Jennifer Rosati

Jennifer Rosati

Assistant Professor
Phone number: 
212-393-6868
Room number and address: 
05.66.23

Education

2014   PhD   University of Windsor (Biological Sciences)

1997   BSc    University of Guelph (Wildlife Biology)

Bio

Jennifer is a Professor of Forensic Entomology in the Department of Sciences at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Her PhD thesis involved a field-based study that determined the effect of season and habitat on the carrion insect community over a wide spatial and temporal scale, in addition to a lab-based study that determined the role of priority effects on the colonization behavior of blow fly species. Her current research focus is on validating the field of forensic entomology by incorporating ecological principles into investigative practices and implementing stringent research practices in field and lab-based experimental design protocols. Research topics in her lab range from examining the importance of species interactions in the behavior and successional dynamics of forensically important insects during decomposition to studying community dynamics of the carrion insect community.Her lab also focuses on species identification and the use of insects for the detection of various drugs, toxins and proteins during development (entomotoxicology). Jennifer is a supporter of research at the undergraduate and graduate levels and serves as a mentor to many students in the forensic science program.

 

Scholarly Work

Selected Publications: 

Area of Expertise

Faculty Expertise: topics/keywords

Jennifer's area of expertise includes: Ecology and Evolution, Taxonomy, Insect Species Identification, Entomotoxicology, Decomposition Ecology and Forensic Entomology. Specific areas of research include determining the role of biotic and abiotic factors on the carrion insect community and on the development of carrion insects during the adult and larval stages and improving the reliability of species' identification for forensic entomology practices.