Entomology 2020 Symposia and Workshops
The following have been selected as symposia and workshops for Entomology 2020.
Program Symposia
2020: A New Vision for Managing the "Wicked Problem" of Pest Resistance
Organizers: Clinton Pilcher and Steven Bradbury
CAMTech: Facilitating Next Generation Pest Management Solutions through Public-Private Partnerships
Organizers: Bryony Bonning and Subba Reddy Palli
Entomology for All: Diverse Speakers Showcasing Chemoreception in Diverse Insects
Organizers: Walter Leal and John Carlson
Fostering Diversity in Entomology
Organizers: Mamoudou Setamou , Joseph Disi, Barbara Amoah
Insects for Everyone and in Everything: Entomology's Growing Reach
Organizer: Ryan Gott
Looking for Bugs in All the Wrong Places - Finding Entomology Where you Least Expect It
Organizers: Laura Higgins and Susan Moser
Making 'Entomology for All' a Reality - the ESA Diversity & Inclusion Committee's 'Best Practices' for a Truly Welcoming Society
Organizers: Kyle Jordan, Amanda Skidmore, and Brittany Campbell
Section Symposia - Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology (MUVE)
Advances in German Cockroach Biology and Management
Organizers: Changlu Wang, Chow-Yang Lee, and Michael Rust
Chemical and Microbial Ecology of Disease Vectors
Organizer: Baldwyn Torto
Delusions of Infestations (DI): Identifying Issues and Providing Answers
Organizer: Gale Ridge
Oviposition Ecology of Hematophagous Arthropods: Patterns, Processes, and Applications
Organizers: Gideon Wasserberg, Eduardo Hatano
Research and Development of Insect Repellents
Organizers: Mustapha Debboun, Caleb Corona, and Joel Coats
There and Back Again: A Tale of Challenges and Breakthroughs of Understudied Dipteran Vectors
Organizers: Mary Mills and Simon Carpenter
Section Symposia - Physiology, Biochemistry, and Toxicology (PBT)
Addressing the Wicked Problem of Pesticide Resistance and Pest Management
Organizers: Adekunle Adesanya and Fang Zhu
Evaluating Sublethal Effects of Agrochemicals on Pollinators
Organizers: Jon Harrison and Adrian Fisher
Immunology for All
Organizers: Yan Yan and Michael Strand
Impact of Evolving Regulations on Commercialization of Genetically Modified Pest Control Products
Organizers: Anikumar Gowda and Betiana Parody
Impacts of Pesticide Toxicity in Agroecosystems – Implications on Physiology, Behavior and Population Dynamics of Pests and Pollinators
Organizers: PriyadarshinI Chakrabarti and Neelendra Joshi
Insecticidal Proteins: From Discovery to Commercialization
Organizers: William Moar, Mark Nelson, and Kara Giddings
New insights into the Development of RNA products for Controlling Agricultural and Medically Important Insect Pests
Organizers: Ana Velez, William Moar, Swati Mishra, and Molly Darlington
The Art, Science, and Industry of Insect Rearing
Organizers: Chitvan Khajuria, Peter Jensen, and Cara Vazquez
Where Did You Come From, Where Are You Going? Insect Navigation: From Neurons to Behavior
Organizers: Joanna Konopka, Ali Afify, and Darya Task
Section Symposia - Plant-Insect Ecosystems (P-IE)
Addressing a Significant Food Security Threat: Spodoptera frugiperda Invasion in Africa, Asia and Australia
Organizers: Boris Castro, Fikru Haile, Rodney Nagoshi, and Marlin Rice
Designing Ecosystems for Insects, Humans and Other Species of Interest
Organizer: Jarrad Prasifka
Drosophila Interactions for All — from Endosymbionts to Ecosystems
Organizers: Kelly Hamby and Jana Collatz
Early Career Professionals Promoting Biological Control in a Changing World
Organizers: Cesar Rodriguez-Saona and Sara Hermann
Entomology for All Plants! Insect Science in Nurseries and Landscapes
Organizers: Ryan Gott, Stacey Jones, and Kevin Chase
Entomology in Urban Agriculture: Growing Food for All
Organizers: Laura Inwell and Warren Sconiers
Entomology of Cannabis sativa: Insect Science and Pest Management in a Burgeoning Industry
Organizers: Jonathan Cale, Katelyn Kesheimer, Kadie Britt, Marguerite Bolt, and Amanda Skidmore
Forentomics: Linking Bark Beetle Biology and Management with Advances in Molecular Biology and Genomics
Organizers: Lynne Rieske-Kinney, Fredrik Schlyter, and Amit Roy
Fundamental Biology to Practical Management of Ambrosia Beetles in Horticultural Tree Agroecosystems
Organizers: Angelita Acebes-Doria and Christopher Ranger
Insect Pests and Beneficial Arthropods in Climate-Change-Resilient Diversified Cropping Systems
