Education

• M.S. in Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2025
• B.S. in Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, 2022

Publications

1. Kaler E, Nabukalu P, Murrell E, Cox S and Louis J (2025). Utilizing genetic variation in perennial sorghum to improve host plant resistance to aphids. Scientific Reports, 15(1): 13569.
2. Shrestha K, Thapa K, Kaler E, Taniguchi M, Sattler SE, Schnable JC and Louis J (2025). Employing spectral features to accelerate phenotyping of sorghum resistance to sap-feeding aphids. Plant Direct, 9(7): e70092.
3. Liu H, Gorman Z, Sorg A, Maurer H, Shinde S, Kaler E, Basset GJ, Louis J and Block AK (2025). The herbivore-inducible coumarate-CoA ligase (Zm4CL5) in maize contributes to the production of non-lignin phenylpropanoids. Planta, 261: 101. 
4. Shinde S*, Ikuze E*, Kaler E*, Verma K* and Louis J (2025). Fall armyworm frass induce sorghum defenses against insect herbivores. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 51: 39. *Co-first author.