Jay D Evans is a Research Scientist at the Bee Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture. He holds an A.B. in Biology from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Utah. He performs research in Bioinformatics, Entomology, and Genetics. Current lab projects involve interactions among bees, microbes, mite-transmitted viruses, and efforts to reduce bee losses from chemical and biotic stresses.