Robert Gegear

Robert Gegear, PhD

Assistant Professor

Biology

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Education

2010University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolPostdoc
2006University of TorontoPostdoc
2002Western UniversityPhD

Teaching

Programs

Research

Research awards

  • $ 599,926 awarded by National Science Foundation for Connecting Undergraduates to Biodiversity Instruction through Citizen Science (CUBICS)
  • $ 8,799 awarded by Landscape Interactions LLC for MA Lawn Conversion Project
  • $ 3,399 awarded by Landscape Interactions LLC for NY Pollinate Now!

Research

Research interests

  • Conservation of native pollination systems
  • Neuroecology of plant-pollinator interactions
  • Multi-modal sensory integration
  • Floral evolution
  • Bumblebee ecology

Select publications

  • Mobley, M.W.& R.J. Gegear. (2018).
    Once size does not fit all: Sex and caste differences in the response of bumblebees to chronic neonicotinoid exposure.
    PLOS ONE, 13(10)
  • Mobley, M.W. & R.J. Gegear (2018).
    Immune-cognitive system connectivity reduces bumblebee foraging success in complex multisensory floral environments.
    Nature Scientific Reports, 8:5953
  • Gegear, R.J., Burns, R. & K. Swoboda (2017).
    ‘Hummingbird’ floral traits interact synergistically to discourage visitation by bumblebee foragers.
    Ecology, 98, 489-499.

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