Entomology Seminar
Fall 2023 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 7th | Paul Huxley | Virginia Tech Statistics | Sally Entrekin | Trait-based approaches to understanding thermal adaptation in arthropods |
| September 14th | Noah Rose | University of California, San Diego | Maria Sharakhova |
Mosquito evolution and the emergence of mosquito-borne disease in the human era |
| September 21st | Virginia Tech Industrial & Systems Engineering | Scott Salom | Models and Insights into Emerald Ash Borer Management in Urban Settings | |
| September 28th | National Gallery of Art, Washington DC | W.B. Alwood Entomological Society | Protecting the Priceless – IPM in Art Galleries & Museums | |
| October 5th | - | - | - | - |
| October 12th | Carey Minteer | University of Florida | Tim Kring | Running on the invasive treadmill: Biological control in Florida |
| October 19th | Robert Jetton | North Carolina State University | Warren Booth & Scott Salom | Expanding the IPM toolbox: update on Hemlock Wolly Adelgid management in the Southern Appalachians |
| October 26th | - | - | - | - |
| November 2nd | ESA Practice Talks |
Virginia Tech Entomology | - | - |
| November 9th | ESA Meeting - No Seminar | - | - | - |
| November 16th | Jonathan Auguste | Virginia Tech Entomology | Tim Kring | From ecology and evolution to vaccine development: an insect virus' story |
| November 23rd | Thanksgiving - No Seminar | - | - | - |
| November 30th | Christina Kwapich | University of Massachusetts, Lowell | Scotty Yang | Evolution and ecological associations between ants and their myrmecophiles |
*Recorded seminars are found by using the link on the title if the recording is available.
** Speaker requested the seminar not be recorded.
Spring 2023 Series
These seminars in a previous semester and their recordings can be viewed by clicking on the link in their title.
| Date | Speaker | Affliation | Host | Title* |
| January 19th | Sara Hermann | Penn State University | Margaret Couvillon & Shannon Bradley | |
| January 26th | Don Weber | USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD | Stefan Jaronski & Thomas Kuhar | Putting pheromones to work in vegetables: steps after discovery |
| February 2nd | Don Mullins | Virginia Tech Entomology | Margaret Couvillon | Cockroaches: Weird animals that you should love…or at least appreciate |
| February 9th | T'ai Roulston | University of Virginia | James Wilson & Courtney Walls | Native Bee Conservation: Challenges and Opportunities |
| February 16th | Christoph Grüter |
University of Bristol | Roger Schürch | |
| February 23rd | Student Proposals | Virginia Tech | Paul Marek & Scotty Yang & Sally Entrekin | - |
| March 2nd | Andrea Gloria-Soria | Yale University | Maria Sharakhova | |
| March 9th | Spring Break - No Seminar | - | - | - |
| March 16th | ESA Practice Talks | Virginia Tech | - | - |
| March 23rd | ESA - No Seminar | - | - | - |
| March 30th | Corrie Moreau | Cornell University | Aaron Gross & Scotty Yang | Symbiosis in ants and why broadening our research community is essential for the best science |
| April 6th | Elske Tielens | University of Oklahoma | Sally Entrekin | Aerial insects in the Anthropocene: From field sampling to continental scale radar: assessing insect responses to global change |
| April 13th | Student Proposal | Virginia Tech | Sally Entrekin & Thomas Kuhar | - |
| April 20th | Shannon Ronca | Baylor College of Medicine | Jonathan Auguste | Virus-host interactions |
| April 27th | Jessica Ware | American Museum of Natural History | Alwood Entomological Society & Laura McHenry | Cancelled |
*Recorded seminars are found by using the link on the title if the recording is available.
** Speaker requested the seminar not be recorded.