Speaker List

Biologist
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada

Recently Retired Program Manager
Oregon Department of Agriculture

Salem, Oregon

Associate Professor
Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado

USDA-ARS

Lincoln, Auckland, New Zealand

Research Assistant
University of Georgia

Tifton, Georgia

California Academy of Sciences

San Francisco, California

University of Turku

Turku, Varsinais-Suomi, Finland

Director
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Jena, Thuringen, Germany

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases

Yaoundé, Centre, Cameroon

Polish Academy of Sciences

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

USDA-ARS

University Park, Pennsylvania

Teaching Assistant
Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

USDA-ARS

Washington, District of Columbia

University of Massachusetts

Amherst, Massachusetts

Graduate Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

Postdoctoral Fellow
Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania

PhD Candidate
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Jena, Thuringen, Germany

Cornell University

Geneva, New York

COO
Pheronym Inc.

Davis, California

Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana

Professor
The University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

University of Florida

Fort Pierce, Florida

Associate Professor
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Edinburg, Texas

Biological Science Technician
USDA-ARS

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The University of Oklahoma

Norman, Oklahoma

Postdoctoral Fellow
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

Onna, Okinawa, Japan

Head of Laboratory
BIOCARE GmbH

Dassel, Germany

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

Richmond, New South Wales, Australia

Research Scientist

Champaign, Illinois

Professor and Department Head
Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas

PhD Student
University of Florida

Wimauma, Florida

PhD Student/Graduate Research Assistant
University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia

Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

University of Georgia

Tifton, Georgia

Associate Curator
University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

University of Nevada

Reno, Nevada

Cukurova University

Adana, Adana, Turkey

Outreach Coordinator
Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

Graduate Student
University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming

Research Scientist in Forest Genomics/Professeur associé
Natural Resources Canada

Québec, Québec, Canada

Research Entomologist
USDA-Forest Service

Hamden, Connecticut

The University of British Columbia

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Acadia University

Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio

Associate Professor
University of Texas

Tyler, Texas

Graduate Student
The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio

PhD Candidate
University of California

Davis, California

Graduate Student
University of Guelph

Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada

University of North Carolina

Pembroke, North Carolina

Laboratory Manager
University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Lab Manager
The University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

Research Entomologist
USDA-ARS

Coral Gables, Florida

Agricultural Engineer/Entolomogy
University of Dschang

Dschang, Ouest, Cameroon

Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI)

Delémont, Jura, Switzerland

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

Tick Biologist
Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife Mosquito Control

Wilmington, Delaware

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio

Chief Scientific Officer
Vestaron Corporation

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Ph.D. Candidate
University of California

Riverside, California

Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas

PhD Student
University of Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee

Valent BioSciences, LLC

Libertyville, Illinois

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

Professor
Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

PhD Candidate
University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

Project leader/ Insect Pathologist
AgBiome

Holly Springs, North Carolina

PhD Student
Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Plant Testing Lead
Bayer Crop Science

Chesterfield, Missouri

University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Canada

Graduate Research Assistant/ Student (MS)
University of Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee

Graduate Student
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Edinburg, Texas

Director, National Center for Natural Products Research
University of Mississippi

Oxford, Mississippi

Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
Texas A & M University

Overton , Texas

International Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (icipe)

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

PhD student
National Centre For Biological Scinces

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Assistant Professor
King Saud University

Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia

Cheikh Anta Diop University

Dakar, Senegal

Postdoctoral Associate
University of Georgia

Tifton, Georgia

Assistant Professor
Concordia University

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Graduate student
Gachon University

Seongnam-si, Kyonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Graduate Student
University of California, Davis

Moraga, California

University of Illinois

Champaign, Illinois

Graduate Student (Ph.D.)
University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Associate Professor
University of Florida

Lake Alfred, Florida

Pennsylvania State University

University Park, Pennsylvania

Limited Term Vector Control Technician
San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District

West Covina, California

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

Associate Research Scientist
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Kasetsart University

Chatuchak, Krung Thep, Thailand

Master degree
Andong National University

Gyeongsangbuk-do, Kyongsang-bukto, Republic of Korea

Graduate student
Seoul National University

Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, Republic of Korea

Undergraduate
Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Gachon University

Seongnam-si, Kyonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Assistant Professor
Seoul National University College of Medicine

Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, Republic of Korea

Professor
Kangwon National Univeristy

Chuncheon-si, Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services

Hwaseong, Kyonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Postdoctoral researcher
Seoul National University

Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, Republic of Korea

Research Associate
Seoul National University

Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, Republic of Korea

Student
Kyungpook National University

Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, Republic of Korea

University of California

Davis, California

Kyungpook National University

Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, Republic of Korea

Assistant Professor
Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

Kyungpook National University

SangJi, Kyongsang-bukto, Republic of Korea

Korea University

Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, Republic of Korea

Professor
Andong National University

Andong, Kyongsang-bukto, Republic of Korea

Kyungpook National University

Sangju, Kyongsang-bukto, Republic of Korea

Graduate student
Seoul National University

Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, Republic of Korea

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

Entomologist
State of Hawai'i

Honolulu, Hawai'i

USDA-Forest Service

Assistant Professor and Entomology Extension Specialist
New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Ph.D. Candidate
Washington State University

Vancouver, Washington

The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio

Professor
University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Owner
JAK Consulting Services LLC

Knoxville, Tennessee

Apiculture Extension Educator/Professional Bee Breeder/Consilience Researcher/Artist
Institute of American Indian Arts / Zia Queenbees

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Virginia Master Naturalist Program

Virginia

National Program Leader
USDA-NIFA

Bonner Springs, Missouri

PhD Candidate
The University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Research Scientist
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Uppsala, Uppsala Lan, Sweden

AKA Imagine, LLC

New York, New York

Graduate Student
Florida International University

Miami, Florida

Professor
University of Wisconsin

La Crosse, Wisconsin

Director/ Research Entomologist
Jones Center at Ichauway

Newton, Georgia

University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland

Graduate Student
University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

University of Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma

University of Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Zoologist
Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre

Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada

Postdoc
Agroscope

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma

Professor & Extension Entomologist
North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota

Professor
University of Florida

Quincy, Florida

Ph.D. candidate
North Dakota State University

Fargo, North Dakota

Graduate Research Assistant
University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

PhD student
University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Assistant Professor
Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey

Research Entomologist
USDA-ARS

Logan, Utah

University of Minnesota

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Luna Innovations

Blacksburg, Virginia

Postdoctoral fellow
Acadia University

Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Group Leader
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Graduate Research Assistant
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

Postdoctoral Fellow
American Museum of Natural History

New York, New York

Graduate student
Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania

Ph.D. Student
Florida International University

Miami, Florida

Technical Development Manager
Vestaron Corporation

Davis, California

Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Nevada, Reno

Reno, Nevada

Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas

PhD Student
University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Assistant Professor of One Health
Lincoln Memorial University

Harrogate, Tennessee

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Edgewater, Maryland

The University of British Columbia

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

PhD Candidate
Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

Senior Researcher
Corporacion Colombiana de Investigacion Agropecuaria - Agrosavia

Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia

Entomological Research Technician
University of Hawai'i

Honolulu

The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

USDA-ARS

Washington, District of Columbia

Student
University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Biobest IPM Technical Lead
BioBest Group

Langley, British Columbia, Canada

Prof. Dr
University of Freiburg

Freiburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Graduate Student
Simon Fraser University

Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Czech Academy of Sciences

České Budějovice, Jihocesky kraj, Czech Republic

University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Biological Scientist
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Gainesville, Florida

Provincial Apiculturist
British Columbia Tech Transfer Program

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Adjunct Professor
Western Connecticut State University

Danbury, Connecticut

Professor
The University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ph.D. Candidate
University of California

Riverside, California

USDA-ARS

Logan, Utah

PhD student
Columbia University / American Museum of Natural History

New York

JD Candidate
University of California

Los Angeles, California

Dean and Professor of Biology
Mount St. Joseph University

Cincinnati, Ohio

PhD Student
Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Graduate Research Assistance
Mississippi State University

Starkville, Mississippi

State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart

Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

Ås, Akershus, Norway

M3 Consulting Group

Rockefeller University

New York, New York

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Ph.D. Candidate
Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

Professor
Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana

Ph.D. Candidate
Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Professor
University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

Graduate Student
University of Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio

Professor
Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

Director of Science & Research
Discover Life in America

Knoxville, Tennessee

Postdoctoral fellow
University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Postdoctoral researcher
The University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Biomanufacturing Lead
RNAissance Ag, LCC

St. Louis, Missouri

Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska

Extension specialist in IPM and entomology
University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China)

Assistant Project Scientist
University of California

Davis, California

Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI)

Egham, England, United Kingdom

National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China)

University of Georgia

Tifton, Georgia

Student
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Graduate Student Researcher
University of California

Riverside, California

Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts

Lowell, Massachusetts

Group Leader
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

Oeiras, Lisboa, Portugal

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

Highland Agriculture Research Institute

Pyeongchang, Kangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Kyungpook National University

Daegu, Taegu-jikhalsi, Republic of Korea