Highlighting Women's Research: Abiotic and Biotic Stressors of Agricultural Food-systems

Organizer(s)

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  Morgan Thompson

  PhD Student
  Department of Entomology
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas
• 

  Jaclyn Martin

  PhD Candidate
  Department of Entomology
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas
• TJ

  Tara-Kay Jones

  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas
• NL

  Noah Lemke

  Department of Entomology
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas
• 

  Danielle Gray

  Graduate Assistant Researcher
  Department of Entomology
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas
• LB

  Lauren Beebe

  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas
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  Han-Jung Lee

  PhD candidate
  Department of Entomology
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas

This symposium will highlight women’s research, focusing on how different stressors in agroecosystems affect interactions between crops, insect pests, natural enemies, pollinators, and microorganisms. We will feature researchers from diverse career paths with the goal to advocate for women’s research and spotlight successful women in entomology.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Morgan Thompson – Texas A&M University
• 1:35 PM – 1:55 PM PT

  Honey bee survival and fertility during extreme heat
  

  Presenting Author: Alison McAfee – North Carolina State University; The University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: David R. Tarpy – North Carolina State University

  Co-author: Leonard Foster – The University of British Columbia
• 1:55 PM – 2:15 PM PT

  The population genetic composition of invasive sorghum aphids
  

  Presenting Author: Jocelyn R. Holt – Rice University

  Co-author: Crys Wright – McKinsey & Company

  Co-author: Michael Dickens – Texas A&M University

  Co-author: Raul Medina – Texas A&M University
• 2:15 PM – 2:35 PM PT

  Understanding the foraging ecology of the larger grain borer, a forthcoming biosecurity threat to the US
  

  Presenting Author: Hannah E. Quellhorst – Kansas State University

  Co-author: Tania N. Kim – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Christos Athanassiou – University of Thessaly

  Co-author: Kun Yan Zhu – Kansas State University

  Co-author: Rob Morrison, III (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS
• 2:35 PM – 2:45 PM PT

  Break
• 2:45 PM – 3:05 PM PT

  Sublethal exposure to imidacloprid causes intergenerational epigenetic modifications in the Colorado potato beetle
  

  Presenting Author: Yolanda Chen (she/her/hers) – University of Vermont
• 3:05 PM – 3:25 PM PT

  The very scary ladybug: Investigating how top-down stressors influence plant-insect interactions
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica Kansman (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-author: Jorge L. Jaramillo Gonzalez – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-author: Colleen Nersten – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-author: Sara Hermann – Pennsylvania State University
• 3:25 PM – 3:45 PM PT

  30 plus years of integrated post harvest research - the trick to managing stress
  

  Presenting Author: Linda Mason – Purdue University
• 3:45 PM – 4:05 PM PT

  Panel discussion
• 4:05 PM – 4:10 PM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Morgan Thompson – Texas A&M University