Grad 10-min Competition: MUVE, Ecology and Vector Biology and Management

Moderator(s)

• KH

  Kim Hung, BCE

  Vector Ecologist
  Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District
  Indio, California
• JM

  John Mahas

  Postdoctoral Research Associate
  Cornell University
  Geneva, New York

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MST

  A walk in the park: Assessing the role of urbanization in New Jersey's tick-borne disease landscape
  

  Presenting Author: Zoe Narvaez (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Andrea Egizi (she/her/hers) – Monmouth County Tick-borne Disease Program

  Co-Author: Alvaro Toledo – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Dana Price – Rutgers University
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MST

  Biological parameters of the Triatomine bug, Triatoma rubida (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) reared in an artificial feeding system
  

  Presenting Author: Kavita Adhikari – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Alvaro Romero – New Mexico State University
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MST

  Impacts of pantothenate supplementation on Anopheles stephensi life history traits
  

  Presenting Author: Megan E. Dobson – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Hannah L. Kaylor – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Abigail Fellows – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Kayla Savoie-Penton – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Sydney Pruett – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Jessica Brady – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Brendan Riske – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Yared Debebe Desta – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Michael Riehle, Ph.D. – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Shirley Luckhart (she/her/hers) – University of Idaho
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MST

  Micronutrient supplementation impact the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens, (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) development and production
  

  Presenting Author: Erin Harris – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Jeffery Tomberlin – Texas A&M University
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM MST

  Pathogen control in insects as food and feed: Interactions between black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) and Escherichia coli O157:H7
  

  Presenting Author: Rachel Ann McNeal – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Tawni Crippen – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Aaron Tarone – Texas A&M University

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

  Plant sugar feeding preferences in Florida Culex quinquefasciatus
  

  Presenting Author: Mba-tihssommah Mosore – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Shova Mishra – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Alden Estep – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Edwin R. Burgess, IV – University of Florida
• 12:18 PM – 12:30 PM MST

  Systematic review as a method of evaluating the host associations and optimal sampling strategies of Amblyomma americanum and Dermacentor variabilis ticks
  

  Presenting Author: Dayvion Adams – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Kaylin Susanne Lewandowski (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Michael H. Reiskind – North Carolina State University