While building a career as a wildlife mammalogist, Rebecca Butler discovered medical entomology. This event inspired her to enroll in the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology and study under…
Discovering Medical Entomology: Rebecca Butler
Denita Hadziabdic Guerry Honored with Faculty Research Mentor Award
The Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURēCA) is an annual event that showcases research and creative activities across all disciplines by currently enrolled undergraduate students in collaboration with…
Dawson Kerns Receives SIP Mauro E. Martignoni Award
Dawson Kerns, a doctoral student conducting research on resistance mechanism to Vip3Aa in corn earworm, received the Mauro E. Martignoni award at the 2023 International Conference on Invertebrate Pathology and…
Cotton Insect Research and Graduate Life: Nathan Arey
After scouting soybean fields, Nathan Arey discovered a passion for field crop research. Upon earning a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Clemson University, Arey pursued a master’s degree at…
Corey Day Selected as a 2022 ESA Science Policy Fellow
Graduate student Corey Day has been selected as a 2022 Entomological Society of America (ESA) Science Policy Fellow. The Science Policy Fellows program is a two-year program that provides entomologists…
Community Efforts to Monitor and Manage Aedes Mosquitoes in East Tennessee
Corey Day, a doctoral student investigating the distribution of pediatric La Crosse virus disease in eastern Tennessee and North Carolina, and associate professor Rebecca Trout Fryxell are addressing the significant…
Coding for Crops: Abdullah Almsaeed
After graduating from The University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Abdullah Almsaeed joined the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology as a web developer and research…
Cacao Research and Graduate Life: Lenardo Ash
Lenardo Ash, a native of Belize, grew up in a rural community with a strong connection to nature. After earning a bachelor’s degree in natural resources management from the University…
Bug Camp 2023 Inspires Young Entomologists
Bug Camp 2023, held at the UT Arboretum in Oak Ridge, TN, recently concluded, marking its triumphant return since the Covid-19 pandemic. The three-day camp, held from June 14- June…
Brood X in Tennessee in 2021
Brood X will emerge this year throughout 15 different states, one of those being Tennessee. But what is Brood X?To understand this we need to talk about cicada basics.Cicadas spend…
