Conference and Seminar Presentations
Date:
List of presentations (talks and posters) from 2017 to present.
April 2023: Native plants and their viral foes. Remote. Invited seminar.
Nov. 2022: How to facilitate genuine research experiences for undergraduates. Remote. Invited talk.
May 2022: Essig Brunch Entomology Seminar: How to facilitate genuine research experiences for undergraduates. Remote. Invited talk.
Nov. 2021: Entomology 2021: Effects of a crop-associated virus on host performance and aphid vector behavior. Denver, CO, talk.
Aug. 2021: 2021 ESA Annual Meeting: Crop-associated virus differentially affects two wild cucurbit plants in Mediterranean-type and desert ecosystems. Remote, talk.
Apr. 2021: 2021 Virtual Branch Meeting: Origins and consequences: Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus, an exotic plant virus found in wild Southern California plants. Remote, talk.
Nov. 2020: Entomology 2020: Landscape drivers of insect-transmitted virus diversity in keystone perennials of the southwestern U.S. Remote. Invited talk.
Apr. 2020: Pacific Branch Entomological Society of America: Dynamics of a crop-associated virus and its vector in drought tolerant perennial plants. Spokane, WA. Cancelled – COVID-19.
Nov. 2019: Entomology 2019: Unseen changes over time: quantifying the dynamics of viruses and insect vectors affecting drought tolerant perennial squash. St. Louis, MO. Invited talk.
Apr. 2019: Pacific Branch Entomological Society of America: Ecology of crop-associated viruses and their insect vectors in a Mediterranean-climate biodiversity hot-spot. San Diego, CA, talk.
Nov. 2018: Entomology 2018: Drought and heat-adapted perennials frequently harbor infections by multiple crop-associated and novel plant viruses. Vancouver, Canada, poster.
June 2018: Pacific Branch Entomological Society of America: Do insect-vectored crop viruses threaten California native plants? Reno, NV, poster.
Jan. 2018: Southern California Animal Behavior Mini-Conference: Effect of host plant identity on virus-induced changes in vector feeding behavior. Los Angeles, CA, talk.
Nov. 2017: Entomology 2017: Effects of host plant identity on virus-induced changes in chemical phenotypes and vector behavior. Denver, CO, talk.
Apr. 2017: Pacific Branch Entomological Society of America: Possible pheromones of leaf-footed bugs. Portland, OR, poster.