Entomology Seminar
Spring 2026 Series
All seminars are scheduled for Thursday 3:00 – 4:00 P.M. in person in 220 Price Hall unless otherwise indicated. All seminars will have a virtual component for people who want to participate virtually. If you are interested in attending these seminars virtually you may register here to receive the Zoom links and calendar reminders automatically.
| Date | Speaker | Affliation | Host | Title* |
| January 22nd | No Seminar | - | - | - |
| January 29th | No Seminar | - | - | - |
| February 5th | Amaryllis Adey | Virginia Tech Entomology | Sally Entrekin | Ecology of Coastal Wetlands: Invertebrate Biodiversity and Responses to Anthropogenic Stressors |
| February 12th | Luis Escobar | Virginia Tech Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Reilly Brennan | Distributions of pathogens and parasites in a changing world |
| February 19th | Mariana Gelambi | Virginia Tech Biological Sciences | VT Entomology | The Chemical Ecology of Species Interactions |
| February 26th | Gideon Wasserburg | UNC Greensboro | Sally Paulson & Warren Booth | |
| March 5th | Drew Harner | Virginia Tech School of Plant and Environmental Sciences | Stacy Endriss | Exploring woody fruit crop physiology and fruit biochemistry through the Spotted lanternfly |
| March 12th | Spring Break - No Seminar | - | - | - |
| March 19th | Andrea Davalos | SUNY Cortland | Stacy Endriss | Don’t Jump to Conclusions: We Know Less About Invasions than we Think |
| March 26th | David Buchwalter | NC State University | Sally Entrekin | Contaminants and other abiotic stressors in freshwater environments |
| April 2nd | Rebekah Kading | Colorado State University | Tim Kring | Ecology and transmission dynamics of emerging vector-borne arboviruses |
| April 9th | Virginia Cooperative Extension Panel | Virginia Cooperative Extension | Stacy Endriss | Extension Agent Panel |
| April 16th | Deborah Gordon | Stanford University | W.B. Alwood Entomological Society | Evolution of networks of simple interactions in changing environments |
| April 23rd | Clare Chialvo | Appalachian State University | Reilly Brennan | Evolution of toxin tolerance in mushroom-feeding Drosophila |
| April 30th | Aaron Gross | Virginia Tech Entomology | Tim Kring | Physiological adaptations that allows for success of resistant insect populations |
*Recorded seminars are found by using the link on the title if the recording is available.
** Speaker requested the seminar not be recorded.
Fall 2025 Series
These seminars are from a previous semester and their recordings can be viewed by clicking on the link in their title.
| Date | Speaker | Affliation | Host | Title* |
| September 11th | Sally Entrekin | Virginia Tech Entomology | Tim Kring | Rescheduled |
| September 18th | Nicole Abaid | Virginia Tech Mathmatics | Margaret Couvillon | Collective energetic regulation in ant colonies: experiments and modeling |
| September 25th | Anne Staples | Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering | Roger Schürch | Insect-inspired microfluidics |
| October 2nd | University of Nebraska–Lincoln | Margaret Couvillon & James Wilson | From Field to Policy: Uncovering Non-Target Bee Impacts of Pesticide Pollution in Nebraska Agroecosystems | |
| October 9th | Sally Entrekin | Virginia Tech Entomology | Tim Kring | Aquatic Insects Know No Boundaries: Carbon Transfer and Transformation Across Ecosystems |
| October 16th | Yu-Chieh David Chen | Temple University | Scotty Yang & Aaron Gross | Building the Blueprint of the Brain: Genetic and Molecular Strategies for Unraveling Sensory Circuit Development |
| October 23rd | Alejandro Del-Pozo | Virginia Tech Entomology | Tim Kring | Expanding the Toolbox: Applied Research for Improving IPM in Specialty Crops |
| October 30th | David Walters | U.S. Geological Survey | Sally Entrekin | Canceled |
| November 6th | ESA Practice Talks | Virginia Tech Entomology | - | - |
| November 13th | ESA Meeting - No Seminar | - | - | - |
| November 20th | Brenna Levine | Kean University | Warren Booth | Spotted lanternflies and the city: What can invasive insects teach us about urban evolution |
| November 27th | Thanksgiving - No Seminar | - | - | - |
| December 4th | Paula Buchanan | Columbia Climate School | Tim Kring | Drinking Water Resilience for Communities: Linking Socio-Hydrology to Agriculture, Public Health, and Extension Outreach |
*Recorded seminars are found by using the link on the title if the recording is available.
** Speaker requested the seminar not be recorded.