Olga Kostromytska

Olga Kostromytska is an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Extension. She has an MS and PhD in entomology from the University of Florida, and specializes in turf entomology, the landscaping and nursery industries, and urban landscapes. Kostromytska brings extensive experience with biocontrols and chemical ecology. In the course of her work, she has observed the rise of jumping worms across the Massachusetts landscapes and industries she works in, and has seen direct financial impacts of jumping worm infestation in nurseries. Kostromytska’s primary mission is the pursuit of solid and rigorous research foundations to the practical problem solutions.