Organizers: Subodh Adhikari, Jessica Kalin, Dane Elmquist, and Sanford Eigenbrode
“It’s Going Down for Real” Ecological Interactions in the Soil
Organizers: Anjel Helms, Loren Rivera-Vega, and Swayamjit Ray
Memorial Symposium: Dr. Peter Landolt
Organizers: Megan Asche and Robert Meagher
Research Advancing Pollinator Conservation on Utility Lands
Organizers: Ashley Bennett, Claire Ike, and Geoffrey Williams
We Stink Too! Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Research from Early Career Professionals
Organizers: Joe Kaser and John Pote
What's the Buzz? Highlighting Native Bees
Organizers: Beth Ferguson, Mary-Kate Williams, and Tien Lindsay
Section Symposia - Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (SysEB)
Insects and Micro-CT: Recent Advances in the Use of 3-Dimensional Data within Entomology
Organizers: Kristin Dunn and Steven Davis
Myrmecology For All: Combining Morphology, Molecules, Ecology, and Behavior to Advance Ant Systematics
Organizers: Andrea Lucky, Corrie Moreau, and Rachelle Adams
Member Symposia
Advancement in Natural and Biological-based Insecticide Research
Organizers: Sudip Gaire, Babu Panthi, Sandipa Gautam, and Jhalendra Rijal
Aquatic Invertebrates in a Metacommunity Framework: Linking Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems
Organizers: Margaret Hartman, William Lamp, Kelly McIntyre, and Sally Entrekin
Arthropod Saliva: Role in Blood Feeding and Pathogen Transmission
Organizer: Eric Calvo
As Above, So Below and As Within, So Without? Re-visiting the Role of Traditional Field Entomology/ecology in the Age of “Omics”
Organizers: Harit Bal and Matthew Grieshop
Bridging the Gap: Bringing Entomology to the Public & Other Disciplines
Organizers: Sam Heraghty and Thomas Franzem
Building the Capacity of Insect Scientists: The Role of African Regional Postgraduate Program in Insect Science (ARPPIS)
Organizer: Clement Akotsen-Mensah
Crop Mycotoxins and Their Association with Insects: Impact on Food and Feed Safety and Insect Control Decisions
Organizers: William Mora, Matthew Carroll, and John Vicini
Current Advances in Acarology
Organizers: Monica Farfan and Lorena Lopez
Diversity of Genomic Applications across Entomological Disciplines
Organizers: Brad Coates and Monica Poelchau
DoD Entomology: More Than Just Mosquitoes!
Organizers: Erica Lindroth and Gabriela Zollner
Don't Forget to Pack Your Entomologist: Discovering the Global Impact of Our Science in Surprising Places
Organizer: Georgina Bingham
Early Career Investigator Recognition Symposium
Organizers: Scott O'Neal, Lorena Lopez, Nicholas Larson, and Lina Bernaola
Ecology, Epidemiology, and Management of Whiteflies and Whitefly-transmitted Viruses in the United States
Organizers: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan, Alvin Simmons, and Allen Moore
e-Entomology: Inclusive Outreach in a Digital World
Organizers: Abigail Hayes, Andrea Haberkern, and Evan Waite
Encouraging Metamorphosis for All: Exploring the Undergraduate Experience through Teaching and Research Mentorship
Organizers: Carly Tribull, David Serrano, Scott O'Neal, and James Wilson
Entomology & Technology: Conversations on Addressing ESA’s Science Policy Priorities through Convergence
Organizer: Lauren Diepenbrock
Entomology for All: Diverse Careers for Diverse Entomologists
Organizers: Lina Bernaola, Annie Krueger, Patricia Prade, and Hannah Quellhorst
Expanding Entomology Education and Outreach to Many Audiences
Organizers: Doug Golick, Wyatt Hoback, David Held, Scott Williams, John Guyton, Andrine Shufran, and Faith Weeks
Farm to Fork: Linking Biology of Postharvest Insects to their Management
Organizers: Allison Gerken, Rob Morrison
From Rum Stills to Cotton Gins and Head Lettuce to Head Lice: The Remarkable Development of Spinosad for All
Organizers: Marc Fisher and Brian Bret
Getting Insects in the Classroom: How to Promote and Support Public School Programs on Entomology
Organizer: Kara Ladle
Global Advances in Ant Phylogenomics
Organizer: John Longino
Got Bugs? Effective Messaging when Arthropods are Uninvited Roommates
Organizers: Tamra Reall and Faith Oi
Greenhouse Arthropod Management: Encompassing Past Experiences and Challenging Future Expectations
Organizers: Catharine Mannion, John Sanderson, and Raymond Clout
Highlighting Women's Research: Sustaining Biodiversity & Conservation
Organizers: Leah Buchman, Jaclyn Martin, Erika Peirce, Alexandria Payne, and Janaina Camara Siqueira da Cunha
