Christina Grozinger

PhD, Dir. Center for Pollinator Research

Christina Grozinger is the Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology and the Director for the Center for Pollinator Research at Penn State. She is a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She received her bachelor's degree in chemistry and biology at McGill University, and her master's and doctoral degrees from Harvard University.

Grozinger uses an integrative approach – from genomics to ecology – to study health and social behavior in bees. Together with other members of the Penn State Center for Pollinator Research, Grozinger is developing comprehensive approaches to improve the health of wild and managed pollinators, and coordinates networks of researchers, stakeholders, educators and policymakers to address these issues.