May R. Berenbaum (USA) was born in 1953. Swanlund Professor of Entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She graduated with a B.S. and honors in biology from Yale University and received a Ph.D. from Cornell University in ecology and evolutionary biology. Since 1980, she has been on the faculty of the Department of Entomology at UIUC, serving as head of the department since 1992.

Strasbourg University Institute for Advanced Study
France

Dr. Hoffmann is a professor of integrative biology at the Strasbourg University Institute for Advanced Study. He is also emeritus research director of the French National Research Center, and he served as vice-president and president of the French National Academy of Sciences from 2006-2010.

University of California, Davis
USA

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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
USA

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
USA

Dr. Peter Agre is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health.

The following international scientists were selected to deliver Plenary or Keynote Lectures at the 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Click on their names for more information and their presentation from ICE 2016.

Dr. Peter Agre (Keynote)- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA
Moderator: Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA

Presentation Title – Opening Doors Worldwide through Medical Science
Sunday, September 25 – 6:30 p.m.

ICE 2016’s Theme “Entomology without Borders” emphasized the global impact of entomology along with a multidisciplinary approach to explore and expand our scientific frontiers.

ICE 2016 honored leaders in the discipline through its Certificates of Distinction and other awards. In addition, ICE 2016 offered travel awards for students and early career professionals to participate in this historic event.

ESA’s Early Career Professional Committee (ECP), formerly know as Student and Early Professionals Committee (STEP), sponsored two competitions for travel grant awards for airfare, meeting registration, and lodging/living costs associated with travel to the 2016 International Congress of Entomology (ICE 2016). The first competition for a total of $50,000 was open to ESA members who were undergraduate or graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, or professionals having less than three years’ experience and who are located outside of the continental U.S.