Below is a list of speakers* committed to presenting in a Program Symposium at Entomology 2017. Due to the one oral presentation limit at the meeting, these speakers are ineligible to present in a Section or Member Symposium.
*As of March 29, 2017
First Name |
Last Name |
Affiliation |
Presentation Title |
Symposium Title |
| Omar | Akbari | Univ. of California | Can gene drive research provide another tool for the management of invasive species? | Grand Challenges: Tackling Invasive Species and Communication Strategies |
| Theodore | Andreadis | Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station | Evolutionary strategies and adaptations for survival among mosquito-parasitic Microsporidia: Evidence for coevolution and host switching | Igniting Cross Disciplinarity, Inspiring Novel Research, and Innovating Solutions to the World’s Biggest Killers: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives of Biodiversity in the Mosquitoes |
| Shannon | Bennett | California Academy of Sciences | Mosquitoes and their microbes: Diversity across trophic levels and insights into disease transmission | Igniting Cross Disciplinarity, Inspiring Novel Research, and Innovating Solutions to the World’s Biggest Killers: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives of Biodiversity in the Mosquitoes |
| May | Berenbaum | Univ. of Illinois | How to bug a conversation | Igniting the Spark: Science Communication by the Next Generation of Entomologists |
| Jake E. | Bova | Virginia Tech | Science communication and the social media echo chamber | Igniting the Spark: Science Communication by the Next Generation of Entomologists |
| Catherine | Dana | Univ. of Illinois | Bioinspiration: bringing together entomologists, microbiologists, engineers, and more | The Power of Cooperation: Collaborations that Facilitate Advancements in Science |
| Henry | Fadamiro | Auburn Univ. | The X's and O's of academic collaborations | The Power of Cooperation: Collaborations that Facilitate Advancements in Science |
| Desmond | Foley | Walter Reed Army Institute of Research | Patterns and consequences of global mosquito species diversity | Igniting Cross Disciplinarity, Inspiring Novel Research, and Innovating Solutions to the World’s Biggest Killers: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives of Biodiversity in the Mosquitoes |
| Jennifer | Gordon | SC Johnson & Son, Inc. | Influencing science policy requires adaptive and diverse communication | Igniting the Spark: Science Communication by the Next Generation of Entomologists |
| Elizabeth | Grafton-Cardwell | Univ. of California | Asian citrus psyllid and Huanglongbing: The extreme citrus challenge | Grand Challenges: Tackling Invasive Species and Communication Strategies |
| Joel | Hutcheson | USDA - APHIS | Invasive potential of mites and ticks of medical and/or veterinary concern in the United State | Grand Challenges: Tackling Invasive Specices and Communication Strategies |
| Matthew | Jones | Washington State Univ. | Extending, improving, and applying your research through interdisciplinary and international collaboration | The Power of Cooperation: Collaborations that Facilitate Advancements in Science |
| Hee | Kim | Texas A&M Univ. | Ph.D. in 36 months via collaboration, prioritization, and dedication | The Power of Cooperation: Collaborations that Facilitate Advancements in Science |
| Frederic | Labbe | Univ. of Groningen | Evolution of salt-water tolerant species in the Anopheles gambiae complex from a comparative genomic perspective | Igniting Cross Disciplinarity, Inspiring Novel Research, and Innovating Solutions to the World’s Biggest Killers: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives of Biodiversity in the Mosquitoes |
| Flora | Lichtman | Science Journalist | Keynote: Recipes for making science appetizing | Igniting the Spark: Science Communication by the Next Generation of Entomologists |
| Yvonne-Marie | Linton | Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit | Barcodes, bionomics and biodiversity of Anopheles mosquitoes | Igniting Cross Disciplinarity, Inspiring Novel Research, and Innovating Solutions to the World’s Biggest Killers: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives of Biodiversity in the Mosquitoes |
| Andrea | Lucky | Univ. of Florida | Pavement ants to population genomics: How citizen science can benefit invasion science | Grand Challenges: Tackling Invasive Species and Communication Strategies |
| Louise | Lynch | Univ. of Nebraska | Communicating science to, and through, citizen scientists in entomology research | Igniting the Spark: Science Communication by the Next Generation of Entomologists |
| Sarah | Meierotto | Univ. of Kentucky | From the forests of French Guiana to the city of Singapore: exploration, discovery and co-operation in taxonomic research | The Power of Cooperation: Collaborations that Facilitate Advancements in Science |
| Rob | Morrison | USDA | Combating the threat posed by the invasive brown marmorated stink bug through a nationally coordinated research, outreach, and IPM programs to deliver sustainable solutions to stakeholders | Grand Challenges: Tackling Invasive Species and Communication Strategies |
| Jason | Mottern | Iowa State Univ. | The grand challenge of a hyperdiverse order: Streamlining Hymenopteran systematics for classical biological control programs | Grand Challenges: Tackling Invasive Species and Communication Strategies |
| Edmund | Norris | Iowa State Univ. | Plant derived synergists: Plant compounds as a means of enhancing diverse insecticides | The Power of Cooperation: Collaborations that Facilitate Advancements in Science |
| Andrew | Park | Univ. of Georgia | Assessing mosquito diversity and pathogen transmission: Lessons and insights from the Culicoides-EHD system | Igniting Cross Disciplinarity, Inspiring Novel Research, and Innovating Solutions to the World’s Biggest Killers: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives of Biodiversity in the Mosquitoes |
| Gwen | Pearson | Purdue Univ. | How to talk to a reporter about your research | Igniting the Spark: Science Communication by the Next Generation of Entomologists |
| Kirsten | Pelz-Stelinski | Univ. of Florida | Microbial ecology of Asian citrus psyllid | Grand Challenges: Tackling Invasive Species and Communication Strategies |
| Catherine | Prussing | SUNY School of Public Health | Linking ecological profile, spatial distribution and microbiota diversity of Anopheline larvae from remote villages on four river systems in Amazonian Peru | Igniting Cross Disciplinarity, Inspiring Novel Research, and Innovating Solutions to the World’s Biggest Killers: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives of Biodiversity in the Mosquitoes |
| Sonny | Ramaswamy | USDA - NIFA | Keynote: A view from Washington DC | Grand Challenges: Tackling Invasive Species and Communication Strategies |
| Kristie | Reddick | The Bug Chicks | Why before how: Clarity of purpse and voice in SciComm | Igniting the Spark: Science Communication by the Next Generation of Entomologists |
| Michael | Reiskind | North Carolina State Univ. | Landscape patterns of vector diversity: Processes and consequences for pathogens | Igniting Cross Disciplinarity, Inspiring Novel Research, and Innovating Solutions to the World’s Biggest Killers: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives of Biodiversity in the Mosquitoes |
| Adrian A. | Smith | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences | Putting primary scientific research in the public eye through online video | Igniting the Spark: Science Communication by the Next Generation of Entomologists |
| John | Soghigian | Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station | Convergence in habitat specialization and morphology in Aedes mosquitoes | Igniting Cross Disciplinarity, Inspiring Novel Research, and Innovating Solutions to the World’s Biggest Killers: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives of Biodiversity in the Mosquitoes |
| Meredith | Spence | North Carolina State Univ. | Convergence in habitat specialization and morphology in Aedes mosquitoes | The Power of Cooperation: Collaborations that Facilitate Advancements in Science |
| Richard | Stone | StoryWork International | Science collaboration and communication | Grand Challenges: Tackling Invasive Species and Communication Strategies |
| Katherine | Todd | The Ohio State Univ. | Little insects, big city: A case study in large-scale collaborative research | The Power of Cooperation: Collaborations that Facilitate Advancements in Science |
| Carly M. | Tribull | Sam Houston State Univ. | Digitizing outreach: Adventures in creating an art & science website | Igniting the Spark: Science Communication by the Next Generation of Entomologists |
| William | Walker | Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences | From the individual scientist to the scientific community: Multi-trophic collaborations pave the way for success | The Power of Cooperation: Collaborations that Facilitate Advancements in Science |
| Brian | Wiegmann | North Carolina State Univ. | Introduction and phylogenomics to reconstruct the evolutionary history of mosquito diversification | Igniting Cross Disciplinarity, Inspiring Novel Research, and Innovating Solutions to the World’s Biggest Killers: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives of Biodiversity in the Mosquitoes |
| Ashley | Yates | The Ohio State Univ. | Translational Plant Sciences (TPS): A unique graduate program fostering collaboration | The Power of Cooperation: Collaborations that Facilitate Advancements in Science |
| Donald | Yee | Univ. of Southern Mississippi | The odd couple. Invasion biology, managements challenges, and 21st century threats from teh mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in the United States | Grand Challenges: Tackling Invasive Species and Communication Strategies |
| Robert | Zinna | Univ. of Arizona | Strategies for managing collaboration between distant laboratory groups | The Power of Cooperation: Collaborations that Facilitate Advancements in Science |