Yoonseong Park, Department of Entomology , Kansas State University Title: “Neural control of tick salivary glands” Hosts: Spence Behmer & Patricia Pietrantonio

Ron Nachman, USDA, ARS, College Station, TX Title: “Development of mimetic analogs of pyrokinin-like neuropeptides to disrupt pest insect physiology/behavior” Host: Patricia Pietrantonio

Shalene Jha, Integrative Biology, University of Texas Austin Title: “Pollinator movement and population genetics across human-altered landscapes” Hosts: Juliana Rangel & Micky Eubanks

Department of Entomology Seminar Series, Spring 2016  Thursday, January 28, 4:00 p.m. Heep Center, Room 103 Jessica E. Light, Associate Professor and Curator of Mammals Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections, Texas A&M University Title: Are Lice Really That Lousy? Using Lice as Indicators of Host Evolutionary History Hosted by: […]

Dr. Tom Walsh, Chemical Response Genomics, CSIRO Land & Water Flagship – Australia Title: “The Old World Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera: Resistance Management, Resistance Mechanisms, Population Genetics and Genomics” Hosted by: Greg Sword

Chong Chin Heo Title: “Ecosystem resilience of carrion experiencing delayed Diptera colonization” Xanthe Shirley Title: “Phylogenetic relationships among species in Aphelinus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)” Wei “Ivy” Chen Title: “New Aspects of Sterols in Plant-Insect Interactions”

Jennifer White, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky Title: ”Trophic Interactions of Aphids as Mediated by Bacterial Symbionts” Hosted by: Spencer Behmer

Jonathan Cammack, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University Title: ” Decomposition Ecology: Beyond Bugs and Bodies “ Co-hosted by: Jeff Tomberlin

Michel Slotman, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University Title: “The Genetics of Human Host Seeking in Mosquitoes”

Jon N. Seal, Department of Biology, University of Texas at Tyler Title: “Specificity and Homeostasis in an Obligate Symbiosis: An Experimental Approach” Hosted by: Ed Vargo

Ted Wilson, Jack B. Wendt Endowed Chair in Rice Research, Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Beaumont "Unravelling the Complexities of Managing Crambid Stem Borers in a Landscape of Cultivated and Weedy Hosts" Hosted by: David Ragsdale

**Graduate Student Invited Speaker** Jeffrey Feder, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame Title: “The Genomics of Population Divergence: Across the Speciation Boundary in Rhagoletis Fruit Flies” Hosted by: Carl Hjelmen/Graduate Students

Deborah Finke, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri Title: “Beyond Consumption: The Unexpected Benefits of Natural Enemies in Agroecosystems” Hosted by: Raul Medina

Steven E. Naranjo, USDA-ARS, Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center Title: “The Transformational Role of Biological Control in Cotton” Hosted by: Greg Sword  

Warren Booth, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Tulsa Title: “Comparative Spatiotemporal Genetic Structuring in Cimicid Insects” Hosted by: Ed Vargo