Entomology Seminar
Spring 2024 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 18th | Daniel McGarvey | Virginia Commonwealth University | Sergio Sabat-Bonilla, Sally Entrekin, & Ento DEI Committee | Health, Inclusion, Insecta: an Unexpected Yet Timely Trifecta |
| January 25th | Jay Evans | USDA-ARS | Dorothea Tholl & Margaret Couvillon | |
| February 1st | Catherine Febria | University of Windsor | Sally Entrekin | |
| February 8th | Jason Rasgon | Penn State University | Warren Booth | CANCELED |
| February 15th | Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry, VMI | Anne Jones | ||
| February 22nd | Ashley Jernigan | Virginia Tech School of Plant and Environmental Science | Thomas Kuhar | The role of soil microarthropods in sustainable cropping systems |
| February 29th | William Lamp | University of Maryland | Thomas Kuhar | |
| March 7th | Spring Break - No Seminar | - | - | - |
| March 14th | ESA - No Seminar | - | - | - |
| March 21st | Jessica Ware | American Museum of Natural History | W.B. Alwood Entomological Society | Research Seminar: Insect evolution, with an emphasis on Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Diversity Seminar: A Conversation with Dr. Jessica Ware - Biodiversity: Diversifying Museums and Entomology |
| March 28th | Lindsay Miles | Virginia Tech Entomology | Warren Booth | Arthropod gene flow and genetic drift in urban environments |
| April 4th | Julián Hillyer | Vanderbilt University | Aaron Gross | Not so heartless: functional integration of the immune and circulatory systems of mosquitoes |
| April 11th | Margarita López-Uribe | Penn State University | Margaret Couvillon, Courtney Walls, & Lindsay Johnson | Buzzing through Time: The Interplay of Ecology, Evolution, and Humans on Bees’ Recent History |
| April 18th | Thomas Chouvenc | University of Florida | Morgan Wilson & Dini Miller | Termite biology, evolution and control |
| April 25th | Jonathan Auguste | Virginia Tech Entomology | Tim Kring | TBD |
*Recorded seminars are found by using the link on the title if the recording is available.
** Speaker requested the seminar not be recorded.
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 | CANCELLED |
| 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.