Seminars

Fall 2025 Seminar Schedule

*All seminars take place on Mondays from 11:30 am- 12:20 pm in Biological Sciences 404A.


August 25

Assistant Professor, University of Georgia

"How do bees wash their hands? The weird and wonderful world of host defenses in a social insect."

September 8

 
Associate Professor, Michigan State University
 
"Evolution of Cuticular Hydrocarbons (CHCs) and Desiccation Resistance in Drosophila."

September 15

Dr James Crall | Entomology

Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

"Flexibility and resilience in biological networks: Insights from the humble bumble bee."

September 22

Professor/Extension Entomologist, University of Minnesota

"A Leafminer’s Leap: Emergence of Macrosaccus morrisella as a Soybean Pest"

September 29

 
Assistant Professor, Wayne State University
 
"The ecology, evolutionary biology of gall-forming insects: temporal and spatial variation at multiple scales."

October 6

Associate Director, Associate Professor, University of Florida

"Using insect physiology as a stencil for new directions in insecticide science and mitigation of insect vectored disease."

October 13

 
Assistant Professor, Penn State

October 20

Dr Louie Yang | Entomology and Nematology

Professor, University of California - Davis

"Why study insect ecology in the field?"

October 27 ****CANCELLED****

Assistant Professor, Boston University

"Non-canonical olfaction in mosquitoes."

November 3

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Entomology

University of California - Davis

"Enduring Principles in Insect Biodemography: Foundations and Frontiers"

November 10

ESA - No seminar

November 17

Professor, Colorado State

"When can adaptation to challenging environments rescue populations from extinction? Evidence from a model system?"

November 24

Thanksgiving Week

NO SEMINAR

December 1

NO SEMINAR - Classes end December 2