Posts Tagged: researchers
Researchers Announce Findings on Self-Compatible Almond Variety
If you're an almond grower, a beekeeper, or someone interested in almond pollination, you'll want...
A honey bee buzzes over an almond branch on its way to pollinate another blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Medical Entomologist Thomas Scott: One of World's Most Highly Cited Researchers for 3rd Year
Medical entomologist Thomas W. Scott, a UC Davis distinguished professor who retired in 2015 but...
Congratulations to Medical Entomologist Thomas W. Scott, a Top-Cited Researcher
Congratulations to medical entomologist Thomas W. Scott, named one of the 11 UC Davis...
UC Davis medical entomologist Thomas Scott (center) and his field site director Amy Morrison with their mosquito collector and data management teams in Iquitos, Peru. (Photo courtesy of Thomas Scott lab)
Medical Entomologist Thomas W. Scott Named Highly Cited Researcher
Medical entomologist Thomas W. Scott, who retired from the UC Davis Department of Entomology...
UC Davis medical entomologist Thomas Scott (center) and his field site director Amy Morrison with their mosquito collector and data management teams in Iquitos, Peru. (Photo courtesy of Thomas Scott lab)
Time's Fun When You're Studying Flies: Student Fly Researchers Agree
Time's fun when you're studying flies! Student fly researchers greeted guests and explained their...
Fly researchers from the Joanna Chiu lab (back, from left) graduate student Yao Cai and undergraduate students Christopher Ochoa and Cindy Truong, talk to visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Graduate student Yao Cai (left)and undergraduate student Christopher Ochoa, both of the Joanna Chiu lab, chat with visitors about their fruit fly research. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
These five student fly researchers represented the Joanna Chiu lab: (from left) undergraduate student Christopher Ochoa, graduate students Christine Tabuloc, Yao Cai and Zianhui "Nitrol" Liu, and undergraduate student Cindy Truong. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey (center) talks research on blow flies with Alex Dedmon, graduate student in his lab, and Danielle Wishon, former student. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Graduate student Alex Dedmon (right) of the Robert Kimsey lab tells a visitor about his work. "My work is in insect succession, or the composition and patterns of insects that come to and from a decedent," he related. "I am interested in defining these patterns, as well as the various factors that influence them. Specifically, I seek to make insect succession a more reliable tool in evaluating the postmortem interval of a decedent, that is, the time elapsed since death. Ultimately, the goal of m
Graduate student Socrates Letana of the Lynn Kimsey lab shows botfly specimens to visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Graduate student Socrates Letana of the Lynn Kimsey lab talks about the botfly specimens from a rhinoceros. Letana is from the Philippines. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Caroline Wright Larsen of the James Carey lab explained her work on non-tephrid flies, including Mediterranean fruit flies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Graduate student Caroline Wright Larsen shares history of the invasion of the Mediterraean fruit fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Charlotte Herbert Alberts, a fourth-year doctoral student in the Lynn Kimsey lab, with her display. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral student Charlotte Herbert Alberts of the Lynn Kimsey lab said that “Assassin flies are one of the only families of flies that are predatory (on other insects) both in their larval and adult stages. And, assassin flies are venomous." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)