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Video Livestream ViewAttendees 95

Member Symposium

Highlighting Women's Research: Sustaining Biodiversity & Conservation

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
10:00 AM - 12:10 PM EST

Livestream

This symposium aims to highlight women’s research, focusing on biodiversity and conservation. We will feature researchers from all career paths including students, early career, mid-career, late-career, academia, industry, government, and beyond. The goal of this symposium is to advocate for women’s research and spotlight successful women in entomology.

Presentations:

  • 10:00 AM - 10:02 AM EST
    Introductory remarks
  • 10:02 AM - 10:17 AM EST
    Tradeoffs and synergies in biodiversity and ecosystem service provision across rapidly urbanizing landscapes

    Presenting Author: Shalene Jha – University of Texas

    Co-Author: Monika Egerer, PhD – Technische Universität München

    Co-Author: Hamutahl Cohen – University of Oregon

    Co-Author: Heidi Liere – Seattle University

    Co-Author: Azucena Lucatero – University of California

    Co-Author: Peter Bichier – University of California

    Co-Author: Brenda B. Lin – CSIRO

    Co-Author: Stacy M. Philpott – University of California

  • 10:17 AM - 10:32 AM EST
    Biodiversity and conservation services through the Natural Resources Conservation Service

    Presenting Author: Lindsay Haines

  • 10:32 AM - 10:47 AM EST
    Monarch conservation: A winding path from mating behavior through citizen science to the world’s first restored prairie

    Presenting Author: Karen S. Oberhauser – University of Wisconsin–Madison

  • 10:47 AM - 11:02 AM EST
    Plant- associated fungi affect above and belowground herbivory in soybean

    Presenting Author: Loren J. Rivera Vega, PhD

    Co-Author: Wenqing Zhou – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Leah Buchman – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Cesar Valencia – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Allison Jack – Indigo Ag, Inc.

    Co-Author: Diana Castillo – Indigo Ag

    Co-Author: Gregory Sword – Texas A&M University

  • 11:02 AM - 11:07 AM EST
    Break
  • 11:07 AM - 11:22 AM EST
    Can blow flies beat the heat? An analysis of blow fly biodiversity in Phoenix, Arizona

    Presenting Author: Lauren M. Weidner – Arizona State University

    Co-Author: Andrew Meeds – Arizona State University

  • 11:22 AM - 11:37 AM EST
    Pollinator-dependency of crops determines how landscape complexity affects their yield mediated by herbivores and their natural enemies

    Presenting Author: Katja Poveda

    Co-Author: Heather Grab – Cornell University

    Co-Author: Mary Centrella – Cornell University

    Co-Author: Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer – Stanford University

    Co-Author: Timothy Luttermoser – Cornell University

    Co-Author: Emily Martin – University of Wurzburg

    Co-Author: Megan E. O'Rourke – USDA

    Co-Author: Ricardo Perez-Alvarez – Cornell University

    Co-Author: Daniel Karp – University of California- Davis

  • 11:37 AM - 11:52 AM EST
    Landscape drivers of insect-transmitted virus diversity in keystone perennials of the southwestern U.S.

    Presenting Author: Tessa Shates – University of California

    Co-Author: Marco Gebiola, PhD – University of California - Riverside

    Co-Author: Penglin Sun – University of California

    Co-Author: Carolyn M. Malmstrom

    Co-Author: Kerry Elizabeth Mauck – University of California

  • 11:52 AM - 12:07 PM EST
    Supporting pollinator biodiversity through transdisciplinary programs

    Presenting Author: Christina Grozinger – Penn State

  • 12:07 PM - 12:10 PM EST
    Closing remarks