Talks & Presentations

Pinned

Master’s Thesis Defense

Title: The Role of Chemical Ecology and Agroecological Importance of Smooth Brome in Biological Control of the Wheat Stem Sawfly by Native Parasitoids

Date: Monday, August 19, 2024
Location: 108 Plant Biosciences Building, Montana State University
Time: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Entomology 2023 | National Harbor, MD
🥈 2nd place in student competition

Title: Using organic volatile compounds to assess the relationship between wheat stem sawfly, parasitoids, and smooth brome

Date: Monday, November 16, 2023
Time: 12:18 PM - 12:30 PM

2025

NAISMA 2024 | Annapolis, MD

Title:Understanding Host Preference in Mecinus janthinus and M. janthiniformis: Implications of Hybridization for Effective Biological Control

Date: April, 2025

2024

Entomology 2024 | Phoenix, AZ

Title: Agroecological importance of smooth brome in managing wheat stem sawfly (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) via its associated braconid parasitoids

Date: Monday, November 11, 2024
Time: 8:00 AM - 8:12 AM

Master’s Thesis Defense

Title: The Role of Chemical Ecology and Agroecological Importance of Smooth Brome in Biological Control of the Wheat Stem Sawfly by Native Parasitoids

Location: 108 Plant Biosciences Building, Montana State University Date: Monday, August 19, 2024
Time: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM


2023

Entomology 2023 | National Harbor, MD
🥈 2nd place in student competition

Title: Using organic volatile compounds to assess the relationship between wheat stem sawfly, parasitoids, and smooth brome

Date: Monday, November 16, 2023
Time: 12:18 PM - 12:30 PM

2023 LRES Student Research Symposium
🥇 1st place overall

Title: The importance of smooth brome and parasitoids in wheat stem sawfly biocontrol

Location: Norm Asbjornson Hall, Montana State University
Date: Thursday, April, 2023
Time: 6:20 PM - 6:32 PM

2022

Entomology 2022 | Vancouver, BC, Canada

Title: Using organic volatile compounds to assess the relationship between wheat stem sawfly, parasitoids, and smooth brome

Date: Monday, November 14, 2022
Time: 12:18 PM - 12:30 PM

2022 LRES Colloquium

Title: Importance of parasitoids and smooth brome for integrated pest management of wheat stem sawfly

Date: Friday, April 29, 2022
Time: 3:46 PM - 3:53 PM

2021

Entomology 2021 | Denver, CO

Title: Comparing use of wheat stem sawfly larvae infesting winter wheat and smooth brome by two braconid parasitoid species in Montana

Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Time: 1:42 PM - 1:54 PM