My research responsibilities include insect pest management for vegetable crops and systems analysis in applied ecology. Applied research projects on Ohio vegetable pests focus on sampling, decision guidelines, and the biology needed to develop alternative control strategies.
More fundamental research tends to focus on insect dispersal at various spatial scales.
My wife and I have a 5 year old son and an 8 year old daughter, and I try to make time for soccer, skiing, brewing beer, and a long-term project in learning to play the fiddle, mostly Irish but other styles as time and ability permit. Hoy, C. W. 1991. Variable-intensity sampling for proportion of plants infested with pests. J. Econ Entomol. Hoy, C. W., G. Head, and F. R. Hall.