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
September 15
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
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
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
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