ESA Newsletter Information for the Members of the Entomological Society of America APRIL 2006 • VOLUME 29, NUMBER 4 Give Something Back! Honor a Colleague, Student, or Mentor

Call for ESA and Entomological Foundation Professional and Student Awards Nominations

In tune with this year’s Annual Meeting by Bayer CropScience. Nominees must be theme, Give Something Back: Time, Skills, current ESA members who have contributed Resources, we ask that you give something significantly to the advancement of entomo- back by nominating a colleague, student, or logical research in the broad areas of insect mentor for one of ESA’s or the Entomologi- physiology, biochemistry, and toxicology. cal Foundation’s awards. Prize: $1,500 and an inscribed plaque. ESA and the Entomological Foundation are currently accepting nominations and ESA Student Awards applications for their 2006 professional and Certification Student Award—Sponsored student awards and scholarships. These by Springer Pest Solutions. This award rec- awards will be presented during the ESA ognizes and encourages outstanding ento- Annual Meeting, December 10-13, 2006, in mology graduate students with interest in Indianapolis, Indiana. the mission of the ESA certification program, Special Notes: and promotes the understanding and impor- • The submission deadline for all awards is tance of the program. Prize: $500 and an July 1 unless otherwise stated. inscribed plaque. • Submissions for either organization’s Achievement Award in Horticultural Ento- Normand R. Dubois Memorial Scholar- awards may be made via the online submis- mology, and its scope will be broadened to ship—Due to loss of external sponsorship, sion systems housed on the ESA website, or include all types of achievements, including this award has been suspended. by e-mail. regulatory accomplishments, within hor- Cash Prize Increase! Student Activity • The information that follows is a brief ticultural entomology. Please see the ESA Award—Sponsored by Monsanto summary of each award; please refer to the website for details. Continued on page 3 ESA (http://www.entsoc.org) and/or Founda- Distinguished Achievement Award in tion (http://www.entfdn.org) websites for Teaching—The nominee must be an ESA complete details. member who has excelled in developing 2005 Society Annual Report new courses, educational programs, and Available Online ESA Professional Awards teaching methods. Prize: $500 and an in- Distinguished Achievement Award in scribed plaque. The 2005 ESA Annual Report to the Extension—The nominee must be a current Distinguished Service Award from the membership is now available online at ESA member who has demonstrated excel- Certification Program—Nominees must be http://www.entsoc.org/about_ESA/op- lence in creating and delivering extension current BCEs or ACEs with outstanding con- erations/report_2005.htm. programs. Prize: $500 and an inscribed tributions to the ESA certification program Check it out to review last year’s plaque and the professionalism of entomology. activities of the Society and to find out Distinguished Achievement Award in Prize: $500 and an inscribed plaque. how ESA is doing! Regulatory Entomology—Sponsored by the Recognition Award in Entomology— American Nursery and Landscape Associa- Sponsored by Syngenta Crop Protection. tion. The nominee must be a current ESA The nominee must be a current ESA member member who has contributed significantly who has contributed significantly to agri- In this issue.... in the field of regulatory entomology ben- cultural advancement through recent work 2006 Annual Meeting ...... 4 efiting the American horticulture industry. in the field of entomology. Prize: An all- Prize: $500 and an inscribed plaque. Please expenses-paid trip to European agricultural Sustaining Associates ...... 5 note: This is the last year this award will research facilities and inscribed plaque. Branch Award Winners .... 6 be offered. Starting with the 2007 awards Recognition Award in Insect Physiology, Job Opportunities ...... 7 program, it will renamed the Distinguished Biochemistry and Toxicology—Sponsored

