Virginia Tech Department of Entomology
Seminar Schedule
Fall 2009
(All seminars are scheduled for 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. in 220 Price Hall, unless otherwise noted)
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Date |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
Topic/Title |
August |
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27 |
Ms. Ming Fung |
Science Assistant Doctorate for Biological Sciences National Science Foundation |
Opportunities for Graduate & Undergraduate Students at and within NSF |
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September |
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3 |
Dr. Richard Fell |
Interim Head Department of Entomology Virginia Tech |
Introductions and State of the Department |
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10 |
Dr. Mark Kraemer |
Agricultural Research Station Virginia State University |
TBA |
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17 |
Dr. Kurt Stephenson |
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics Virginia Tech |
Stormwater Management in Virginia: Water Quality and Economic Consequences and Conundrums |
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24 |
Dr. Igor Sharakhov |
Department of Entomology Virginia Tech |
Adaptation and Evolution of Malaria Mosquitoes: The Chromosome story |
October |
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1 |
Dr. Korine Kolivras |
Department of Geography Virginia Tech |
Geographic
Dimensions of Disease Emergence: Human-Environment
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8 |
Dr. Joseph Dickens |
USDA-ARS Beltsville, MD |
On the road to Understanding Chemoreception in Mosquitoes. |
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15 |
Dr. Julián F. Hillyer |
Vanderbilt University |
Functional Mechanics of the Mosquito Heart and its Role in Immune Surveillance and Pathogen Dissemination. |
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22 |
Dr. Elson Shields |
Department of Entomology Cornell University |
Sampling the Lower Atmosphere for Biota: The Challenge, Tools and Successes. |
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29 |
Dr. Robert Hancock |
Metropolitan State College of Denver |
Bed bugs of London |
November |
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5 |
Ms. Amy Snyder |
Department of Entomology Virginia Tech |
Graduate Student Proposal |
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12 |
Dr. Art Evans |
Entomologist |
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19 |
Dr. Carlos Trincado DVM,MS |
Field Research Leader Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. |
TBA |
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26 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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December |
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| 3 | Dr. Lynne Rieske-Kinney |
Department of Entomology
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Can our chestnut survive another invasion? The impact of an exotic gall wasp invasion in eastern North America |
