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David Holway received a B.A. in Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Utah. He joined the faculty at the University of California, San Diego in 2001, where he has served as the campus director of the UC Natural Reserve System and chair of the section on Ecology, Behavior & Evolution. His research focuses on the ecology of biological invasions, particularly regarding social insects such as ants, bees, and wasps. Key questions in his work include understanding the factors that control susceptibility to invasion, the impacts of invasions over time, and the ability of native species assemblages to recover after experimental removal of invaders. Additionally, he studies the declining populations of pollinators and the implications for pollination services in agricultural and non-managed systems, exploring how land-use intensification affects pollinator assemblages and how non-native species may negatively interact with native pollinators.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).