Entomology Seminar
Fall 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* |
| September 10th | Massamba Sylla | Sine Saloum University | Maria Sharakhova | TBD |
| September 17th | Angela Peace | Virginia Tech Mathmatics | Sally Entrekin | TBD |
| September 24th | Laura Russo | University of Tennessee | Maggie Couvillon | TBD |
| October 1st | No Seminar | - | - | - |
| October 8th | Julian Dupuis | University of Kentucky | Paul Marek | TBD |
| October 15th | Virginia Tech Entomology | - | - | 5-Minute Lightning Talks |
| October 22nd | John Mola | Colorado State University | Enakshi Ghosh | TBD |
| October 29th | Jose Pietri | Purdue University | Warren Booth | TBD |
| November 5th | ESA Practice Talks | Virginia Tech Entomology | - | - |
| November 12th | ESA Meeting - No Seminar | - | - | - |
| November 19th | No Seminar | - | - | - |
| November 26th | Thanksgiving - No Seminar | - | - | - |
| December 3rd | Jackson Means | Virginia Museum of Natural History | Pat Wooden | TBD |
*Recorded seminars are found by using the link on the title if the recording is available.
** Speaker requested the seminar not be recorded.
Spring 2026 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* |
| 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 | Vector–host coupling as a framework for understanding and controlling vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. |
| 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 |
*Due to changes in Virginia Tech's video hosting, links to past recorded seminars occurring before Fall 2026 are no longer available.