Rising Stars of Entomology Award Symposium

Organizer(s)

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  Jacqueline Maille (she/her/hers)

  Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant
  Department of Entomology
  Kansas State University
  Manhattan, Kansas
• 

  Michelle Au (she/her/hers)

  Graduate Research Assistant
  Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, CTAHR
  University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
  Honolulu, Hawaii
• AA

  Alexis Alsdorf

  North Carolina State University
  Raleigh, North Carolina
• FO

  Flinn O'Hara

  PhD Student
  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida

This award symposium honors five exceptional graduate students from ESA sections, offering complimentary meeting registration and a one-year ESA membership. Each student will present a 30-minute overview of their thesis research. The symposium highlights outstanding student work, promotes networking, and aims to highlight ESA student research.

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM – 2:10 PM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Jacqueline M. Maille (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University
• 2:10 PM – 2:45 PM MST

  Integrating novel tactic long-lasting insecticide netting into integrated pest management programs for food facilities
  

  Presenting Author: Sabita Ranabhat (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: Kun Yan Zhu – Kansas State University

  Co-Author: William R. Morrison, III (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS
• 2:45 PM – 3:20 PM MST

  Development of a web-based platform for designing effective and eco-friendly double-stranded RNA-based insecticides
  

  Presenting Author: Doga Cedden – University of Göttingen

  Co-Author: Gregor Bucher – University of Göttingen
• 3:20 PM – 3:30 PM MST

  Break
• 3:30 PM – 4:05 PM MST

  Ecology and evolution of melanin pigmentation plasticity in a complex world
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah Elizabeth Britton (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Goggy Davidowitz (he/him/his) – University of Arizona
• 4:05 PM – 4:40 PM MST

  A new bioassay technique to assess insecticide impacts on an introduced larval endoparasitoid of emerald ash borer
  

  Presenting Author: Preetpal Singh – University of Toronto

  Co-Author: Christian MacQuarrie – Canadian Forest Service

  Co-Author: Sandy Smith – University of Toronto
• 4:40 PM – 4:50 PM MST

  Break
• 4:50 PM – 5:25 PM MST

  Buzz kill: Insecticide resistance in Culex mosquito populations
  

  Presenting Author: Kylee Noel (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Chris Stone – Illinois Natural History Survey
• 5:25 PM – 5:35 PM MST

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Jacqueline M. Maille (she/her/hers) – Kansas State University