Joint ESA Rising Stars of Entomology and ESC Graduate Student Showcase Symposium

Organizer(s)

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  Matthew Muzzatti

  PhD Candidate
  Department of Biology
  Carleton University
  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  Ramandeep Kaur Sandhi

  Global R & D scientist
  Insecticides
  FMC Corporation
  Newark, Delaware
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  Victoria Pickens

  Graduate Research Assistant
  Department of Entomology
  Kansas State University
  Manhattan, Kansas

The recognition of four ESA and four ESC graduate students near the completion of their degrees. These entomology stars will present an in-depth 30-minute overview of their thesis research. Applicants were evaluated and selected by a panel of ECR judges from both societies.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Matthew J. Muzzatti – Carleton University
• 1:35 PM – 2:05 PM PT

  Tools and approaches to IPM on protected culture crops
  

  Presenting Author: Samantha A. Willden – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Greg M. Loeb – Cornell University
• 2:05 PM – 2:35 PM PT

  Investigating how UV radiation affects egg parasitoid fitness and behavior
  

  Presenting Author: Mathilde Gaudreau – Université de Montréal

  Co-Author: Paul K. Abram – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Jacques Brodeur – Université de Montréal
• 2:35 PM – 3:05 PM PT

  Insider knowledge: Understanding the influence of an insect-microbe symbiosis on pathogen vectoring
  

  Presenting Author: Sandra Y. Mendiola – Emory University

  Co-Author: Nicole Gerardo – Emory University

  Co-Author: David Civitello – Emory University
• 3:05 PM – 3:35 PM PT

  Compatibility of LED greenhouse lighting and parasitoid biocontrol for aphid management in pepper
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica L. Fraser – Université Laval

  Co-Author: Paul K. Abram – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Martine Dorais – Université Laval
• 3:35 PM – 3:45 PM PT

  Break
• 3:45 PM – 4:15 PM PT

  Predicting the effects of heat waves on honey bee foraging
  

  Presenting Author: Jordan R. Glass – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Jon F. Harrison – Arizona State University
• 4:15 PM – 4:45 PM PT

  Top-down and bottom-up trophic interactions related to FTC outbreaks during low-density population density periods in temperate and boreal mixedwood forests in Quebec
  

  Presenting Author: Anne-Sophie Caron (she/her/hers) – Concordia University

  Co-Author: Emma Despland – Concordia University

  Co-Author: Miguel Montoro Girona – Université du Québec
• 4:45 PM – 5:15 PM PT

  Resin from the dead: Evaluating patterns in extinction through the ant fossil record
  

  Presenting Author: Christine E. Sosiak – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Phillip Barden – New Jersey Institute of Technology
• 5:15 PM – 5:45 PM PT

  The sterile insect technique as a novel management tool for control of pepper weevil (Anthonomus eugenii Cano) in greenhouse and field pepper crops
  

  Presenting Author: Jacob V. Basso – University of Guelph

  Co-Author: Roselyne M. Labbe – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Cynthia Scott-Dupree – University of Guelph
• 5:45 PM – 5:50 PM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Victoria Pickens – Kansas State University