2024 Updates
In 2024, I presented my research at three different conferences and successfully defended my Master's thesis! Since then, I participated in my first invited talk at the Landscaping with Colorado Native Plants Conference in March, and am setting up my PhD field work for 2025.
Presenting my Master's thesis exit seminar in November of 2024.
I was awarded the 2024 Master's Student Achievement in Entomology Award from the Plant Insect-Ecosystems section of the Entomological Society of America, and I was honored to receive the award at the National ESA conference in Phoenix.
I received second place for my oral presentation at the national ESA conference in Phoenix, and first place for my oral presentation at the North Central Branch ESA meeting in Fort Collins.
Accepting the award for my oral presentation titled: "Parks pollinators and people: Does affluence shape bee and butterfly diversity in Denver city parks?"
Publications:
In Progress: Bailey, N., Mola, J. M. Neighborhood income, landscape, and local factors relate to differences in pollinator biodiversity in Denver city parks (Intended for submission to Ecological Entomology, 2025)
Accepted November 2024: Bailey, N., Mola, J. M. Neighborhood income, landscape, and local factors relate to differences in pollinator biodiversity in Denver city parks (Master’s thesis, available on ProQuest Spring 2025).
Bailey, N. (2020). Variation in Bumble Bee Foraging Preferences by Flower Characteristics in Southwest Michigan (Undergraduate dissertation, Kalamazoo College).
CV Updated January 2025