Mission statement
The mission of the Entomology and Nematology seminar series at the University of Florida is to provide an engaging weekly forum for leaders in the field of entomology and related sciences to share their research and network with students and faculty. The Seminar series schedule is intentionally multidisciplinary including current research that is relevant to the greater scientific community along with topics concerned with Florida’s unique environment and agricultural production system.
January 12, 2024
“Chemical Cues Linked to Risk: How Organisms Navigate Conflict in a Chemical World,” by Dr. Anjel Helms, Assistant Professor of Chemical Ecology, Department of Entomology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program, Texas A&M University 
See a video of this seminar here!
January 19, 2024
“Understanding Biology and Ecology for Biocontrol of Stink Bugs in the Southeastern USA,” by Dr. Glynn Tillman, USDA, Southeast Watershed Research See a video of this seminar here!
January 26, 2024
“Behavioral Disease Ecology in Insects and Arachnids,”by Dr. Nick Keiser, Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL See a video of this seminar here!
February 2, 2024
“Big Questions for Little Vectors:
Phenotypes, Medical Importance, and
Other Underexplored Mosquito Traits,” by Dr. Donald Yee,
Biologicial, Environmental, and Earth Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi See a video of this seminar here!
February 9, 2024
“An Entomological Stew: A Recipe for an Academic Professional,” by Dr. Kelly Carruthers,
Entomology, University of Georgia See a video of this seminar here!
February 16, 2024
“The Effects of Phenological Change on Plants, Pollinators, and their Interactions,” by Dr. Rebecca Irwin, Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University See a video of this seminar here!
February 23, 2024
“Effects of Symbionts on the Physiology of the Chagas Disease Vector Rhodnius Prolixus,” by Dr. Kevin Vogel, Entomology, University of Georgia See a video of this seminar here!
March 1, 2024
“Rapid Evolution in Silence: Adaptive Signal Loss in the Pacific Field Cricket,” by Dr. Marlene Zuk,
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota See a video of this seminar here!
March 8, 2024
“Applying Comparative Genomics to Evolutionary Questions in the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti,” by Dr. Derrick Mathias,
Evolutionary Biology and Genetics, UF/IFAS, Entomology and Nematology Department, FMEL, Vero Beach, FL See a video of this seminar here!
March 15, 2024
Spring Break
March 22, 2024
“The Intersection of Urban Entomology and Public Health: Understanding and Mitigating Emerging Health Impacts of Bed Bugs and Cockroaches” by Dr. Jose Pietri, Assistant Professor, Basic Biomedical Sciences, University of South Dakota See a video of this seminar here!
March 29, 2024
“What Goes Up, Must Come Down; What Goes In, Must Come Out. Lessons in Transcriptomics and Gene Editing from Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes” by Dr. Zach Adelman,
Entomology, Texas A&M University See a video of this seminar here!
April 5, 2024
“Queen Reproductive Quality and Colony Health in Honey Bees” by Dr. David Tarpy,
Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University See a video of this seminar here!
April 12, 2024
“Re-thinking Citrus IPM Under Endemic Huanglongbing Conditions” by Dr. Lauren Diepenbrock,
Entomology, UF/IFAS, Entomology and Nematology Department, Lake Alfred CREC, Lake Alfred, FL See a video of this seminar here!
April 19, 2024
“Cracking the Code of Extreme Cooperation: Chemical Communication in Invasive Argentine Ants” by Dr. Elizabeth Cash,
Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida See a video of this seminar here!
April 26, 2024
“Blooms, Bees, and Berries: Investigating Plant-Pollinator Dynamics in Blueberry Crop Pollination” by Dr. Rachel Mallinger,
Pollinator Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS, Entomology and Nematology Department, Gainesville, Florida See a video of this seminar here!