April 2006 ESA Newsletter 1 P RESIDENT ’ S C ORNER Frank E. Gilstrap, 2006 ESA President

he Proposed New ESA—Your Gov- proposed, ESA would acteristics for implementing change. These erning Board Executive Committee facilitate networks by same members are looking for opportunity Trecently asked me to use this column encouraging them to to grow personally and professionally, and to share my understanding of the proposed affiliate with one or thus will need a Society that facilitates re- new ESA. As I organized my thoughts, I more Sections, and sponsiveness and flexibility. Also, some of realized that the proposal’s framework is to access and influ- these members are ESA’s future leaders and really quite simple, and that is what I focus ence governance and will need freedom to explore new ideas and on below. However, before sharing my operations of the better ways of conducting Society business. I ideas, I want to emphasize that: (1) ESA is Section(s) and ESA Central. believe the proposed new ESA facilitates all not broken, and (2) a new ESA is at present A second gain is an improved capacity of these. only a proposal. A new ESA will not occur to address new issues, again by encourag- I go back to my earlier question: Why until you approve it in a ballot vote. As a ing and facilitating networks that focus on change what isn’t broken? Perhaps a more first step, you will be asked this summer in these issues. New issues constantly arise in appropriate question is: What is possible if a referendum or straw vote to express your science, and some attract a strong entomo- we are unafraid to change, if we are willing views on the proposed new ESA, and a final logical following. Some become integral to explore the unknown? Entomologists have vote could occur as early as 2007. and continuing parts of entomology (e.g., always been visionaries, and our discipline If nothing is broken, then why change? managing insects in genetically modified has always been populated with leaders and Our membership is growing, annual meet- crops, IPM, stem-cell research in entomol- agents of change. A new ESA may test our ings and publications are healthy, and ESA ogy). Others are transient, important only resolve today, but I believe it is key to enor- seems to have a bright future. However, for a short time (e.g., regulations on moving mous Society benefits tomorrow. is ESA properly positioned for the future? insects across borders or funding for the I will share more in May about a new According to member geography, we are a National Science Foundation or National ESA, including the fiscal aspects, volunteers, global organization and our international Research Initiative). As networks elect to leadership, and the next key steps. In the status could affect the Society’s sustainability affiliate with one or more Sections, they also interim, check the following URL for more in a rapidly shrinking world. Can (or should) would strengthen ESA’s focus, communica- information on the proposal (http://www. ESA be the entomological society, serving tions, and responsiveness. entsoc.org/about_esa/governance/other/ and aggressively pursuing members from A third gain is that ESA’s focus on a_new_esa.htm), and please visit with col- all parts of the world? Can ESA of today networks would grow its membership. leagues about this concept. Give the pro- respond quickly enough to new issues or Networks have historically varied widely posed new ESA some serious thought. changes in science and government policy? regarding interest in and need for ESA —Frank I say, “Not easily as currently structured.” governance, membership influence, and The proposed new ESA essentially enables finances. The new ESA would encourage and empowers Sections to function more and welcome members of long-standing, like Branches, each developing and manag- well-organized groups or members of short- ing its own operational rules, committees, term groups of 6-12 months with little or The ESA Newsletter (US ISSN 0273-7353) is priorities, and Section financing (more on no formal organization. Regardless of the published monthly by the Entomological Society of America (ESA), 10001 Derekwood Lane, Suite the fiscal aspects in May). Meeting functions kinds of networks, growth in the numbers of 100, Lanham, MD 20706-4876; ph. 301-731- would not likely change for either Branches ESA members would be an important fringe 4535; fax 301-731-4538; lspurlock@entsoc. or Sections. Branches would continue do- benefit of facilitating networks. org; http://www.entsoc.org. The deadline for all ing their own meetings, and Sections would So why might some want to keep ESA submissions is the first of the month, one month continue doing annual meetings at the Soci- just as it is? Though I support moving ahead prior to publication. POSTMASTER: Subscription rate for members ety-level, such as Indianapolis in December with a new ESA, I know some of my con- is $10, which is included in the dues. The rate for 2006. temporaries (i.e., gray heads) will prefer ESA nonmembers is $28; institutions, $43. Periodicals The numbers of Sections and their cur- remain essentially unchanged. We helped postage paid at Lanham-Seabrook, MD, and other rently proposed names are not critical to the build and sustain it, and so of course we mailing offices.© 2006 ESA. proposal. However, for the moment, we pro- take pride in it as it is today. Second, some Job Opportunity rates are $25/line for regular and postdoctoral positions, and $10/line for pose four Sections replacing the current six. of us will prefer predictability, and that is graduate assistantships. Advertisers may choose Thus ESA would consist of five or six geo- more easily assured with centralized con- to run the ad on the ESA web site for an addition- graphic units (a corresponding Branch might trol (i.e., the ESA Governing Board today). al 20 percent of the newsletter ad cost. Ads will be added) and four subject-matter units, and Third, many of us don’t have a lot of time be edited and abbreviated. Submission deadline all would operate on par with each other in left as active members, and some of us will is the first of the month, one month prior to publication. Submit ads using online form at deciding issues and policy at ESA Central. struggle with changes entailing a lot of un- http://www.entsoc.org/employment. Online Job I see at least three likely gains from this knowns and work unrelated to coasting or Opportunities are also at the above URL. proposal. First, Sections would be posi- retirement. Finally, most of us gray heads are The newsletter’s purpose is to provide infor- tioned and structured to attract and serve survivors. We made ESA work as it is, and mation deemed of interest to our members. News special interest groups (i.e., networks). some will say those who follow us can do on entomological research have been published in peer-reviewed journals or were provided by re- Networks have always been extremely im- the same. liable sources such as universities or government portant to ESA (e.g., the Entomology Collec- So who among us is most likely to want agencies. ESA staff relies upon readers’ discretion tions Network, International Organization of change? I expect our early- and mid-ca- to interpret and evaluate articles about scientific Biological Control, USDA scientists, exten- reer members will be most aggressive for research. Comments may be directed to the origi- sion scientists, scientists who teach, acarolo- changing ESA. They have energy, high ex- nal information source and/or Newsletter Editor Lisa Spurlock (see contact information above). gists, taxonomic interest groups, etc.). As pectations and great ideas, important char-

