Valle Rogers

Title: 
Graduate Student
Bio: 

I’m an entomologist studying biological control with a focus on parasitic Hymenoptera.

Admittance and Program

Fall 2022 PhD in Entomology 

Education

BS, Molecular Environmental Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 2015

Research Lab

Daane Lab, Roderick Lab

Research Areas

Entomology, Hymenoptera, Invasive Species, Biological Control

Selected Publications

  • Moran, P. J., Rogers, D. V., Bitume, E. V., Portman, S. L. & Goolsby, J. A. Establishment and dispersal of the armoured scale Rhizaspidiotus donacis for biological control of Arundo donax in northern California.Biocontrol Sci. Technol.35, 755–776 (2025).

  • Lisi, F. et al. Potential interactions of larval and pupal drosophila parasitoids and their implications for biological control of Drosophila suzukii. Biol. Control 204, 105756 (2025).

  • Hougardy, E., Rogers, D. V. & Hogg, B. N. Foraging abilities and competitive interactions between two egg parasitoids of bagrada bug in California.Bull. Entomol. Res.114, 737–743 (2024).

  • Bitume, E. V., Rogers, D. V., Pratt, P. D., Goolsby, J. A. & Moran, P. J. Establishment of the wasp Tetramesa romana for biological control of Arundo donax in northern California and the role of release plot manipulation. Biol. Control192, 105489 (2024).

  • Heraty, J. M. et al.New record in the Hawaiian Islands of Orasema minutissima (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae), an ant-parasitic wasp and a potential biocontrol agent against the Little Fire Ant, Wasmannia auropunctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).Rec. Hawaii Biol. Surv. 2020 Bish. Mus. Occas. Pap. 137 7–18137, 7–18 (2021).

  • Iyer, R. G., Rogers, D. V., Levine, M., Winchell, C. J. & Weisblat, D. A. Reproductive differences among species, and between individuals and cohorts, in the leech genus Helobdella (Lophotrochozoa; Annelida; Clitellata; Hirudinida; Glossiphoniidae), with implications for reproductive resource allocation in hermaphrodites.PLOS ONE14, e0214581 (2019). 

Selected Presentations

  • Rogers, D. V.Do deep diving larvae exploit enemy free space?Spotted wing drosophila larval depth in berries and parasitism by the natural enemy Ganaspis kimorum Entomological Society of America Meeting (2025). (poster presentation)

Selected Honors and Awards

  • Robert van den Bosch Scholarship: Graduate Student Research in Biological Control (2024-2027)

  • Environmental Science Policy Management Continuing Fellowship (2024)

  • Environmental Science Policy Management Summer Research Grant (2023-2025)

  • Margaret C. Walker Fund for Systematic Entomology (2023)

  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2022-2027)

  • Member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society (2015-Present)

  • Rausser College of Natural Resources Highest Distinction (2015)

  • Top graduate in Molecular Environmental Biology (2014-2015)

  • Top graduate in the Department of Environmental Science Policy Management (2014-2015)

Role: 
Graduate Student