EntoTech: Navigating Careers and Cutting-Edge Technology in Entomology

Organizer(s)

• GS

  Gurjit Singh

  Graduate Research Assistant
  Department of Entomology
  University of Georgia
  Griffin, Georgia
• HB

  Harit Bal

  Senior Research Entomologist
  Regulatory Sciences
  Bayer Crop Science
  Chesterfield, Missouri
• SR

  Swapna Priya Rajarapu

  Postdoctoral Researcher
  North Carolina State University
  Raleigh, North Carolina
• 

  Mandeep Tayal

  Graduate Research Assistant
  Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
  Clemson University
  Athens, Georgia
• 

  Gagandeep Brar

  Scientist
  Bayer Crop Science
  Martin, Tennessee
• 

  Kashish Verma (she/her/hers)

  Graduate Student
  Entomology
  University of Nebraska
  Lincoln, Nebraska

Presentations:

• 9:30 AM – 9:35 AM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Gurjit Singh – University of Georgia
• 9:35 AM – 9:55 AM MST

  How do you decide to launch an agbiotech start-up?
  

  Presenting Author: Fatma Kaplan – Pheronym Inc.
• 9:55 AM – 10:15 AM MST

  Hear the future: The Insect Eavesdropper™ revolution in pest management
  

  Presenting Author: Alexander Arovas – University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Co-Author: Laura E. Flandermeyer – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Dev Mehrotra – University of Wisconsin
• 10:35 AM – 10:40 AM MST

  Break
• 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM MST

  The impetus for innovation entomology startup careers
  

  Presenting Author: Heena Puri – Impetus Agriculture Inc.
• 11:20 AM – 11:40 AM MST

  Innovation in entomological research through modern technologies
  

  Presenting Author: Krishna Bayyareddy – Bayer Crop Science
• 11:40 AM – 11:45 AM MST

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Gurjit Singh – University of Georgia