2 April 2006 ESA Newsletter Welcome New and Returning Members!

ESA welcomes the new members who have recently joined and Byron G. Love, California State University-Sacramento previous members who have returned after two or more years away Thomas Meek, University of Delaware from the Society. Professional affiliations are noted where provided. Shannon U. Morath, Fordham University Brian L. Mount, FMC Corporation Jared Gregory Ali, University of Delaware Robert C. Mower, Utah County Health Department Dr. Gevork G. Arakelian, Los Angeles County Agricultural Caryl E. Ott, Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University Commissioner Dr. Hyun-Woo Park, Florida A&M University Greg Bausch, The Bugman Joyce E. Parker, New Mexico State University Dr. Jennifer R. Benne, Lincoln University J. Brad Parker, Parker Pest Control, Inc. Kiera M. Blankenstein, University of Delaware Dustin Ray Patman, Tarleton State University Jessica S. Brinton, Illinois State University Rebeca Peña-Martínez, Jr., Instituto Politecnico Nacional Norbert Brotz, University of Minnesota Diedra D. Petrina, Central Washington University Karin T. Burghardt, University of Delaware Lavanya Polana, Auburn University Xiaolong Chen, Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University Danielle B. Poor, California Polytechnic State University Emily M. Davis, California Polytechnic State University Ashlea Rives, Compliance Services International William A. Edwards, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Inc. Rodstrom Rodstrom, Washington State University Roy Fenoff, University of Wyoming Mary A. Rogers, University of Minnesota Michael L. Fisher, University of Nebraska William Russell, Allen Canning Company Eric Bertrand Fokam, University of BUEA-Cameroon Harry Savage, U.S. Centers for Disease Control Bryan J. Fontes, New Mexico State University William Stanuszek, Saginaw County Mosquito Abate. Commission Matthew Frye, University of Delaware Christopher Strom, ACE, Western Exterminator Company Michael T. Gaffney, University College Dublin Ellen Y. Stromdahl, U.S. Army Joshua Heeren, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Rajeev S. Surana, Scinnovation Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Jamie W. Herring, Monsanto Company Matthew Tyler James Tyler Brian N. Hogg, University of California-Berkeley Dennis VanEngelsdorp, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Dr. Kensuke Imai, Kyoto University Edgar Herney Varon, University of Idaho Matthew E. Kaiser, Michigan State University Martin D. Villarreal, Michigan State University Dr. Patricia Lee Kitchin, Virginia Tech Thomas Lee Walker, Jr., University of Nebraska-Kearney Wess M. Klunk, Clemson University Milagra Weiss, New Mexico State University Eric M. Knutson, New Mexico State University Dr. Charles A. White Ellen C. Lake, University of Delaware Jim L. Zade, Rose Pest Solutions

Call for Awards Nominations, from page 1 beyond the traditional teaching methods by using insects as educa- tional tools. Prize: $800 and an expenses-paid trip to the ESA An- Company. The nominee must be an ESA member who is pursuing a nual Meeting. graduate degree focusing in entomology and has made outstanding contributions to ESA, his/her academic department and the com- Recognition in Urban Entomology—Sponsored by S.C. Johnson & munity, while achieving academic excellence. Prize: $1,000 and an Son, Inc. Each nominee should be an ESA member who has contrib- inscribed plaque. Monsanto Company has graciously doubled the uted significantly to the advancement of urban entomology. Prize: cash prize from $500 to $1,000! Variable cash prize and inscribed plaque. Thomas Say Award—The nominee must: (1) have significant, Foundation Professional Awards published work in insect systematics, morphology, or evolution; and Award for Excellence in Integrated Pest Management—Spon- (2) be a North American citizen or his/her work must focus on New sored by Syngenta Crop Protection. Nominees must be ESA mem- World insects and allies. Prize: Variable cash prize and certificate of bers who have made outstanding contributions in IPM. Prize: recognition. Variable cash prize and inscribed plaque. Henry and Sylvia Richardson Research Grant—Each candidate Foundation Student Awards must be a postdoctorate ESA member working in insect control by BioQuip Undergraduate Scholarship—Applicants must: (1) have attractants, repellents, or biological, thermo, or chemical controls, or been an undergraduate entomology student at a North American secondarily, in insect control of medical or veterinary importance. college or university last fall, (2) have at least 90 credit hours by Sep- Prize: Variable cash prize. tember 1, 2006, and (3) have completed two junior-level entomol- IPM Team Award—Sponsored by Dow AgroScience. Teams ogy courses or have a research project in entomology. Prize $2,000. who are nominated must be comprised of industry and academic ICINN Student Recognition Award in Insect Physiology, Bio- scientists who have worked collaboratively in a successful IPM ap- chemistry, Toxicology, and Molecular Biology—Applicants must be proach to control a pest problem in any aspect of agriculture. Prize: current ESA student members who have demonstrated excellence Inscribed statue. on the undergraduate or graduate level in basic or applied entomo- President’s Prizes for Outstanding Achievement in Primary and logical research in the subject areas noted in the title of the award. Secondary Teaching Using Insects as Educational Materials—Spon- Prize: Variable cash prize and certificate of recognition. sored by ESA. These awards (one for grades K-6 teachers and the other for grades 7-12 teachers) recognize educators who have gone Continued on page 7

April 2006 ESA Newsletter 3 N E W S O N T H E 2 0 0 6 A N N U A L M E E T I N G & E X H I B I T I O N

December 10-13, 2006 — Indianapolis, Indiana http://www.entsoc.org/annual_meeting/current_meeting/

