Awards
The Department of Entomology had a strong showing at the March 2008 meeting of the Eastern Branch Entomological Society of America.
Akito Kawahara --PhD Student
ASA Fitch Memorial Award -
In recognition of his outstanding
contributions from his Master´s research.
Akito Kawahara --PhD Student
1st Place Student Poster Competition - "Phylogenetic
supermatrix analysis of obtectomeran Lepidoptera: Total evidence from
7 genes and 1796 species"
Andrew Sensenig --PhD Student
2nd Place Oral Paper Competition -
"Gill-plate
ventilation kinematics and ontogenetic transitions in the nymphal
mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer"
Linnaen Team --
2nd Place in this graduate student competition.
This allows the
students to compete in the Linnaen Games at the National ESA meeting.
Dr. Michael Raupp, Professor in the Department of Entomology, was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award in Extension. This award recognizes Mike’s outstanding contributions to extension entomology. Mike has demonstrated excellent performance through program creativity, impact, achievement, and delivery.
Grants
Grad students Ray Anderson, Laura Craig, and Ada Szczepaniec, all
mentored by Entomology faculty, have received Ann G. Wylie
Fellowships awarded by the Graduate School. Ada has
also received the Bamford Doctoral Fellowship awarded by the College
of Chemical & Life Sciences.
Dr. Amy Brown, Professor, Department of Entomology (CLFS) received funding ($55,650) from the Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center / USDA competitive grants program. The co-PI on this multi-state project is Amanda Matheny, Dr. Brown’s M.S. student in Marine-Estuarine Environmental Sciences. Collaborators include members of USDA, NRCS, and MD nursery producers. The project, entitled “Master Gardener-facilitated IPM education for homeowners,” will evaluate motivating factors and barriers to adoption of IPM and improved pesticide handling practices by consumers. The project incorporates both research and outreach components and will provide insight into factors that future educators may use to increase adoption of pest management practices that are protective of environment and health.
Dr. Paula Shrewsbury, Department of Entomology (CLFS) received funding ($175,920) from the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NE SARE) Competitive Grants Program. Co-PI’s on this inter-college, multi-disciplinary project are Dr. Ray Weil (Department of Environmental Science and Technology, AGNR), Stanton Gill (MCE, AGNR), and Charles Schuster (MCE, AGNR). Collaborators include members of USDA, NRCS, and MD nursery producers. The project entitled “Cover Crops for Sustainable Pest Management and Soil Quality in Production Nurseries” will evaluate the use of cover crops for suppressing pest outbreaks and improving soil quality along with other benefits such as reductions in pesticide and fertilizer inputs. This project includes on-farm research and several methods of outreach to educate stakeholders and further the implementation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
Fellowships
Grad students Ray Anderson, Laura Craig, and Ada Szczepaniec, all
mentored by Entomology faculty, have received Ann G. Wylie
Fellowships awarded by the Graduate School. Ada has
also received the Bamford Doctoral Fellowship awarded by the College
of Chemical & Life Sciences.
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