr. Avery Russell’s lab. He also studied freshwater mussels, pseudoscorpions, and a few butterflies. Leo is eager to work with farmers, researchers, community organizers and community science efforts to improve native pollinator awareness, habitats, and populations.