Entomology & Nematology News

Molecular geneticist-physiologist Joanna Chiu, professor and vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is the newly appointed chair of the department, serving a five-year term effective July 1, 2023. She succeeds Steve Nadler, the department chair since Jan. 1, 2016.

UC Davis community ecologist Louie Yang, a UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology professor who researches monarch butterflies, suggests three broad guidelines for western monarch conservation in his review article published June 26 in the journal, Current Opinion in Insect Science.

Three graduating seniors--two in Entomology and one in Animal Biology--were among those receiving top honors last week at the 2023 UC Davis commencement ceremonies.

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