Steve Nadler

The seminars are from 12:10 to 1 p.m. and most will be recorded for later viewing on UCTV.

Jan. 7
Ronald Rosenberg
Title of Seminar: "Detecting the Emergence of Novel Arthropod-Borne Pathogens"
Associate Director for Global Health in the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Fort Collins, Colo.
Nominators/hosts: Professor Shirley Luckhart, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, UC Davis School of Medicine and graduate student advisor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and Professor Ed Lewis and Distinguished Professor James R. Carey, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

Jan. 14
Daniel Matute
Title of Seminar: "Hybrid Speciation in Drosophila"
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Nominator/host: Meredith Cenzer, graduate student, Louie Yang lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

Jan. 21
George Dimopoulous
Title of Seminar: "Exploiting Infection Bottlenecks in the Mosquito to Control  Human Disease"
Director of the Parasitology Core Facility
John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Professor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Baltimore, Md.
Nominator/host: Jiawen Xu, graduate student, Bruce Hammock lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

Jan. 28
Michael Parrella
Title of Seminar: "To Antarctica and Back: The Search for Belgica antarctica Jacobs, 1900 (Diptera; Chironomidae)"
Professor and chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

Feb. 4
Jay Evans
Title of Seminar: "What's It Like  Inside a Bee? Genetic Approaches to Honey Bee Health"
Research entomologist
USDA Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS)
Beltsville, MD.
Nominator/host: Marin County Beekeepers

Feb. 11
Amro Zayed
Title of Seminar: "Honey Bee Behavioral Genomics: Worker Behavior and Adaptation"
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
York University
Toronto, Canada
Nominator/host: Brian Johnson, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

Feb. 18  (CANCELLED, due to inclement weather and flight cancellation)
Steven Frank
Title of Seminar: "Can Forests Take the Heat? Managing Pests and Ecosystem Services in a Warming Climate"
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, N.C.
Nominator/host: Michael Parrella, professor and chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

March 11
Thomas Eltz
Title of Seminar: "Perfume Making and Signalling in Orchid bees: New Light on an Old Enigma"
Chemical Ecologist
University of Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Nominator/host: Santiago Ramirez, faculty member,  UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology 

April 1
George Kennedy
Title of Seminar: "Modeling the Epidemiology of Tomato Spotted Wilt: Understanding the Role of Thrips Population Dynamics and Virus Inoculum Sources "
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Agriculture
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, N.C.
Nominator/host: Diane Ullman, professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

April 8
Michael Strand
Title of Seminar: "Role of Microorganisms in Growth, Development and Reproduction of Mosquitoes”
Regents Professor
University of Georgia
Athens, Ga.
Nominators/hosts: Professor Shirley Luckhart, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, UC Davis School of Medicine and graduate student advisor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and Professor Ed Lewis and Distinguished Professor James R. Carey, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

April 15
Eric Palevsky
Title of Seminar: "Plant-Feeding Phytoseiids: Cheliceral Morphology, Feeding Mechanism and Host Plant Interactions" Acarologist, Department of Entomology
Newe-Ya'ar Research Center 
Agricultural Research Organization
Ministry of Agriculture
Ramat Yishay, Israel 
Nominator/host: Michael Parrella, professor and chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

April 22
John Lane
Title of Seminar: "Explorations of the Hargy Caldera, New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea"
Professional Geologist/Registered Environmental Assessor
Environmental Scientist/Certified Mold Inspector
Chico Environmental Science and Planning 
Chico, Calif.
Nominator/host:Lynn Kimsey, professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

April 29
Matt Daughtery
Title of Seminar: "Understanding the Impact of an Invasive Vector: Sharpshooter Transmission Efficiency, Behavior, and Pathogen Spread"
Assistant Extension Specialist and Principal Investigator
UC Riverside
Riverside, Calif.
Nominator/host: Jay Rosenheim

May 13 
Amy Toth
Title of Seminar: "Molecular Evolution in Insect Societies:  Insights from Genomics of Primitively Social Paper Wasps"
Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
Department of Entomology
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
Nominator/host: Brian Johnson, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

May 20
John Hawdon
Topic: "Molecular Mechanisms of Hookworm Infection"
Research Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
Nominator/host: Steve Nadler

May 27
John "Jack" Longino
Title of Seminar: "Project ADMAC: Ant Diversity of the Mesoamerican Corridor"
Professor of Biology
Adjunct Curator of Entomology, Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Nominator/host: Phil Ward, professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

June 3
Mike Singer
Title of Seminar: "One Butterfly, Six Host Shifts"
Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences
Specialty: Butterfly ecology and behavior
(Formerly with University of Texas, Austin, Texas)
Nominator/host: Meredith Cenzer, graduate student, Louie Yang lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology