Everglades Research and Education Center

Entomology

2024 Entomological Society America (ESA) Annual Meeting in Pheonix, AZ

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Brynn Johnson, Ph.D. student (left) was an invited symposium speaker for the Formal and Informal Teaching (FIT) section of the Entomological Society of America (ESA). The symposium took place on November 13th, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. Brynn presented a talk entitled "Integrating insect science into the curriculum: State college insights".

Carolina Tieppo Camarozano, Ph.D. student (right) won 1st place in the Entomology Games Texting Competition at the Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.

Tennyson’s (MS student) presented his research on monitoring thrips populations and lettuce virus diseases in Florida lettuce at the 2024 Entomological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ.

Tennyson also received 2024 Fall Travel Grant from ENSO (Entomology & Nematology Student Organization) to support the trip to ESA Annual Meeting.

Two lab members joined the lab in Fall 2024

Juan Sebastian Angel-Salazar (left), PhD student. Sebastian’s project will focus on sugarcane-aphid-virus interactions.

Eduardo Sanchez (right) OPS Technician

Dr. De-fen Mou - Agricultural Vector Entomology Lab

From left to right: Yavonne Williams, Tennyson Nkhoma, Gabriella Rakopoulos, Juan Sebastian Angel-Salazar, Dr. De-Fen Mou, Eduardo Sanchez

Gabriella Rakopoulos has spent a month volunteering in the lab. She contributed to the ongoing research project on thrips population monitoring in lettuce.

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Laura Bautista, Yavonne Williams, and Tennyson Nkhoma (left to right) presented their posters at the 2024 Floria Entomological Society Annual Meeting in July 2024 in Quincy, FL