Nathan Havill

American biologist (born 1972)

College of William & Mary (BSc)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (MSc)
Yale University (MSc & PhD)

Scientific careerFields

Entomology
Evolution
Population genetics
Ecology
Systematics
Phylogenetics
Taxonomy
Conservation biology
DNA sequencing

Institutions

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University
United States Forest Service

Nathan Peterson Havill (born 1972) is an American entomologist and evolutionary biologist. Havill is a Research Entomologist with the United States Forest Service in Hamden, Connecticut and is internationally recognized on the phylogeny of Adelgidae.

Career

Since 1996 Havill has been a member of the Entomological Society of America. Since 2001, he has been a member of the Connecticut Entomological Society. Since 2012, he has been a member of the Society for the Study of Evolution.^[1]

His research focuses on the ecology and evolution of multi-trophic interactions and, in particular invasive pests, their natural enemies, and the impacted trees.^[1]

Selected publications

Havill, Nathan P.; Montgomery, Michael E.; Keena, Melody (2011). "Hemlock woolly adelgid and its hemlock hosts: a global perspective". Implementation and Status of Biological Control of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (PDF). Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team. pp. 3–14.
Havill, Nathan P.; Shiyake, Shigehiko; Galloway, Ashley Lamb; Foottit, Robert G.; Yu, Guoyue; Paradis, Annie; Elkinton, Joseph; Montgomery, Michael E.; Sano, Masakazu; Caccone, Adalgisa (2016). "Ancient and modern colonization of North America by hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), an invasive insect from East Asia". Molecular Ecology. 25 (9): 2065–2080. doi:10.1111/mec.13589. hdl:10919/97881. PMID 26880353. S2CID 32577303. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
Havill, Nathan P.; Gaimari, Stephen D.; Caccone, Adalgisa (2018). "Cryptic east-west divergence and molecular diagnostics for two species of silver flies (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae: Leucopis) from North America being evaluated for biological control of hemlock woolly adelgid". Biological Control. 121. Academic Press: 23–29. doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2018.02.004.
Havill, Nathan; Cognato, Anthony; del-Val, Ek; Rabaglia, Robert; Garrick, Ryan C. (2019). "New Molecular Tools for Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Reveal an East–West Genetic Subdivision of Early Pleistocene Origin". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 3 (2). Oxford University Press: 2. doi:10.1093/isd/ixz002. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
Andersen, Jeremy C.; Havill, Nathan P.; Caccone, Adalgisa; Elkinton, Joseph S. (2021). "Four times out of Europe: Serial invasions of the winter moth, Operophtera brumata, to North America". Molecular Ecology. 30 (14): 3439–3452. doi:10.1111/mec.15983. PMID 34033202. S2CID 234212289. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
Gaimari, Stephen D.; Havill, Nathan P. (2021). "A new genus of Chamaemyiidae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea) predaceous on Adelgidae (Hemiptera), with a key to chamaemyiid species associated with Pinaceae-feeding Sternorrhyncha". Zootaxa. 5067 (1): 1–39. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5067.1.1. PMID 34810763. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
Havill, Nathan P.; Griffin, Brian P.; Andersen, Jeremy C.; Foottit, Robert G.; Justesen, Mathias J.; Caccone, Adalgisa; D'Amico, Vincent; Elkinton, Joseph S. (2021). "Species delimitation and invasion history of the balsam woolly adelgid, Adelges (Dreyfusia) piceae (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea: Adelgidae), species complex". Systematic Entomology. 46 (1): 186–204. doi:10.1111/syen.12456. S2CID 226336413. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
Schulz, Ashley N.; Mech, Angela M.; Ayres, Matthew P.; Gandhi, Kamal J. K.; Havill, Nathan P.; Herms, Daniel A.; Hoover, Angela M.; Hufbauer, Ruth A.; Liebhold, Andrew M.; Marsico, Travis D.; Raffa, Kenneth F.; Tobin, Patrick C.; Uden, Daniel R.; Thomas, Kathryn A. (2021). "Predicting non-native insect impact: focusing on the trees to see the forest". Biological Invasions. 23 (12): 3921–3936. doi:10.1525/bio.2010.60.11.5. S2CID 28154739. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
Havill, Nathan P.; Dickson, Stephen M.; Kanoti, Allison; Parisio, Michael S.; Weimer, Jennifer; Zembrzuski, Deanna (2022). "Mass deposition of hemlock woolly adelgid sexuparae on New England beaches" (PDF). Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society. 18: 14–17. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
Dial, Dustin T.; Weglarz, Kathryn M.; Aremu, Akintunde O.; Havill, Nathan P.; Pearson, Taylor A.; Burke, Gaelen R.; von Dohlen, Carol D. (2022). "Transitional genomes and nutritional role reversals identified for dual symbionts of adelgids (Aphidoidea: Adelgidae)". The ISME Journal. 16 (3): 642–654. doi:10.1038/s41396-021-01102-w. PMC 8857208. PMID 34508228.