Department Seminars - Spring 2021

Seminars are scheduled on Wednesdays from 10:45-11:30AM Eastern Time with a Q&A session at the end of each presentation. All seminars will be virtual events (webinars) this semester due to COVID-19 restrictions. All Purdue Department of Entomology personnel will be sent a link to each webinar prior to the date of the event. Anyone outside the department that would like to be notified of upcoming webinars can subscribe to the entm.seminars listserv. Most of our virtual seminars are recorded and will be made available in a YouTube playlist shortly after the date of each seminar.

Date	Presenter	Seminar Topic/Area of Interest

Jan 20	Dr. Chelsea Cook, Biology, Marquette University	Individual Variation in Cognition and Gene Expression Shape Collective Foraging Behavior in Honey Bees
Jan 27	Dr. Michael Scharf, Entomology, Purdue University	Endowed Chair Celebration Seminar: Addressing the problem of insecticide resistance in urban pests
Feb 3	Dr. Stacy Philpott, Environmental Studies, UC Santa Cruz	Biodiversity and ecosystem services in urban agroecosystems
Feb 10	Dr. Brian Nault, Entomology, Cornell University	Vector-virus relationships in cropping systems: a case study of onion thrips and Iris yellow spot virus
Feb 17	Dr. Alfred Fournier, Entomology, University of Arizona	Arizona IPM: Documenting impacts, reducing risks, informing policy
Feb 24	Dr. Hoover Pantoja, Biology, Purdue University	Tiny eavesdroppers: an integrative study of antennal ears in mosquitoes and frog-biting midges
Mar 3	Dr. MacKensize Kjeldgaard, Entomology, Purdue University	Stable isotope insights into the trophic interactions of invasive ants: Are sugar and sharing promoting abundance?
Mar 10	Dr. Smitha George, Biochemistry, Purdue University	Histone acetylation: embryonic and post-embryonic developments in insects
Mar 17	Dr. Mayra Vidal, Biology, Syracuse University	Diet breadth evolution and diversification of a generalist insect herbivore
Mar 24	Dr. Louie Yang, Entomology, UC Davis	Periodical cicadas as resource pulses linking aboveground and belowground communities: A 17-year perspective
Mar 31	Dr. Michael Stout, Entomology, Louisana State University	Exploiting plant phenotypic plasticity for pest management
Apr 7	Dr. Gail Langellotto, Horticulture, Oregon State University	Insect husbandry for urban agriculture
Apr 14	Dr. Zsofia Szendrei, Entomology, Michigan State University	Supporting pollinators in vine crops: from honey bees to wild bees
Apr 21	Dr. Alejandro Del Pozo-Valdivia, Entomology, Virigina Tech	Expanding the toolbox: Applied research for improving IPM
Apr 28	Department of Entomology, Purdue University	Undergraduate Capstone Forum
May 5	Dr. Sheila Colla , Environmental & Urban Change, York University	TBA

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Depar​tment Seminars​ - Spring 2021

Department Seminars - Spring 2021