Lia Romanotto

Dornhaus Lab
Romanotto
liaromanotto@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
she/her/hers

`Education: 

  • PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona (2025-)
  • BA in Biology and History, Lake Forest College (2021-2025)

Research Interests:

I am interested in exploring the effects of disturbance on ant colony-level life history strategies. Environmental disturbance has an impact on life history strategies, and urbanization and climate change act as disturbance factors that alter local temperatures, land availability, and soil composition. I plan to investigate how these factors impact life history strategies at the colony level in ants.

Publications: 

  • Rice, F., L. Romanotto, S. Paddon-Jones, and F. Barbosa. 2025. The function of antennation as courtship in bean beetles. Behavioral Processes 230, 105229.