University of Florida Department of Entomology
and Nematology
GUEST LECTURER SEMINAR SERIES
Natural Area Drive, University of Florida
New grad student intro (No speaker)
January 19
All Taxon Biological Inventory of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Dr. Garry Steck Department of Plant Industry; Gainesville, FL.
January 26
Evolution and development in social insects
Dr. Michael Goodisman Georgia Inst. of Tech.; Atlanta, GA.
February 2
The effects of salinity on top-down and bottom-up processes in salt marsh insect communities
Dr. Peter Stiling University of South Florida; Tampa, FL.
February 9
Worldwide Entomology: An Overview of Entomology in the Navy
Dr. Kathryn Barbara Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, Disease Vector and Ecology Control Center, Jacksonville, FL.
February 16
Tips for writing and publishing scientific papers
Dr. James Nation University of Florida; Gainesville, FL.
February 23
What we can learn from the termite gut, the most efficient bioreactor on the planet?
Dr. Xuguo “Joe” Zhou University of Florida; Gainesville, FL.
March 2
The Maggots Will Tell the Tale
Dr. Neil Haskell St. Joseph’s College; Rensselaer, IN.
March 9
Spring Break
March 16
From moths to mosquitoes to honeybees: How the structure of odor plumes mediates odor detection and orientation.
Dr. Ring T. Cardé Univ. of Cal. Riverside; Riverside, CA.
March 23
The effects of variance in plant quality on insect herbivore population dynamics
Dr. Nora Underwood Florida State University; Tallahassee, FL.
March 30
Bugs in Bugs: Symbiosis in the termite gut
Dr. Claudia Husseneder Louisiana State Univ; Baton Rouge, LA.
April 6
Firefly Natural History and Intrusive Light.
Dr. James Lloyd University of Florida; Gainesville, FL.
April 13
Fall 2005
'The importance of wild birds to arboviral transmission in Florida
Dr. Jonathan Day
Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
Vero Beach, Fla.
September 1
Switch to the Dark Side - Biology of Entomopathogenic Algae
Dr. Verena Blaeske
Department of Entomology and Nematology
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
September 8
Utilization of an EST library created from the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, for discovery of new microbial control pathogens
Dr. Steven Valles
USDA-ARS-CMAVE
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
September 15
Insect Plant Interactions: Pest Management Implications for Turf Ornamentals
Dr. Chris Braman
September 22
Early detection of exotic invasive species and the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Program.
Dr. Adam Silagyi
September 29
TMOF - A Journey from Physiological to Bioengineering Studies
Dr. Dov Borovsky
Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
Vero Beach, Fla.
October 6
Why Fossils Matter: Examples from the Insects
Dr. David Grimaldi
October 13
Phylogenesis of host plant associations and larval behaviors in the Apameini Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Dr. Paul Goldstein
McGuire Center for Lepodoptera Research
Gainesville, Fl.
October 20
Using Farmer Field Schools to Learn about Integrated Pest Management in Beans: A Case Study from the Chota Valley in Northern Ecuador
Dr. Susan Poats
October 27
The monarch butterfly migratory and overwintering phenomenon in North America: can it survive?
Dr. Lincoln Brewer
November 3
ESA meeting week; no seminar
November 10
Trophic cascades following augmentation biocontrol with entomopathogenic nematodes: Opening a can of worms.
Dr. Larry Duncan
Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC)
Lake Alfred
November 17
Thanksgiving
November 24
Host Fruit Odor Discrimination, Habitat Specific Mating, and Sympatric Speciation in Rhagoletis Fruit Flies
Dr. Jeff Feder
December 1
Spring 2005
January
The genetics of adaptation to the climatic stress desiccation in Drosophila melanogaster
Dr. Marina Telonis-Scott
Zoology Department
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
Thursday, January 13
Fire ant biological control
Dr. Sanford Porter
USDA-ARS-CMAVE, Gainesville, Fla.
Thursday, January 20
Ecological and physiological factors determining suitability of Cotesia flavipes-complex parasitoids
Dr. Robert Wiedenmann
Center for Ecological Entomology, Illinois Natural History Survey
University of Illinois
Thursday, January 27
February
Toxicology and termites? How functional genomics can be used to develop the termiticides of tomorrow
Dr. Michael E. Scharf
Department of Entomology & Nematology
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
Thursday, February 2
Exploring the relationship between biodiversity and successful biological control
Dr. Bill Snyder
Washington State University
Thursday, February 17
Alternative management strategies for aphid transmitted diseases in melons
Dr. Geoffrey Zehnder
Clemson University, South Carolina
Thursday, February 24
March
The beast within: Management strategies for Cactoblastis cactorum in the U.S., a biological control agent turned invasive pest
Dr. Stephen Hight
USDA-ARS-CMAVE FAMU
Center for Biological Control, Tallahassee, Fla.
Thursday, March 10
Parsnip webworms and wild parsnips: web sites on the evolutionary superhighway
Dr. May Berenbaum
Center for Ecological Entomology
Illinois Natural History Survey
University of Illinois
Thursday, March 24
Ecology and conservation biology of the state-endangered Miami blue butterfly (Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Dr. Jaret Daniels
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera Research
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
Thursday, March 31
April
Interactions at the plant-herbivore interface: insect elicitors, phytohormone signaling, and induced plant defense responses
Dr. Eric A. Schmelz
USDA-ARS CMAVE
Insect Chemistry Research Unit, Gainesville, Fla.
