Undergrad 10-min Competition: P-IE, Behavior, Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Conservation

Moderator(s)

• 

  Jerome Grant (he/him/his)

  Professor
  Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  University of Tennessee
  Knoxville, Tennessee
• 

  Kumar Shrestha

  Postdoctoral Research Associate
  University of Nebraska
  Lincoln, Nebraska

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MST

  An environmental DNA (eDNA) study of pollinator biodiversity along an urban-to-rural gradient
  

  Presenting Author: Olivia Konsdorf (she/her/hers) – Saginaw Valley State University

  Co-Author: Jorge Paredes – Saginaw Valley State University
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MST

  An exploratory analysis of gene expression stressors in the behavioral & physiological mechanisms of Apis mellifera foragers
  

  Presenting Author: Isabella Cano – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Grayson Tung – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Chloe Hawkings (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MST

  Bees and thieves: Determining the network structure of a parasitoid-host system for cavity-nesting bees in Minnesota
  

  Presenting Author: Jenalyn Ann Ostendorf – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Matthew Petersen – University of Minnesota
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MST

  Does host-plant resistance inadvertently increase secondary pest populations by reducing biocontrol?
  

  Presenting Author: Yasmine Helbling – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Bill O. Lamp – University of Maryland
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MST

  Estimated moth host capacity in urban conservation habitats
  

  Presenting Author: Addison Ashe Copen – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Lucy Guarnieri – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Michelle Pham – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Mary Margaret Gardiner (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MST

  Examining the validity of plant stress hypothesis in tomato plants recovering from flooding
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Anthony Somerville, Jr. (he/him/his) – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Esther N. Ngumbi – University of Illinois
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MST

  Opposites attract…or do they? Examining the influence of Acalymma vittatum in the host-plant finding decisions of Anasa tristis
  

  Presenting Author: Natalie Brennan (she/her/hers) – Montana State University

  Co-Author: Matthew Barrett (he/him/his) – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Jennifer Thaler – Cornell University
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM MST

  Plant domestication and geographic origin affect resistance to insect herbivory
  

  Presenting Author: Jeremy Garces – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Morgan Thompson (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Skai Peterson – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Anjel Helms – Texas A&M University
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM MST

  Pollen identification database in the Southeast region for pollinator research
  

  Presenting Author: Emma Blake U'Ren – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Claire Green – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Pierre Lau (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Priyadarshini Chakrabarti Basu – Mississippi State University
• 12:18 PM – 12:30 PM MST

  Wild bee species abundance and floral preference on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus
  

  Presenting Author: Paige Myers – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Autumn Smart – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Judy Wu-Smart – University of Nebraska
• 12:30 PM – 12:42 PM MST

  Within-colony foraging specialization among bumble bees and consequences for disease transmission
  

  Presenting Author: Tallisker L.H Weiss – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Wee Hao Ng – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Nils Napp – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Scott McArt – Cornell University