Emily Runnion

Emily completed her PhD in Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology as a member of the Sivakoff Lab at The Ohio State University in 2025. Previously, she completed her bachelors in Natural Resources at The University of Arizona, with an emphasis on Wildlife Management and Conservation. Emily’s graduate research focused on the interacting and non-target effects of common stressors on bumble bee health and pollination services, specifically in large greenhouse systems and in lab-reared managed colonies. In the summer of 2025, she joined the Strange Lab as a post-doctoral researcher. The research goals of this current position focus on identifying landscape attributes and management strategies appropriate for endangered bumble bee reintroduction efforts, bumble bee-pathogen interactions, and bee community composition.