Grad 10-min Competition: MUVE, Medical and Veterinary Entomology and Vector Biology and Management

Moderator(s)

• 

  Oluwaseun Ajayi (he/him/his)

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Department of Biological Sciences
  University of Cincinnati
  Cincinnati, Ohio
• 

  Joel Coats, Ph.D. (he/him/his)

  Distinguished Professor Emeritus
  Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology
  Iowa State University, Iowa

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MST

  Determining the effect of climate on dengue outbreak variability in the Sonoran Desert
  

  Presenting Author: Joshua Arnbrister (he/him/his) – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Kathleen Walker (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Pablo Reyes-Castro – El Colegio de Sonora

  Co-Author: Kacey Ernst – University of Arizona
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MST

  Enhancing S.M.A.R.T. surveillance to improve pest detection on beef cattle
  

  Presenting Author: Katy V. Smith (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Hao Gan – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Amin Nasiri – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Karen DeLong – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Rebecca Butler – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Jennifer Chandler – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Vishvapali C. Kobbekaduwa, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee/Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology

  Co-Author: Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MST

  Evaluating the changes in questing behavior of lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) following a sublethal exposure to a pyrethroid-neonicotinoid product
  

  Presenting Author: Regan Daniels (she/they) – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Sydney Crawley – Rentokil-Terminix

  Co-Author: Christopher C. Hayes – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Michael H. Reiskind – North Carolina State University
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MST

  Influence of the northern fowl mite (Acari: Macronyssidae) infestation level on cage-free laying hen welfare
  

  Presenting Author: Hayley L. Sutherland (she/her/hers) – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Luiz F. Brito – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Amy C. Murillo – University of California

  Co-Author: Marisa A. Erasmus – Purdue University
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MST

  Mosquitoes in the fall: Effects of age and photoperiod on the transcriptome of Culex pipiens
  

  Presenting Author: Grayson Tung – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Dina M. Fonseca (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MST

  The effects of sublethal larvicide exposure on Culicoides biting midge vector competence for bluetongue virus
  

  Presenting Author: Blythe Emily Lawson – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Emily McDermott – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Bethany McGregor (she/her/hers) – USDA

  Co-Author: Barbara S. Drolet (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MST

  Tick control by the pros: Effectiveness of PMPs' practices to suppress nymphal Ixodes scapularis populations in backyards
  

  Presenting Author: Zackary J. Sieb, PHE, BCE-Intern (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Co-Author: Zackary J. Sieb, PHE, BCE-Intern (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Co-Author: Tela Zembsch – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Bradley Tucker – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Alex Blahnik – Rentokil-Terminix

  Co-Author: Cassie Krejci, BCE – Rentokil-Terminix

  Co-Author: Lyric Bartholomay – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Susan M. Paskewitz (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin