Maggie Shanahan

Maggie is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Entomology studying resin use in honey bees and stingless bees. Before coming to the University of Minnesota, Maggie graduated with a B.S. in biology from the University of Puget Sound, and then spent four years working as an extension educator at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) in Chiapas, Mexico. In her doctoral research, Maggie studies the role of antimicrobial resins in supporting honey bee and stingless bee health. Drawing from her own background in beekeeping and building on collaborations established through her time at ECOSUR, Maggie's goal is to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration between the honey bee and stingless bee research communities to address shared bee health issues.