Meet the editor

Vonnie D.C. Shields, Ph.D., is currently a full professor in the Biological Sciences Department and the associate dean of the Fisher College of Science and Mathematics, Towson University, USA. Dr. Shields' research explores gustatory, olfactory, and visual cues in insects. Her laboratory employs morphological, behavioral, and electrophysiological techniques to better understand sensory mechanisms by which larval and

adult insects find host plants and detect plant-associated volatiles. Another line of research involves determining olfactory chemicals eliciting walking behavior. Dr. Shields received both a BS and Ph.D. from the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. A portion of her Ph.D. studies was carried out at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. After graduating, she accepted a research associate position to conduct postdoctoral studies at the Arizona Research Laboratories Division of Neurobiology, University of Arizona, USA, before she joined the faculty at Towson University where she rose through the ranks from assistant to full professor.

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