Empowering Tomorrow with Insect Science: I’m Finishing Grad School, Now What?

Organizer(s)

• LF

  Lauren Fann (she/her/hers)

  Pest Management Specialist
  Almond Board of California
  Modesto, California
• AW

  Abigail Welch

  Semios
  Fresno, California

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Lauren E. Fann (she/her/hers) – Almond Board of California
• 1:35 PM – 1:40 PM MST

  How to get paid to look for bugs: The importance of pest surveillance in government work
  

  Presenting Author: Anna R. Pasternak – Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• 1:40 PM – 1:45 PM MST

  From research labs to city halls: Navigating medical entomology in local government
  

  Presenting Author: Yaziri Gonzalez – City of Brownsville
• 1:45 PM – 1:50 PM MST

  How an introvert's journey from an early career scientist to making her mark in leadership roles
  

  Presenting Author: Lina Bernaola – Texas A&M University
• 1:50 PM – 1:55 PM MST

  From daughter of an entomologist to finding my own entomological passions: How my journey has led me to being an entomologist in agtech
  

  Presenting Author: Abigail Welch – Semios
• 1:55 PM – 2:00 PM MST

  Utilizing the basics of entomology as the framework to oversee an entomology, disease and weed management research program
  

  Presenting Author: Lauren E. Fann (she/her/hers) – Almond Board of California
• 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM MST

  Panel discussion
• 3:00 PM – 3:05 PM MST

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Lauren E. Fann (she/her/hers) – Almond Board of California