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Brendon Boudinot

Brendon Boudinot Awarded Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship

July 14, 2020
Ant specialist Brendon Boudinot, who received his doctorate in entomology in early June from the University of California, Davis, has been awarded the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship to do evolutionary and comparative anatomy in Jena, Germany. It is a two-year fellowship.
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The Western striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma trivittatum, is the primary focus of Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla of the Ian Grettenberger lab. (Photo by Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla)

Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla's Target: Cucumber Beetles

July 10, 2020
If you like melons, you won't like these beetles. But if you're Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla, a UC Davis graduate student in entomology, you're seeking to control these agricultural pests through more effective integrated pest management (IPM) strategies.
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