Rutgers Entomology Seminars - Fall 2025

PLEASE NOTE: Seminars begin at 11:00 am in Foran Hall, Room 138A, unless otherwise noted.>

ALL Seminars are in-person and ALL are also offered via Zoom.

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For earlier Entomology Seminars, see Our Youtube Channel.

Dr. Alvaro Toledo is coordinating this semester's speakers. For inquiries call 848-932-9774. Related seminars: Ecology and Evolution.

Teaching Excellence in Entomology Program Master Lecture: Diversity of Plant Chemistries in Nature.

Missed It? Watch it on our YouTube channel.

Date	Presenter	Seminar Title
Sept. 12	Jen Sunn (Rutgers University)	Microbiome Tuning of Insect Olfaction. Missed It? Watch it on our YouTube Channel.
Sept. 19	Leslie Ries (Georgetown University)	Butterfly Population Trends in America North of Mexico and Their Most Likely Drivers.
Sept. 26	Matthew Brown (Rutgers University )	Compatibility of Plants, Beneficials, and Pesticides in Pest Management Systems.
Oct.3	Joshua Benoit (University of Cincinnati)	Sleep in Mosquitoes is Critical to Blood Feeding Patterns. In-person or via Zoom . Meeting ID: 986 2828 9500 Password: 898278
Oct.10	Gregory Williams (Hudson Regional Health Commission)	From Dippers to Drones. Applied Research in Mosquito Control. In-person or via Zoom . Meeting ID: 986 2828 9500 Password: 898278
Oct. 17	Anahi Espindola (University of Maryland)	The Evolution of Pollination Interactions in Variable Environments. In-person or via Zoom . Meeting ID: 986 2828 9500 Password: 898278
Oct. 24	Nelle Couret (University of Rhode Island)	TBA In-person or via Zoom . Meeting ID: 986 2828 9500 Password: 898278
Oct. 31	Jumana Hayat (Rutgers University)	Ph.D. Dissertation: Exploring the expression of a major royal jelly protein in the western honey bee, Apis mellifera. Seminar will take place in Food Sciences, room 101, 65 Dudley Rd. In-person or via Zoom . Meeting ID: 986 2828 9500 Password*: 898278
Nov. 7	Hannah Chu (John Jay College, CUNY)	It Takes a Community: Lessons from Blow Flies on Ecology and Human Connection. In-person or via Zoom . Meeting ID: 986 2828 9500 Password: 898278
Nov14	Sean O'Donnell (Drexel University)	Brains and the Evolution of Insect Body Structure and Organ System Investment. In-person or via Zoom. Meeting ID: 986 2828 9500 Password: 898278
Nov. 21	Anna Eichert (Americn Museum of Natural History )	Capturing Genes in Historical Stonefly Specimens. In-person or via Zoom. Meeting ID: 986 2828 9500 Password: 898278
Dec. 5	TBA	TBA