Rachel A. Arango, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Matt Aro, Mike Barnes, John Heyesen, Kelly Bartz, Glenn Larkin, Mark E. Mankowski, Rachel A. Arango, Grant T. Kirker, Gerald Presley, Jeff Morrell, Adam Taylor, Rod Stirling. 2024. Efforts at AWPA to create a pathway for standardization and incorporation of thermally modified woods
• Mercy Ogunruku, Tamara S. F. A. França, Frederico J. N. França, R. Daniel Seale, Rachel A. Arango, Henry J. Quesada. 2024. Mechanical Properties of Underutilized Hardwood Species and Potential for Use in Fabrication of Cross-Laminated Timber Industrial Mats
• Rachel A. Arango, Amy B. Bishell, Katie M. Ohno, Thomas G. Shelton, Sean Schoville, Camila Carlos-Shanley, Kier D. Klepzig. 2024. Seasonal shifts in gut microbiota and cold tolerance metrics in a northern population of Reticulitermes flavipes (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae)
• Katie M. Ohno, Rachel A. Arango, Ronald C. Sabo, Craig M. Clemons, Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell. 2024. Cellulose nanomaterials in growth media for wood decay fungi
• Grant T. Kirker, Christopher Adam Senalik, Xiping Wang, Katie M. Ohno, Rachel A. Arango, Mark E. Mankowski, Joseph Eskola, Nathan Kamprath, Sebastian Karwaczynski, Mark Weaver. 2024. Evaluation of mass timber materials for military and commercial trailer decking
• F. Diğdem Tuncer, S. Nami Kartal, Ekim Elçin Soytürk, Rachel A. Arango, Katie M. Ohno, M. Serdar Önses, Nusret Çelik, Claudia Marcela. Ibanez. 2024. Changes in chemical properties and microstructure of Pinus taeda and Eucalyptus bosistoana woods modified by contact charring
• Tamara S.F.A. França, Frederico J.N. França, Rachel A. Arango, Adriana Costa, Mercy Ogunruku. 2023. Properties of African Mahogany Wood Commercially Available in the United States
• Laura Hasburgh, Grant T. Kirker, Katie M. Ohno, Rachel A. Arango, Kara Yedinak, Samuel L. Zelinka. 2023. Fire Protection Research at the Forest Products Laboratory
• Sebastian Oberst, Shahrokh Sepehrirahnama, Can Nerse, Zourab Brodzeli, Joseph C.S. Lai, Mark E. Mankowski, Tye Atkinson, Rachel A. Arango, Grant T. Kirker, Theo Evans. 2023. Towards a microactuator-sensing network for the structural health monitoring of timber poles
• Ekim Elçin Soytürk, S. Nami Kartal, Rachel A. Arango, Katie M. Ohno, Edanur Solhan, İclal Çağlayan, Claudia Marcela. Ibanez. 2023. Surface carbonization of wood: comparison of the biological performance of Pinus taeda and Eucalyptus bosistoana woods modified by contact charring method
• Rachel A. Arango, Stan T. Lebow, Vina Yang, Samuel L. Zelinka, Patricia K. Lebow, Patrick DeWald. 2023. Evaluation of moldicidal additives for wood preservatives used in dip-treatment of wood packaging materials for military applications.
• Sajad Bagheri, Mona Alinejad, Katie M. Ohno, Laura Hasburgh, Rachel A. Arango, Mojgan Nejad. 2022. Improving durability of cross laminated timber (CLT) with borate treatment
• Grant T. Kirker, Katie M. Ohno, Rachel A. Arango, Mark E. Mankowski. 2021. Overview and progress of FPL research into mass timber durability
• Qiangu Yan, Rachel A. Arango, Jinghao Li, Zhiyong Cai. 2021. Fabrication and characterization of carbon foams using 100% Kraft lignin
• Rachel A. Arango, Sean D. Schoville, Cameron R. Currie, Camila Carlos-Shanley. 2021. Experimental Warming Reduces Survival, Cold Tolerance, and Gut Prokaryotic Diversity of the Eastern Subterranean Termite, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar)
• Rachel A. Arango, Stan Lebow, Jessie A. Glaeser. 2021. Chapter 14: Biodeterioration of wood
• Rachel A. Arango, Vina Yang, Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow, Michael C. Wiemann, Megan Grejczyk, Patrick DeWald. 2020. Variation in mold susceptibility among hardwood species under laboratory conditions
• Rachel A. Arango, Daniel K. Young. 2020. New records and antennal variation of the elusive Ctenobium antennatum Leconte (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from Massachusetts and Wisconsin, USA
• Jennifer R. Bratburd, Rachel A. Arango, Heidi A. Horn. 2020. Defensive symbioses in social insects can inform human health and agriculture
• Tamara S.F.A. França, C. Elizabeth Stokes, Juliet D. Tang, Rachel A. Arango. 2019. Utility of image software in quantification of termite damage on cross-laminated timber (CLT)
• Stan Lebow, Rachel A. Arango, Patricia K. Lebow, Grant T. Kirker, Mark E. Mankowski, Steven Halverson. 2018. Northeastern United States species treated with copper-based preservatives: Durability in mississippi stake tests
• Stan Lebow, Samuel L. Zelinka, Rachel A. Arango, Bessie Woodward, Patricia K. Lebow, Katie M. Ohno, Nathaniel P. Chotlos. 2017. Evaluation of nonpressure wood preservatives for military applications
• F.J.N. Franca, T.S.F.A. Franca, Rachel A. Arango, B.M. Woodward, G.B. Vidaurre. 2017. Variation in natural durability of seven Eucalyptus grandis x Eucalyptus urophylla hybrid clones
• Rachel A. Arango, Frederick Green, Vina Yang, Joliene R. Lindholm, Nathaniel P. Chotlos, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2017. Evaluating the role of Actinobacteria in the gut of wood-feeding termites (Reticulitermes spp.)
• Rachel A. Arango, Caroline S. Chaboo. 2016. Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: a survey of the families. Ptinidae Latreille, 1802
• Tâmara Suely Filgueira Amorim França, Frederico José Nistal França, Rachel A. Arango, Bessie Woodward, Marina Donária Chaves Arantes. 2016. Natural resistance of plantation grown African mahogany (Khaya ivorensis and Khaya senegalensis) from Brazil to wood-rot fungi and subterranean termites
• Rachel A. Arango, C. M. Carlson, C. R. Currie, B. R. McDonald, A. J. Book, Frederick Green, K. F. Raffa, N.K. Lebow. 2016. Antimicrobial activity of actinobacteria isolated from the guts of subterranean termites
• Rachel A. Arango, Bessie Woodward, Stan Lebow. 2016. Evaluating the effects of post dip-treatment laser marking on resistance to feeding by subterranean termites
• Stan Lebow, Rachel A. Arango, Bessie Woodward, Patricia K. Lebow, Katie M. Ohno. 2015. Efficacy of alternatives to zinc naphthenate for dip treatment of wood packaging materials
• Stan Lebow, Patricia K. Lebow, Bessie Woodward, Grant T. Kirker, Rachel A. Arango. 2015. Fifty-Year Durability Evaluation of Posts Treated with Industrial Wood Preservatives
• Carol A. Clausen, Vina Yang, Rachel A. Arango, Laura Hasburgh, Patricia K. Lebow, Richard Reiner. 2015. Cellulose Nanocrystal Entrapment of Benzalkonium Chloride in Southern Pine: Biological, Chemical, and Physical Properties
• Rachel A. Arango, D.A. Marschalek, Frederick Green, K.F. Raffa, M.E. Berres. 2015. Genetic Analysis of Termite Colonies in Wisconsin
• Frederick Green, Rachel A. Arango, Charles R. Boardman, Keith Bourne, John C. Hermanson, Robert Munson. 2015. Remote sensing for detection of termite infestations—Proof of Concept
• Rachel A. Arango. 2015. First Record of the Arid-Land Termite Reticulitermes tibialis Banks, in Wisconsin
• Rachel A. Arango, Frederick Green, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2014. Changes in bacterial gut community of Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) and Reticulitermes tibialis Banks after feeding on termiticidal bait material
• Frederick Green, Rachel A. Arango, Glenn R. Esenther, Thomas G. Shelton. 2014. Is there a role for termite alates in colony expansion in Wisconsin?
