Entomology & Nematology News

Medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, associate professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and chair of the Designated Emphasis in the Biology of Vector-Borne Diseases (DEBVBD), will speak on tsetse flies at the next department seminar, set for 4:10 p.m., Monday, Oct.

Conservation ecologist Paul CaraDonna, who serves as a research scientist at the Chicago Botanic Garden, a professor of instruction at Northwestern University, Illinois, and as a principal investigator at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Colo.

Jason Bond, professor and the Evert and Marion Schlinger Endowed Chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and associate dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, is the newly elected president-elect of the American Arachnological Society (AAS).

Noted pollination ecologist Neal Williams, professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and a 2015-2020 Chancellor's Fellow, recently discussed native bees on the international podcast, Science Friday, with host and executive producer Ira Flatow.

The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's fall seminars will begin Monday, Oct. 2 and continue through Monday, Dec. 4, announced coordinator Brian Johnson, associate professor of entomology and honey bee scientist. All seminars will be in-person and will take place on Mondays at 4:10 p.