Undergrad Competition MUVE, PBT and P-IE: Biocontrol, Genetics, and Ecology

Moderator(s)

• 

  Kelly Hamby

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Entomology
  University of Maryland
  College Park, Maryland
• CC

  Carolina Camargo

  CENICAÑA
  Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM ET

  (2nd Place) An analysis of jumping mechanics and behavior in cockroaches
  

  Presenting Author: Nicolas Jose Galvez – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Adrian A. Smith – North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM ET

  Comparing commercial and endophytic Bacillus thuringiensis against insect defoliators
  

  Presenting Author: Emma L. Eakins (She/they) – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Stephen P. Cook – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Abby Ferson-mitchell – University of Idaho
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM ET

  DNA analysis of invasive ant guts to determine predation of Episimus utilis in Hawaii
  

  Presenting Author: Juliana Elizabeth Salehi (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaii

  Co-Author: Michelle G. Au (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaii

  Co-Author: Mark G. Wright – University of Hawaii
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM ET

  Evaluating sublethal effects of chlorpyrifos exposure on mason bee (Osmia cornifrons) larval development
  

  Presenting Author: Kelly Bennett – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Jaya Sravanthi Mokkapati (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Natalie Boyle – Pennsylvania State University
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM ET

  Further elucidating the veterinary and public health implications of the invasive vector Culex pipiens in Calgary
  

  Presenting Author: Hailey Fawn Shaw – University of Calgary

  Co-Author: John Soghigian – University of Calgary
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM ET

  Influence of environmental conditions on shelter tube construction in the Formosan subterranean termite
  

  Presenting Author: Payton E. Floyed (she/her/hers) – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Joseph E. McCarthy – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Qian Sun – Louisiana State University
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM ET

  (1st Place) Investigating how light pollution disrupts the molecular regulation of diapause in mosquitoes
  

  Presenting Author: Maria Fiorta – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Lydia Fyie (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Mary Margaret Gardiner (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Megan Meuti – The Ohio State University
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM ET

  When viral infection meets sociobiology: RNA virus dynamics in field Argentine ant populations
  

  Presenting Author: Nicolas Gunnar Gustafson – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Hung-Wei Hsu – Academia Sinica

  Co-Author: Ming-Chung Chiu – National Taiwan University

  Co-Author: Chin-Cheng Yang – Virginia Tech
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM ET

  Who eats the yellow-margined leaf beetle? Field observations and genetic surveillance to identify local predators of a novel invasive pest
  

  Presenting Author: Jon Golan (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Christiana Huss – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Pedro Rodrigues – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Tara Gariepy – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Jason M. Schmidt – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Carmen K. Blubaugh – University of Georgia