Permanent Address:
3059 Apple Lane,
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
N8R 1K7

Education:
Ph.D. Zoology.2007, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thesis Title: Indirect effects and an invasive species: Complexity in simple food-webs.
Advisor: Dr. Anthony R. Ives

M.S. Entomology.2002,Auburn University
Thesis Title: The effects of habitat complexity on biological control of herbivores and natural enemy interacactions
Advisor: Dr. Micky D. Eubanks

Honours B.Sc., Zoology.2000, University of Guelph
Thesis Title: Cold storage effects on the emergence and sex ratio of Trichogramma minutum.
Advisor: James E. Corrigan

Academic Positions/Employment
01/2007-present, Post-doctoral Fellow Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor

2002-2006, Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Departments of Zoology and Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2000-2002, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University

1999-2000, Research Technician, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph.

Fellowships and Awards
- Vilas Fellowship.GraduateSchool, University of Wisconsin-Madison.2005.
- Presidential Research Fellowship.AuburnUniversity.2000-2002.
- H. G. & M. Good and F. S & M. Arant Award. Outstanding Master's Student in Entomology and Plant Pathology.AuburnUniversity.2001.
- Outstanding Master's Student Award.AuburnUniversity.2000-2001.
- President’s Prize, best talk in Behavior and Ecology. Student Competition. Annual meeting.Entomological Society of America, Fort Lauderdale, FL.2002.
- President’s Prize, best talk in Behavior and Ecology. Student Competition. Annual meeting. Entomological Society of America, San Diego, CA.2001. - First Place, Student Competition. Graduate Student Research Forum, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.2002.

Publications
Forbes, A. E., C. T. Harvey and K. J. Tilmon. 2005. No evidence for competition between spotted alfalfa aphid (Therioaphismaculata) and pea aphid (Acyrtho siphonpisum) in alfalfa. J. Kan. Entomol. Soc.78: 387-389.

Harvey, C. T. and M. D. Eubanks. 2005. Intraguild predation by Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) does not disrupt parasitoid biological control. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 114: 127-135. Harvey, C. T. and M. D. Eubanks. 2004. Effects of habitat complexity on biological control by the red imp orted fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in collards. Biol. Cont. 29: 348-358.

Cardinale, B. J., C. T. Harvey, K. Gross, and A. R. Ives. 2003. Biodiversity and biocontrol: emergent impacts of a multi-enemy assemblage on pest suppression and crop yield in an agroecosystem. Ecol. Lett. 6: 857-865.

Publications in Review or Preparation
Harvey, C. T. in review. An indirect interaction with multiple outcomes: Effects of prey preference and prey density in a simple food-web. Oikos.

Harvey, C. T., K. J. Forbes, B.J. Cardinale and A.R. Ives. in friendly review. Impact of an invasive species spans ecological systems due to an indirect interaction. submitting to Ecology Letters.

Harvey, C. T., J. P. Harmon and A. R. Ives. in prep. Direct and indirect effects of a non-host prey on a parasitoid-host interaction. submitting to Ecology.

Sonnleitner, C. A., C. T. Harvey and J. P. Harmon. in prep. Prey preference in Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) toward two aphid prey species. submitting to Can. Entomol.

Francke, D. L., J. P. Harmon and C. T. Harvey. in prep. Effect of a prey defensive behaviour on the ontogenetic-specific foraging efficiency of a generalist predator.

Drilias, E. J., P. A. Milewski, C. T. Harvey and A. R. Ives. in prep. Environmental variation alters the outcome of an enemy-mediated indirect effect between two prey species.

Presentations

Invited Talks
Harvey, C. T.2006.Food-web ecology: Direct interactions, indirect interactions and invasive species. General Ecology Lecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Harvey, C. T.2006.Food web interactions. Undergraduate Biological Research Society, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Tilmon, K. J., B. J. Cardinale, C. T. Harvey, A. E. Forbes and A. R. Ives.2005.The role of biodiversity in pea aphid biological control. Annual meeting, Entomological Society of America, Salt Lake City, UT.

Harvey, C. T.2005.Invasive Species: What are they and how they impact native systems. Introductory Ecology Lecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Harvey, C. T.2004.Invasive Species: Impacts that span ecosystems. General Ecology Lecture: Topics in Population Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Harvey, C. T.2004.Adaptive radiation and convergent evolution. Introductory Ecology Lecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Harvey, C. T.2004.Invasive species. Introductory Ecology Lecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Submitted Talks/Presentations
Harvey, C. T.2006Indirect interactions with multiple outcomes in a simple, multi-species food-web. Oral Paper Presentation (20 min.).Annual meeting, Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN.

Harvey, C. T. and A. R. Ives. 2005.Apparent competition among prey leads to intraguild predation among predators. Oral Paper Presentation (15 min.).Annual meeting, Ecological Society of America, Montreal, PQ.

Harvey, C. T., A. E. Forbes, B. J. Cardinale and A. R.Ives.2004.Invasive species: Impacts that span ecosystems. Oral Paper Presentation (15 min.).Annual meeting, Ecological Society of America, Portland,OR.

Harvey, C. T. and M. D. Eubanks.2003.Effects of habitat complexity on natural enemy interactions within a terrestrial food web.Oral Paper Presentation (15 min.).Annual meeting, Ecological Society of America, Savannah, GA.

Harvey, C. T. and M. D. Eubanks.2002.Effects of habitat complexity on trophic interactions involving the red imported fire ant.Student Competition (12 min.).Annual meeting, Entomological Society of America, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Harvey, C. T. and M. D. Eubanks.2002.Effects of red imported fire ants and habitat complexity on biological control in collards.Poster Presentation. National Imported Fire Ant Conference, Athens, GA.

Harvey, C. T. and M. D. Eubanks.2002.Red imported fire ants: Positive contributors to biological control in cole crops. Student Competition (12 min.). Southeastern Branch meeting, Entomological Society of America, Little Rock, AK.

Harvey, C. T. and M. D. Eubanks.2002.Ants and wasps: Tag-team biological control. Student Competition (12 min.).Graduate Student Research Forum, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.

Harvey, C. T. and M. D. Eubanks.2001.Effects of red imported fire ants on caterpillar-parasitoid interactions. Student Competition (12 min.).Annual meeting, Entomological Society of America, San Diego, CA.

Harvey, C. T. and M. D. Eubanks.2001.Effects of red imported fire ants on caterpillar-parasitoid interactions. Poster presentation. Annual meeting, Ecological Society of America, Madison, WI.

Harvey, C. T. and M. D. Eubanks.2001.Effects of red imported fire ants on caterpillar-parasitoid interactions in agroecosystems. Poster presentation. Graduate Student Research Forum, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.

Professional Affiliations & Services
- Member of the Ecological Society of America.2003-present
- Member of the Entomological Society of America.2002-present
- Reviewer of papers submitted to Nature, Ecology, J. Animal Ecology, Basic and Applied Ecology, J. Insect Science and Bull. Entomological Research.

Students Mentored
Catherine A. Sonnleitner.2005-2006.Undergraduate, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thesis: Prey preference in a generalist predator toward two aphid prey species.(manuscript in prep).

PuiPik Peggy Lee.2006-present.Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellow; University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thesis: Spatial scale changes in the density-dependent reproductive response of a predator to two prey species.

Daniel Rowlands.2006-present.Undergraduate, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thesis: Development of kin recognition behaviour in a generalist predator.

Devon L. Francke.2006-present.Undergraduate, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thesis: Effects of a prey defensive behaviour and predator ontogeny on the foraging efficiency of a generalist predator. (Manuscript in prep).

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