• Rachel A. Arango, Frederick Green, G.R. Esenther, D.A. Marschalek, M.E. Berres, K.F. Raffa. 2014. Mechanisms of Termite Spread in Wisconsin and Potential Consequences as a Result of Changing Climate Trends
• Frederick Green, Rachel A. Arango, G.R. Esenther, M.G. Rojas, J. Morales-Ramos. 2013. Synergy of Diflubenzuron Baiting and NHA Dusting on Mortality of Reticulitermes flavipes
• Grant T. Kirker, Amy B. Bishell, Rachel A. Arango, Patricia K. Lebow, Carol A. Clausen. 2013. The role of extractives in naturally durable wood species
• Evren Terzi, S. Nami Kartal, Claudia Marcela Ibáñez, Coþkun Köse, Rachel A. Arango, Carol A. Clausen, Frederick Green. 2012. Biological performance of Liquidambar orientalis Mill. heartwood
• Rachel A. Arango, Daniel K. Young. 2012. Death-Watch and Spider Beetles of Wisconsin—Coleoptera: Ptinidae
• S. Nami Kartal, Evren Terzi, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, Rachel A. Arango, Carol A. Clausen, Frederick Green. 2012. Preliminary evaluation of storax and its constituents: Fungal decay, mold and termite resistance
• Carol A. Clausen, Nami S. Kartal, Rachel A. Arango, Frederick Green. 2011. The role of particle size of particulate nano-zinc oxide wood preservatives on termite mortality and leach resistance
• Frederick Green, S. Nami Kartal, Patricia K. Lebow, Rachel A. Arango. 2011. NHA choice test : feeding dilemma for Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar)
• Frederick Green, Rachel A. Arango, Stan Lebow. 2010. Field testing of the experimental wood preservative N'N-naphtaloylhydroxylamine : five and eight years results
• Oner Unsal, S. Nami Kartal, Zeki Candan, Rachel A. Arango, Carol A. Clausen, Frederick Green. 2009. Decay and termite resistance, water absorption and swelling of thermally compressed wood panels
• Rachel A. Arango, Patricia K. Lebow, Frederick Green. 2009. Correlation between oxalic acid production and tolerance of Tyromyces palustris strain TYP-6137 to N',N-naphthaloylhydroxamine
• Rachel A. Arango. 2009. A new species of nearctic Ernobius Thomson (Coleoptera: Ptinidae: Ernobiinae) from Wisconsin
• Oner Unsal, S. Nami Kartal, Zeki Candan, Rachel A. Arango, Carol A. Clausen, Frederick Green. 2008. Preliminary investigation of biological resistance, water absorption and swelling of thermally compressed pine wood panels
• Frederick Green, Rachel A. Arango, Glenn R. Esenther. 2008. Transfer of termiticidal dust compounds and their effects on symbiotic protozoa of Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar)
• Frederick Green, Rachel A. Arango. 2007. Wood protection by commercial silver formulations against Eastern subterranean termites
• Rachel A. Arango, Frederick Green, Glenn R. Esenther. 2007. Seasonal response of feeding, differentiation, and growth in the eastern subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) in Wisconsin
• Rachel A. Arango, Frederick Green. 2007. Feasibility study for eradication of Reticulitermes flavipes from Endeavor, Wisconsin
• Rachel A. Arango, Frederick Green. 2006. Detecting and identifying termites in a structure
• Rachel A. Arango, Frederick Green, Kristina Hintz, Patricia K. Lebow, Regis B. Miller. 2006. Natural durability of tropical and native woods against termite damage by Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar)
• Frederick Green, Rachel A. Arango, Carol A. Clausen. 2005. Unique preservative tolerance in Tyromyces palustris
• Benjamin Dorau, Rachel A. Arango, Frederick Green. 2004. An investigation into the potential of ionic silver as a wood preservative

• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Phd, Entomology, 2016
• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Masters, Entomology, 2009
• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Bachelor Of Arts, Biological Aspects of Conservation, 2004