Olivia Cope

Assistant Professor

she/her/hers

Office Location: Rieke Science Center - 142

Curriculum Vitae: View my CV

  • Professional

Education

  • Ph.D., Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2020
  • B.S., Genetics and Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 2015

Selected Presentations

  • “The importance of timing for plant defense against herbivores.”, Eastern Washington University Department of Biology., Cheney, WA. (28 February 2025)
  • “How timing matters in plant-herbivore interactions.", University of Idaho Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Nematology., Moscow, ID. (18 November 2024)
  • “Distinctive roles of timing-based trait variation in plant-herbivore interactions”., Ecological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR. (8 August 2023)

Selected Articles

  • Cope and Wetzel. "Oecologia." 2025:
  • Cope et al.. "Trends in Ecology and Evolution." 2022:
  • Cope et al.. "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences." 2021: