Tania Kim

Tania Kim is Associate Professor in the Department of Entomology at Kansas State University. Her research integrates community and landscape ecology to understand how environmental variability affects plant-insect interactions and biodiversity patterns, with applications to conservation and sustainable agriculture.

Research examines:

• Environmental drivers of insect biodiversity
• Land-use impacts on ecosystem services
• Microbial mediation of plant-insect interactions
• Agricultural landscape management
• Biocontrol agent ecology

Current projects investigate effects of soil amendments on pest-predator interactions, phosphorus cycling in agricultural systems, and microbial degradation of contaminants. Research employs molecular tools (high-throughput sequencing), stable isotope analysis, and field experiments across agricultural and natural landscapes.