My research and project focus is on undergraduate research experience and project based learning. 

• Agroecology. 
• Urban farming and sustainability. 
• Phytoremediation. 
• Metal hyperaccumulator and accumulator plants.
• Bioavailability, bioaccumulation and biotransfer of heavy metals. 
• Conservation and restoration. 
• Plant and insect interactions.

Publications

Kay, A. D., Chapman E.J. Cheruiyot D. J., Lowery S., Singer S. R., Small S., Stone A. M., Warthen R., and Westbroek W. Potential for urban agriculture to support accessible and impactful undergraduate biology education. Ecology and Evolution. 

Geisert, R. W., Cheruiyot D. J.,Hibbard B. E., Shapiro-Ilan D. I., Shelby K. S., and    Coudron T. A. 2018.  Comparative Assessment of Four Steinernematidae and Three Heterorhabditidae Species for Infectivity of Larval Diabrotica Virgifera Virgifera, Journal of Economic Entomology111 (2): 542-548

Cheruiyot, D. J., Boyd R. S. and Moar W. J. 2015. Testing the Joint Effect Hypothesis of Elemental Defense Using Spodoptera Exigua(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology:1573-1561(Epub ahead of print). 

Cheruiyot, D. J., Boyd R. S. Coudron, T. A. and Cobine, B. A. 2013. Biotransfer,   Bioaccumulation and Effects of Herbivore Dietary Co, Cu, Ni, and Zn on Growth and Development of the Insect Predator Podisus maculiventris(Say). Journal Chemical Ecology 39 (6): 764-772

Cheruiyot, D. J., Boyd R. S. and Moar W. J. 2013. Exploring Lower Limits of Plant Elemental Defense by Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, and Zinc. Journal of Chemical Ecology 39 (5): 666-674.

Cheruiyot, D. J. and Schwartz B. W.  2007. Conversion of Male Gametophytes to Hermaphrodites in the Fern Ceratopteris richardii. BIOS 78: 58–61