ESA International Branch Business Meeting

Organizer(s)

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  Rory McDonnell

  Associate Professor
  Crop and Soil Science
  Oregon State University
  Corvallis, Oregon
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  Joan Van Baaren

  PhD
  UMR 6553 Ecobio, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
  Université de Rennes 1
  Rennes, Bretagne, France
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  Véronique Martel

  Research Scientist
  Canadian Forest Service
  Natural Resources Canada
  Québec, Québec, Canada
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  Isobel Ronai

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
  Harvard University
  Cambridge, Massachusetts
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  Lieceng Zhu

  Professor
  Biological and Forensic Sciences
  Fayetteville State University
  Fayetteville, North Carolina
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  Julien Saguez

  Researcher - Field Crop Entomologist
  Department of Entomology
  CÉROM
  Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
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  Johnnie van den Berg

  Manager: IPM program
  Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management
  North-West University
  Potchefstroom, North-West, South Africa

This is the annual meeting of the International Branch of the ESA. Updates will be provided from the branch, including the incoming board members. The branch awards winner will also be presenting.

Presentations:

• 4:30 PM – 4:40 PM PT

  Welcome and introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Rory McDonnell – Oregon State University
• 4:40 PM – 4:45 PM PT

  Recognition of newly elected officers
  

  Presenting Author: Rory McDonnell – Oregon State University
• 4:45 PM – 4:55 PM PT

  News from the ESA Governing Board
  

  Presenting Author: Julien Saguez – CÉROM
• 4:55 PM – 5:05 PM PT

  Treasurer's report
  

  Presenting Author: Lieceng Zhu – Fayetteville State University
• 5:05 PM – 5:20 PM PT

  Updates from committee chairs
• 5:20 PM – 5:25 PM PT

  Passing of the gavel
• 5:25 PM – 5:40 PM PT

  International Branch John Henry Comstock Awards Winner Presentation: Emerging secondary Chagas Disease vectors in Boyacá department, Colombia
  

  Presenting Author: L�dia Gual Gonzalez – University of South Carolina
• 5:40 PM – 5:55 PM PT

  International Branch Early Career Professional Award Winner Presentation: Characterising the fundamental biology of ticks to develop tick control strategies
  

  Presenting Author: Isobel Ronai – Harvard University
• 5:55 PM – 6:05 PM PT

  Announcement of the 2023 IB Virtual Symposium and closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Joan Van Baaren – Université de Rennes 1