SysEB: Education and Outreach, Behavior, and Pollinators

Moderator(s)

• IM

  István Mikó

  Collections Manager
  Don Chandler Entomological Collection, Biological Sciences
  University of New Hampshire
  Strafford, New Hampshire
• TW

  Timothy Warren

  Assistant Professor
  Oregon State University
  Corvallis, Oregon

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:42 PM ET

  A CURE for the taxonomic impediment: Injecting diversity into taxonomy through large-scale research courses
  

  Presenting Author: Andrea Lucky – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Jason L. Williams (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Anthony Auletta – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Aswaj Punnath – University of Florida

  Co-Author: John S. LaPolla, Ph.D. – Towson University
• 1:42 PM – 1:54 PM ET

  Applying yourself: A new professor’s anecdotal insight for navigating the faculty application process
  

  Presenting Author: Alexander Orfinger – University of Florida
• 1:54 PM – 2:06 PM ET

  Bimodal circadian rhythms in the nocturnal sweat bee Megalopta genalis
  

  Presenting Author: Adam Smith, PhD – George Washington University
• 2:06 PM – 2:18 PM ET

  Correlating latitudinal origin with variation in diapause-associated genes in the blue orchard bee Osmia lignaria
  

  Presenting Author: Scarlet Sellers – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Brook Milligan – New Mexico State University
• 2:18 PM – 2:30 PM ET

  Engaging youth and the public with live arthropods: Challenges and conquering them
  

  Presenting Author: Harry Jones – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Beverly Keasler – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Jennifer Seltzer – MIssissippi State University

  Co-Author: JoVonn Hill – Mississippi Entomological Museum
• 2:30 PM – 2:42 PM ET

  Entomology in Japan: Insect anime, bug hotels, and gacha-gacha gum-ball machines
  

  Presenting Author: Akito Y. Kawahara, Ph.D. – Florida Museum Of Natural History
• 2:42 PM – 2:54 PM ET

  Break
• 2:54 PM – 3:06 PM ET

  Evolution of leader-follower role in termite tandem runs
  

  Presenting Author: Nobuaki Mizumoto, n/a – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Kensei Kikuchi – Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Simon Hellemans – Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Thomas Bourguignon – Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Nathan Bailey – University of St. Andrews
• 3:06 PM – 3:18 PM ET

  Flying Drosophila suzukii navigate using celestial visual cues
  

  Presenting Author: Timothy Warren – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Kei Horikawa – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Catherine M. Little – Memorial University of Newfoundland
• 3:18 PM – 3:30 PM ET

  Museums in miniature: Bringing entomology to South Carolina schools
  

  Presenting Author: Caitlin May Silva, n/a – Dallas Zoo

  Co-Author: Patricia Louise Wooden, n/a – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Nikolai Artley – Clemson University
• 3:30 PM – 3:42 PM ET

  Prey capture in hidden predators: Examining variation in the strike of praying mantises
  

  Presenting Author: Lohitashwa Garikipati – Towson University

  Co-Author: Christopher E. Oufiero – Towson University
• 3:42 PM – 3:54 PM ET

  Break
• 3:54 PM – 4:06 PM ET

  Sharing insect research via online video: Experimental assessments of scientists as communicators
  

  Presenting Author: Selina Ariel Ruzi – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Nicole M. Lee – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Adrian A. Smith – North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
• 4:06 PM – 4:18 PM ET

  The biomechanics of viscous spitting in termite soldiers
  

  Presenting Author: Elio Challita – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Jacob Harrison – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Pankaj Rohilla – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Christina McDonald (she/her/hers) – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Saad Bhamla – Georgia Institute of Technology
• 4:18 PM – 4:30 PM ET

  The effect of using specimen color to increase college student interest in and comfort with live arthropods
  

  Presenting Author: Faith J. Weeks – Towson University
• 4:30 PM – 4:42 PM ET

  The mandibular gland of Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae): A link between chemical ecology, evo-devo and descriptive taxonomy
  

  Presenting Author: István Mikó – University of New Hampshire

  Co-Author: Holly Hoag – University of New Hampshire

  Co-Author: Monique Raymond – University of New Hampshire

  Co-Author: Jonah Ulmer – State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart

  Co-Author: Thomas van de Kamp – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Jack Werren – University of Rochester

  Co-Author: Adrian Richter (he/him/his) – Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

  Co-Author: Grace Gaucher – University of New Hampshire

  Co-Author: Szabina Schweger

  Co-Author: Zsolt Penzes – University of Szeged
• 4:42 PM – 4:54 PM ET

  Using scientific illustration to reconstruct extinct species
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth Sisk – Liz Sisk Scientific Illustration & Design
• 5:06 PM ET

  BugBox: A new tool for AI-assisted parataxonomy of arthropods
  

  Presenting Author: Kelton Douglas Welch – Ecdysis Foundation

  Co-Author: Jonathan G. Lundgren, Dr. – Ecdysis Foundation