Dr. Decker recently finished her PhD at the University of Michigan with advisor Dr. Mark Hunter where she studied the chemical ecology of the monarch butterfly in the context of environmental change. Broadly, Dr. Decker is interested in the influence of plant chemistry on multitrophic interactions under future environmental conditions.

Dr. Decker received a B.A. from Cornell University where she completed a thesis project with Dr. André Kessler investigating the effects of herbivore-mediated changes in plant drought stress responses. This coming Fall, she will start a postdoc with Dr. Tadashi Fukami examining the effects of environmental change on nectar microbial communities and consequent pollinator visitation.