- Author: Dong-Hwan Choe
Our postdoctoral scholar, Dr. Jia-Wei Tay, has successfully completed her postoctoral research, and will be leaving the Choe laboratory. Dr. Tay has been working on a novel baiting system (i.e., biodegradable hydrogel bait) for Argentine ant, one of the most important invasive pest ant species in California. She will be taking a new position in University of Hawaii soon, working on urban / structural insects. For more about her research, visit http://www.jiaweitay.com/.
The lab members had the farewell lunch with Dr. Tay on Dec 4, 2018.
Good luck and all the best for your new endeavor, Dr. Tay!
- Author: Dong-Hwan Choe
The yellowjacket image we used for a recent publication is selected as the cover photo for August 2018 issue of Journal of Economic Entomology.
(D.-H. Choe, K. Campbell, M. S. Hoddle, J. Kabashima, M. Dimson, and M. K. Rust. 2018. Evaluation of a hydrogel matrix for baiting western yellowjacket (Vespidae: Hymenoptera).J. Econ. Entomol. 111: 1799–1805. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy139)
- Author: Dong-Hwan Choe
Some good news to share!
Principal investigator in Choe Laboratory, Choe, is now promoted to Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist / Associate Professor in Urban Entomology.
Working hard and being focused is one thing, but this achievement would not be possible without all of supporters' help and encouragements (e.g., staff, students, faculty / academic mentors, co-workers, collaborators, etc.) over the last few years.
Thank you all!!
- Author: Dong-Hwan Choe
Our yellowjacket baiting study has been recently published in Journal of Economic Entomology.
- Author: Dong-Hwan Choe
Some pictures from 27th UCR Urban Pest Management Conference (March 21, 2018).
27th Annual UCR Urban Pest Management Conference was held at UCR Extension Center on March 21, 2018.
There were about 200 attendees from urban / structural pest management industry and other related parties, several industry sponsors, and 13 speakers from university labs, UC ANR, industry, government agencies. We think the conference was a big success.
This one-day conference has been UCR urban entomology program's one of the most important outreach events for professionals in the pest control management industry and the public interested in these questions. For more information, visit the following website.
http://ucanr.edu/sites/ucrurbanpest/Conferences/
