Elaine Losekamp is an Entomology MS student in the Gonthier Lab at the University of Kentucky.  She graduated from Western Kentucky University with a BSc degree in Agriculture in 2020.  While a student at WKU, Elaine spent two years serving as an intern for a community garden called Top Crops where she developed a passion for small-scale, diversified fruit and vegetable farming.  Since graduating, she has worked in the South-Central Kentucky food system in a variety of capacities, including developing a new food recovery program for Glean Kentucky, managing the Community Farmers Market in Bowling Green, and working in vegetable production at Need More Acres Farm in Scottsville, KY. 

Elaine is interested in researching and supporting sustainable farming practices.  She is excited to further her understanding of sustainable pest management strategies and contribute to research on the multiple benefits of protective netting in organic vegetable production with the Gonthier Lab.