Biography

Born in Colombia, South America, Juliana obtained a B.S. in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution in 2004 from the University of California, San Diego. In 2010 she obtained a Ph.D. in Neurobiology and Behavior from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. She was an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow from 2010 to 2013 at North Carolina State University. She joined the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University in 2013 and was promoted to Professor of Apiculture 2023. She studies the biotic and environmental factors that affect the health of honeybees.