Posts Tagged: Shawn Christensen
Congratulations, Microbiologist Shawn Christensen: Best Dissertation
Congratulations to UC Davis outstanding scientist Shawn Christensen, a doctoral candidate and...
Close-up of Anthophora bomboides stanfordiana building a nest on the sand cliffs of Bodega Head. This is the solitary bee that UC Davis doctoral candidate Shawn Christensen studies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The sand cliffs of Bodega Head are home to digger bees--bumble bee mimics--Anthophora bomboides stanfordiana. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Congrats to Three UC Davis Doctoral Students for Their Outstanding ESA Presentations
Congratulations to UC Davis doctoral students Shawn Christensen, Lexie Martin and Iris...
These three UC Davis doctoral students won the President's Prize in their specific categories at the Entomological Society of America meeting in National Harbor, Md. From left are Shawn Christensen, doctoral candidate and Lexie Martin, doctoral student, both of the Rachel Vannette lab; and doctoral student Iris Quayle of the Jason Bond lab.
UC Davis doctoral student Iris Quayle delivering her presentation at the Entomological Society of America meeting. She won the President's Prize, or first place, in her category. (Photo by Emma Jochim)
Three UC Davis Doctoral Students Win Top Honors at ESA Student Competitions
Three doctoral students in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology each won the...
President's Prize honors in the ESA graduate student competitions went to (from left) Shawn Christensen and Lexie Martin, both of the Rachel Vannette lab; and Iris Quayle of the Jason Bond lab.
The Glory of the Bindweed Turret Bees
If you've ever seen the nests of the bindweed turret bees, Diadasia bituberculata, and if...
A bindweed turret bee, Diadasia bituberculata, foraging for pollen on bindweed, aka morning glory. (Photo by Rachel Vannette)
A close-up of a bindweed turret bee, Diadasia bituberculata (Photo by Rachel Vannette)
UC Davis community ecologist Rachel Vannette at work. She is an associate professor, Chancellor's Fellow and vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.
A close-up of a turret formed by a bindweed turret bee. (Photo by Rachel Vannette)
UC Davis Scientists Collaborate With 'Deep Look' on Bindweed Turret Bees
Microbiologist Shawn Christensen, a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the Rachel Vannette...
Fifth-year doctoral student Shawn Christensen of the Rachel Vannette lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Community ecologist Rachel Vannette, associate professor, Chancellor's Fellow and vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.