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Member Symposium

Student Competition

Student

Rising Stars of Entomology Award Symposium

Tuesday, November 7, 2023
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Maryland 5-6

In-Person Student Competition

Recognition of graduate students near the completion of their degrees awarded for outstanding work in their programs. These entomology stars will present an in-depth 30-minute overview of their thesis research. Students were evaluated and selected by a panel of judges from each of ESA’s sections.

Presentations:

  • 9:00 AM – 9:02 AM ET
    Introductory remarks

    Presenting Author: Victoria Pickens – Kansas State University

  • 9:02 AM – 9:37 AM ET
    The hitchhiker’s guide to the prairies: Host plant use in a phytoplasma vector

    Presenting Author: Berenice Romero – University of Saskatchewan

    Co-Author: Tim Dumonceaux – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

    Co-Author: Joanna Rojek – University of Saskatchewan

    Co-Author: Chrystel Olivier – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

    Co-Author: Tyler Wist – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

    Co-Author: Sean M. Prager – University of Saskatchewan

  • 9:37 AM – 10:12 AM ET
    The effects of microplastics on the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus microbiome and host immunity

    Presenting Author: Carla-Cristina Melo Edwards – University of California

    Co-Author: Gabriella Mcconnel – Texas Tech University

    Co-Author: Jaclyn Cañas-Carrell – Texas Tech University

    Co-Author: Corey L. Brelsfoard – Texas Tech University

  • 10:12 AM – 10:47 AM ET
    How 19th Century specimens solve 21st Century problems

    Presenting Author: Jessica N. Awad – State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart

  • 10:47 AM – 11:22 AM ET
    Ecological consequences of systemic plant defense against insect herbivory

    Presenting Author: Morgan Thompson – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Anjel Helms – Texas A&M University

  • 11:22 AM – 11:57 AM ET
    Aedes aegypti odorant receptors respond to behaviorally relevant plant volatiles

    Presenting Author: Heidi Pullmann-Lindsley – Baylor University

    Co-Author: Robert M. Huff – Baylor University

    Co-Author: R. Jason Pitts – Baylor University

  • 11:57 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Closing remarks

    Presenting Author: Victoria Pickens – Kansas State University