How It Works: Science Used in Regulatory Decision Making
Organizers: Keri Carstens, Thomas Steeger, and Katrina White
Hyper-Effective Outreach: How Entomology Blossoms Outside The Academic Sphere Through The Ant Keeping Hobby
Organizer: Kendrick Nakamura
Insecticide Resistance Management (IRM) for All
Organizers: Scott Ludwig, Graham Head, Caydee Savinelli, Hector Portillo, Kevin Langdon, Patricia Prasifka, Adrian Duehl, and Paul Neese
Insects in Soils: Peering into the Black Box
Organizers: Allison Zahorec and Kyle Wickings
Management of Fall Armyworm in Africa and Asia
Organizer: Rangaswamy Muniappan
Microbes, too! Microbe-produced Semiochemicals as Mediators of Species Interactions
Organizers: Rachel Vannette, Caitlin Rering, Robert Scheaffer, and John Beck
Microbial Interactions and Their Influence on Organisms and Ecosystems
Organizers: Jocelyn Holt, Antonino Malacrinò, and Raul Medina
Mite-y Women in Acarology: Current Research from a Historical Perspective
Organizers: Monica Farfan, Emilie Demard, and Emily Durkin
Mosquito-Microbe Interactions
Organizers: Chinmay Tikhe and Eric Caragata
Mutualism, Manipulation, or Mistaken Identity: Natural Enemy Modulation of Plant Defenses and Multitrophic Effects
Organizers: Asher Jones, Elizabeth Davidson-Lowe, and Sara Hermann
Pathogen-mediated Ecological Interactions: From Microbes to Complex Ecosystems
Organizers: Sayanta Bera, Chad Nihranz, Benjamin Lee, Saumik Basu, and Shirin Parizad
Pollinators and Soybeans: Impacts, Complications, and Future Directions
Organizers: Chia-Hua Lin, Hannah Levenson, and Katherine Parys
Powerful Voices: Overcoming Cchallenges in Entomology - 8th Latin American/ Hispanic Symposium
Organizers: Ana Legrand, Silvia Rondon, Steven Reyna, and Jesus Lara
Small Orders, Big Ideas (Polyneoptera)
Organizers: Derek Woller and Hojun Song
Staphylinidae: When You Care Enough to Study the Very Best…
Organizers: Michael Ferro and Brittany Owens
Sterile Insect Technique for All - Development and Implementation of SIT for Agriculture, Public Health and Natural Ecosystems
Organizers: Houston Wilson and Kacie Athey
Synergy in Biological Control of Invasive Insects: Utilizing the Ecology and Behavior of Natural Enemies
Organizers: Francesc Gomez Marco and Hannah Broadley
Time, Space, and Insects: Large-scale Temporal and Spatial Data for Insect Ecology and Global Change
Organizers: Timothy Luttermoser and Katja Poveda
Organized Meetings
Environmental Entomology and Journal of Economic Entomology Awards and Overview
Organizers: Meloday Keena, Theresa Poland, Michael Brewer, Frank Zalom, and Nan-Yao Su
Highlights of Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology & MUVE Business Meeting
Organizer: Dana Nayduch
International Branch Meeting
Organizer: Thomas Simonsen
Korean Young Entomologists (KYE)
Organizers: June Sunny Yoon, Sang-Bin Lee, and Donghwan Choe
Multistate Research Project NE1443: Biology, Ecology, and Management of Emerging Disease Vectors
Organizer: Paul Leisnham
Physiology, Biochemistry, and Toxicology (PBT) Section Meeting and Networking Session
Organizers: Kun Yan Zhu and Ronda Hamm
Plant-Insect Ecosystem (P-IE) Section Awards Celebration and Networking Session (All Welcome)
Organizer: Jeffrey Bradshaw
SOLA Scarab Workers
Organizers: Nicole Gunter and Andrew Smith
SWD Fly Gathering - WERA 1021: Spotted-wing Drosophila Biology, Ecology, and Management
Organizers: Jana Lee and Hannah Burrack
Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity Business Meeting
Organizers: Rebecca Simmons, Jennifer Zaspel, Chris Hamilton, Aaron Smith, and Floyd Shockley
Taiwanese Entomologist Association Meeting
Organizers: De-Fen Mou and Ching-Wen Tan
The Coleopterists Society Annual General Meeting
Organizers: Robert Anderson and Andrew Smith
Workshops
A Seat at the Table for Everyone: Breaking Down Barriers to Entomology for All
Organizers: Katelyn Kesheimer, Hannah Penn, Karen Walker, Gail Kampmeier, and Phyllis Weintraub
Be the Nerd: Extension Entomology Share Fair
Organizers: Erin Hodgson and Brian McCornack
Finding a Career in an Evolving Job Market
Organizers: Scott O'Neal, Carly Tribull, Karl Roeder, and James Wilson
Lead the Way for Women and Minorities in Entomology
Organizers: Hongmei Li-Byarlay, Melissa Siebert, Rayda Krell, and Patricia Prasifka
Working on Getting to Work: Resumes, Career Changes, and You
Organizers: Gwen Pearson and Ryan Gott