Erika Wallin

Universitetslektor|Senior Lecturer

Professional title: Senior Lecturer
Academic title: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Telephone: +46 (0)10-1428491
Email: erika.wallin@miun.se
Room number: O204
Location: Sundsvall

Employed at the subject:

Chemistry

Department:

Department of Natural Science, Design and Sustainable Development (NDH)

Background

Erika Wallin got her MSc in chemistry from Umeå University in 2008 and defended her doctoral thesis at Mid Sweden University in September 2014 titeled: The Scents of Nature: Identification and synthesis of bioactive molecules found in nature.

Area of interest

Chemical ecology with focus on identification an synthesis of natural products.

Research

Her research is based on the identification and synthesis of possible insect pheromones. She has been working with insect species such as orchid bees, African butterflies, bed bugs, thrips and fruit flies.

Teaching and tutoring

Chemistry BA, Organic Chemistry
Chemistry MA, Organic Chemistry, Theory of Organic Synthesis
Chemistry 2, preparatory year

Research projects

Finished

Green Pro - Green chemicals from forest and forest products

Publications

Articles in journals
Doctoral theses, comprehensive summaries
Manuscripts

Articles in journals

Lindmark, M. , Ganji, S. , Wallin, E. A. , Schlyter, F. & Unelius, C. R. (2023). Semiochemicals produced by fungal bark beetle symbiont Endoconidiophora rufipennis and the discovery of an anti-attractant for Ips typographus. PLOS ONE, vol. 18: 4

Lindmark, M. , Wallin, E. A. & Jonsson, B. (2022). Protecting forest edges using trap logs – Limited effects of associated push-pull strategies targeting Ips typographus. Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 505

Borrero-Echeverry, F. , Solum, M. , Trona, F. , Becher, P. G. , Wallin, E. A. , Bengtsson, M. , Witzgall, P. & Lebreton, S. (2022). The female sex pheromone (Z)-4-undecenal mediates flight attraction and courtship in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of insect physiology, vol. 137

Frey, T. , Kwadha, C. A. , Haag, F. , Pelletier, J. , Wallin, E. A. , Holgersson, E. , Hedenström, E. , Bohman, B. & et al. (2022). The human odorant receptor OR10A6 is tuned to the pheromone of the commensal fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. iScience, vol. 25: 11

Schiestl, F. P. , Wallin, E. A. , Beck, J. J. , Friberg, M. & Thompson, J. N. (2021). Generalized olfactory detection of floral volatiles in the highly specialized Greya-Lithophragma nursery pollination system. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, vol. 15: 2, pp. 209-221.

Wallin, E. A. , Kalinová, B. , Kindl, J. , Hedenström, E. & Valterová, I. (2020). Stereochemistry of two pheromonal components of the bumblebee wax moth, Aphomia sociella. Scientific Reports, vol. 10: 1

Rahmani, R. , Wallin, E. , Viklund, L. , Schroeder, M. & Hedenström, E. (2019). Identification and Field Assay of Two Aggregation Pheromone Components Emitted by Males of the Bark Beetle Polygraphus punctifrons (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 45: 4, pp. 356-365.

Becher, P. G. , Lebreton, S. , Wallin, E. , Hedenström, E. , Borrero, F. , Bengtsson, M. , Joerger, V. & Witzgall, P. (2018). The Scent of the Fly. Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 44: 5, pp. 431-435.

Lebreton, S. , Borrer-Echeverry, F. , Gonzalez, F. , Solum, M. , Wallin, E. , Hedenström, E. , Hansson, B. S. , Gustavsson, A. & et al. (2017). A Drosophila female pheromone elicits species-specific long-range attraction via an olfactory channel with dual specificity for sex and food. BMC Biology, vol. 15: 1

Hedenström, E. , Wallin, E. , Andersson, J. , Bång, J. , Wang, H. , Löfstedt, C. , Brattström, O. & Baquet, P. (2015). Stereoisomeric Analysis of 6,10,14-Trimethylpentadecan-2-ol and the Corresponding Ketone in Wing Extracts from African Bicyclus Butterfly Species. Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 41: 1, pp. 44-51.

Wallin, E. , De Facci, M. , Anderbrant, O. & Hedenström, E. (2014). (Z)-3-Dodecenoic Acid Is the Main Component of Full-Body n-Hexane Extracts from Two Acacia Gall-Inducing Thrips (Thysanoptera) and May Function as an Alarm Pheromone. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C - A Journal of Biosciences, vol. 69C: 7-8, pp. 335-345.

Nieberding, C. M. , Fischer, K. , Saastamoinen, M. , Allen, C. E. , Wallin, E. A. , Hedenström, E. & Brakefield, P. M. (2012). Cracking the olfactory code of a butterfly : the scent of ageing.. Ecology Letters, vol. 15: 5, pp. 415-424.

Liedtke, H. C. , Åbjörnsson, K. , Harraca, V. , Knudsen, J. , Wallin, E. , Hedenström, E. & Ryne, C. (2011). Alarm pheromones and chemical communication in nymphs of the tropical bed bug Cimex hemipterus (Hemiptera: Cimicidae). PLOS ONE, vol. 6: 3, pp. e18156

Eltz, T. , Hedenström, E. , Bång, J. , Wallin, E. A. & Andersson, J. (2010). (6R,10R)-6,10,14-Trimethylpentadecan-2-one, a Dominant and Behaviorally Active Component in Male Orchid Bee Fragrances. Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 36: 12, pp. 1322-1326.

Doctoral theses

Wallin, E. (2014). The Scents of Nature : Identification and Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds Used in Insect Communication. Dis. (Comprehensive summary) Sundsvall : Mittuniversitetet, 2014 (Mid Sweden University doctoral thesis : 200)

Manuscripts

Wallin, E. , Andersson, A. & Hedenström, E. Chemical tools for training domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) to detect bed bugs.