Thursday, April 7
Plasticity in long-term adult development in lubber grasshoppers
Dr. John Hattle
University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Fla.
Thursday, April 14
Fall 2004
Ecological consequences of ant-aphid mutualism in agroecosystems
Dr. Micky Eubanks
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Auburn University
Thursday, September 2
Ecological and physiological factors determining suitability of Cotesia
flavipes-complex parasitoids
Dr. Robert Wiedenmann
Center for Ecological Entomology, Illinois Natural History Survey
University of Illinois
Thursday, September 16
Chironomidae (Diptera) problems: Research approach and
field application
Dr. Arshad Ali
OFAS, MREC-Apopka
University of Florida
Thursday, September 23
Insect population ecology and ecosystem processes
Dr. Mark Hunter
Institute of Ecology
University of Georgia
Thursday, September 30
New efforts in biological control of pest insects in Florida
Dr. Ronald Cave
Indian River Research & Education Center
University of Florida
Thursday, October 7
Improvement of artificial diets for beneficial insects with host-derived
factors and insect cell lines
Dr. Stephen M. Ferkovich
USDA-CMAVE Biological Control Research Unit
Gainesville, Florida
Thursday, November 11
Summer 2004
Integrated Management of Cassava Arthropod pests: Success stories
Dr. Anthony Bellotti
International Center for Tropical Agricultural (CIAT)
Cali, Brazil
Thursday, June 3
Insecticide resistance mechanisms and their detection for management
Dr. Jian-Rong Gao
Dept. of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts
January 15
The role of termites and earthworms in soil management
Dr. Hugh Popenoe
University of Florida, Division of Plant Management
January 22
The use of bacteriotherapy to improve the fitness of sterile male medflies
Dr. Carol Lauzon
University California, Hayward
January 29
A global review of the vector-borne diseases
Dr. Norman Gratz
WHO Consultant Geneva, Switzerland
February 5
Can area-wide pest management be used in pepper weevil control?
Dr. Jerry Brust
Research Entomologist, Glades Cropcare
February 12
Research advances with vine and root weevils (Otiorhynchussulcatus and O. ovatus ),
pests of small fruit and nursery crops in the Pacific Northwest
Dr. Jim Fisher
United States Department of Agriculture, Corvallis, Oregon
February 19
Nematode management in cotton with an emphasis on host plant resistance
Dr. Richard Davis
United States Department of Agriculture, Tifton, Georgia
February 26
Remote sensing and geographic information system
applications on malaria research in Thailand
Dr. Ratana Sithiprasasna
United States Army Research Lab, Bangkok Thailand
February 27
Glassy-winged sharpshooters and Pierce's disease
Dr. Wayne Hunter
United States Department of Agriculture
Fort Pierce, Florida
March 4
Pentatomoidea of Rancho Grande, Rondônia, Brazil
Dr. Joe Ege Dow
AgroSciences
March 18
How the Price of Copper Changed Malaria Control in Zambia
Manuel Lluberas
Medical Entomology Consultant
Jacksonville, Florida
March 25
Jumping plant-lice ( Hemiptera, Psylloidea ):
Systematics, biology, host plant relationships and biogeography
Dr. Daniel Burckhardt
Naturhistorisches Museum
Basel, Switzerland
April 1
Formosan termites in Atlanta Georgia: Thank you Louisiana
Dr. Dan Suiter
University of Georgia, Griffin Research Station
April 8
Developing an IPM program in small fruit and vegetables
Dr. Oscar Liburd
University of Florida, Department of Entomology and Nematology
Gainesville, Forida
April 15
Fall 2003
RNA interference in uninfected and baculovirus infected lepidopteran cells Dr. J. Maruniak
University of Florida, Department of Entomology and Nematology
Gainesville, Forida
September 11, 2003
Population dynamics of fall armyworm host strains in Florida
Dr. R. Meagher
United States Department of Agriculture, Gainesvillle, Florida
September 18, 2003
An insight into crop protection practices in organic systems
Dr. R. Koenig Rosie's
Organic Farm
Gainesville, Florida
September 25, 2003
Polydnavirus and insect gap junctions - a role in immune regulation?
Dr. M. Turnbull Clemson
University, Division of Entomology Clemson, Georgia
October 2, 2003
Initiation of new program on classical biological control
of invasive plants in Ft. Pierce
Dr. W. Overholt
University of Florida, Indian River Research & Education Center
Ft, Pierce, Florida
October 9, 2003
The use of Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum against
the grasshopper Rhammatocerus schistocercoides in Brazil
Dr. B. Magalhaes
EMBRAPA, Brazil
October 16, 2003
Avian insectivores as agents of biocontrol in cropping systems
Mr. G. Jones
University of Florida and Santa Fe Community College
Gainesville, Florida
October 23, 2003
All about spiders
Dr. L. Wiener
St. John's College New Mexico
October 30, 2003
The role of the extension specialist: Past, present, and future
Dr. B. Unruh
University of Florida, West Florida Research & Education Center, Jay, Florida
November 13, 2003
The island biogeography and metapopulation dynamics of Bahamian ants
Dr. L. Morrison
United States Department of Agriculture, Gainesvillle, Florida
November 20, 2003