Dr. Xose Lopez Goldar
- About
Biography
Dr. Xosé López Goldar holds a B.S in Biology and a M.S in Biodiversity and Ecosystems (University of Vigo), and his Ph.D in Biology (Spanish National Research Council). He also had 5 years of postdoctoral experience at Michigan State University, Montana State University (Wetzel lab) and Cornell University (Agrawal lab). He started his position at Illinois State University as assistant professor in Evolutionary Ecology in the fall of 2025.
Current Courses
BSC 490.001 Biostatistics
BSC 499.014 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
BSC 599.014 Research In The Biological Sciences
BSC 420.001 Seminar in Biostatistics Laboratory
BSC 599.014 Research In The Biological Sciences
BSC 290.020 Research In Biological Sciences
Teaching Interests & Areas
Student engagement; Coevolution; Plant-insect interactions; Chemical ecology; Plant and insect physiology.
Research Interests & Areas
I am an evolutionary ecologist interested in the drivers that govern species interactions, particularly between plants and insects. To do so I combine chemical ecology, population genetic and molecular techniques. I am broadly interested in plant local adaptation to abiotic and biotic stresses, how plant organ-specific traits mediate interactions with insects along environmental gradients, and how climate change stressors may disrupt plant-insect ecological and evolutionary dynamics.