Beyond Graduation: Navigating the Professional Landscape

Organizer(s)

• LO

  Luis Ochoa Cadena (he/him/his)

  Graduate Student
  Entomology
  New Mexico State University
  Las Cruces, New Mexico
• EM

  Erick Martinez

  Graduate Student
  Entomology
  The Ohio State University
  Wooster, Ohio
• 

  Sara Salgado Astudillo

  Grad student
  Entomology and Nematology
  University of Florida
  Fort Pierce, Florida
• 

  Vilma Montenegro

  Graduate Research Assistant
  Department of Entomology
  University of Florida
  Vero Beach, Florida
• 

  Leslie Aviles Lopez

  Graduate Student
  Entomology
  Purdue University
  West Lafayette, Indiana

Presentations:

• 9:30 AM – 9:35 AM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Vilma M. Montenegro – University of Florida
• 9:35 AM – 9:45 AM MST

  How soft skills matter in your technical career
  

  Presenting Author: Jesse M. Richardson – Corteva Agriscience

  Co-Author: Rosana Serikawa – Corteva Agriscience
• 9:45 AM – 9:55 AM MST

  Seeking and unlocking opportunities: Shaping your profile for entomology careers in industry
  

  Presenting Author: Carlos J. Esquivel (he/him/his) – Bayer CropScience LP

  Co-Author: Ana R. Cabrera (she/her/hers) – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Chitvan Khajuria – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Christopher R. Brown (he/him/his) – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Steven M. Reyna (he/him/his) – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Frankie Stubbins (he/him/his) – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Harit K. Bal – Bayer Crop Science
• 9:55 AM – 10:05 AM MST

  You can still teach! It doesn't have to be in academia
  

  Presenting Author: Michelle Hartzer, BCE (she/her/hers) – 360 Pest and Food Safety Consulting
• 10:05 AM – 10:10 AM MST

  Break
• 10:10 AM – 10:20 AM MST

  After the swarm: How entomology careers can take you places
  

  Presenting Author: Eric Rebek – FMC Corporation

  Co-Author: Danielle Kirkpatrick – FMC Corporation
• 10:20 AM – 10:30 AM MST

  Defining purpose for your career
  

  Presenting Author: Kimberly Morrell (she/her/hers) – Bayer Crop Science
• 10:30 AM – 10:40 AM MST

  Thriving abroad: Navigating career in industry as a non-US citizen
  

  Presenting Author: Sajjan Grover – Bayer Crop Science
• 10:40 AM – 10:45 AM MST

  Break
• 10:45 AM – 11:25 AM MST

  Open Q&A
• 11:25 AM – 11:30 AM MST

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Sara Elizabeth Salgado Astudillo – University of Florida