From the Program Co-Chairs The Program Committee is currently in the heart of sorting Hot News! Classification Introduced for through symposia contributions to determine our Section and regu- Contributed Presentations lar symposia. We have already selected five intriguing program symposia: Have you ever wondered how your contributed 10-minute • Bugs Did It First: Insect-Inspired Technology paper gets placed into a paper session? Have you ever thought • Students Giving Back: Using Entomology to Benefit Society that the poster chair must have gone temporarily insane to • Contributions of Social Insect Studies to Science and Society place your poster among others that apparently share only the • Applied Insect Chemical Ecology: Lessons from the Past are word “The” in the title? In brief, program committee members Giving Back Solutions for the Future are only human and do the best they can to organize an entire • Entomological Developments in the 20th-21st Centuries: a Look scientific program based on the information members provide. Back at the Accomplishments. Incomplete information concerning a presentation—poor selec- There were 22 submissions for program symposia and the com- tion of keywords, no submitted abstract, or an uninformative mittee did a comprehensive job of sorting through them. Criteria for title—leads to some “creative” placements. Having watched selecting program symposia are generally connected to the meet- student competition, Section, and poster chairs struggle to ing theme; however, other means of determining which ones are organize contributed presentations into coherent scientific ses- selected include appeal to a wide audience and organization of the sions, we thought, “There must be a better way!” symposium. This year, when you access the submission site to enter your The remaining symposia selections for Sections and regular con- presentation, you will encounter a new feature, the Contribut- tributors will be sorted out in April, and organizers will update their ed Presentation Classification (CPC) page. Simply put, the CPC programs online April 25 through June 8. We deeply appreciate page is a hierarchical aid to help us organize more than 2000 everyone’s contribution to this process. presentations into a coherent scientific program. The CPC page We want to encourage all ESA members and those interested in allows you to indicate your Section, subsection, and relevant ESA to attend the 2006 meeting in Indianapolis. This year’s theme, subject areas. You will encounter a menu of four primary areas selected by President Gilstrap, is Give Something Back: Time, Skills, —Evolution, Plant-Insect Ecosystems, Structural, Veterinary and Resources. Indianapolis is a beautiful city with so much to offer Public Health Systems, and Suborganismal Systems—where —from the excitement of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to the you will select up to two. Then there will be a list of secondary wonderful art and historic exhibits. They also have a fantastic zoo, areas with associated sub-areas. For example, the secondary a must see. The convention center is located a very short walking area “Behavior” has six sub-areas as options: Ethology, Phero- distance from the many hotels that will be available. mones, Reproduction, Semiochemicals, Sexual Selection, and For those interested in making a contributed presentation at the Social Behavior. Or you can invent your own! Although we Annual Meeting, the online submission site will be open on June 13 tried to be thorough, we built in flexibility for members to add and remain available until 11:59 p.m. EDT, July 20, 2006. Registra- areas that we may have omitted. tion and housing information for Indianapolis will be available in This classification menu replaces the old keywords with a August. We will share some new ideas with everyone about some of “point and click” option. Indeed, it was derived from the most the exciting, educational, and inspirational events that are planned commonly used keywords from the 2003 and 2004 Annual in Indianapolis in subsequent newsletter. Please stay tuned for more, Meeting programs. Just think, no more frustration over con- and join us in Indy in December! cocting the perfect keyword or phrase, and no more misspell- —Phil Mulder and Tom Royer ings in the keyword index! The Program Committee hopes members will find this new New 2006 Annual Meeting Logo Unveiled feature easy to use. We welcome suggestions for improve- Our new 2006 Annual Meeting logo (to the left) was designed ments or additional topics; please direct your comments to me by Sarah L. Donelson, a freelance certified scientific illustrator who as the chief architect. The committee will use them to decide is pursuing her Ph.D. in entomology at Oklahoma State University whether to keep the new classification system with refinements (OSU), Stillwater. She also has owned and operated Blue Moon or develop another approach. We appreciate your patience Studio producing wildlife photography and art since 1981. as we try this new approach to the age-old problem: “How Donelson’s education includes a B.S. (1984, National Dean’s List) should we organize the scientific presentations into intellectu- and M.A. (1992) in art from Ball State University. In preparing to be ally cohesive sessions?” a scientific illustrator, she completed a B.S. (1998, cum laude) in bi- —Susan Weller, [email protected] ology at Cameron University. She was one of ten students accepted from an international pool into the science communication program

4 April 2006 ESA Newsletter at the University of California-Santa Cruz, where she received her 1 or register on site (and pay the higher rate and receive the program certification in 1999. This training included both traditional and at the meeting in both cases). computer art. During training, she was awarded an internship (1999) • October 24: Last day to cancel your registration and receive a full at Scientific American magazine in New York City as an illustrator refund. Refund requests received between October 24 and Novem- and art director. After completing the internship, Donelson con- ber 1 will be subject to a 20% service charge. tinued working for this magazine as a freelance art director (1999- • October 31: Deadline to sign up as a student volunteer 2000). She also has illustrations and sculptures exhibited nationally • Late October: Program books mailed and internationally in natural history museums. • November 1: Last day to cancel your registration and receive a Donelson’s current Ph.D. research involves the study of Carabidae refund less 20%. Refund requests received after this date will not in agroecosystems of the Southern Great Plains. This work examines honored. the relationship of carabids to agricultural disturbances using tradi- • November 9 (tentative): Deadline for housing reservations tional tools and molecular ecology techniques. Concurrently, she is • December 1 (tentative): Deadline for requests for meeting space investigating carabid diversity in simple and diversified cropping sys- • December 1: Deadline for late-breaking symposium proposals tems. Donelson has also conducted research in ornithology (1997- 98), mammalogy (1995-98), and molecular systematics (2003-05) in Contacts for the Annual Meeting the United States. Internationally, she has performed entomological • Program Co-chairs—Phil Mulder, [email protected], field research in a Costa Rican cloud forest (2001-04). or Tom Royer, [email protected] Art and science have afforded Donelson numerous teaching op- • Technology Chair—Grayson Brown, [email protected] portunities both in the classroom and the community. She has taught • Student Competition Chair—Robert Peterson, bpeterson@ as adjunct faculty, guest lecturer, workshop facilitator, and graduate montana.edu teaching assistant in both fields. While researching in Costa Rica, • Poster Co-chairs—Susan Weller and Kathleen Shields, she developed and taught a course entitled The Art and Science of [email protected] Field Sketching for three years. • Local Arrangements Chair—Gerald Michaels, [email protected] • Director of Meetings—Judy Miller, [email protected] Attention Symposium Organizers Beginning April 25, symposium organizers should update their proposals including speaker information in the online submission P RESIDENT ’ S C IRCLE program. ESA will e-mail you the URL to access your proposal. All symposia should be in final format (speakers confirmed, final titles ESA would like to thank the following members for renewing their of talks, length of talks confirmed, etc.) in the online system on or 2006 membership at our President’s Circle contributor level, helping before 11:59 p.m. EDT, June 8. to preserve your science and your Society: • Dr. Shripat T. Kamble, BCE, University of Nebraska Travel Arrangements • Paula G. Lettice, Entomological Society of America Submitters for the 2006 scientific program should take note of ESA’s deadlines (see below) when making travel arrangements. This membership option allows members to make an additional Please make your airline reservations after you know when your contribution to the Society and designate how they want the extra paper is scheduled. The online Itinerary Builder/Search-the-Submis- funding spent. For more information, visit http://www.entsoc.org/ sions feature will be available in mid-September. membership/categories/ pres_circle/, or contact Chris Stelzig, Direc- tor of Membership and Marketing, 301-731-4535, extension 3021, Planning Schedule [email protected]. Please note that these dates may change; watch for updates in future issues of the newsletter or on the website. • April 25: Symposium organizers begin updating symposium pro- grams online S USTAINING A SSOCIATES • May 19: Exhibit prospectus to be available online • June 8: Deadline for symposium organizers to update symposium programs online ESA would like to thank its Sustaining Associates for their commit- • June 9: Deadline for early-bird exhibitor applications ment to our Society. Each Sustaining Associate company designates • June 13: Regular submitted papers accepted online for scientific an official representative who has all rights and privileges that an in- program dividual member has. Those Sustaining Associates who have already • July 20, 11:59 p.m., EDT: Submission deadline for all regular and renewed their commitment to the Society for 2006 are: student competition 10-minute paper and poster presentations • July 27 (tentatively): Deadline to be listed in the program book Dow AgroSciences (GOLD) for: (1) functions to be held during Annual Meeting, (2) advertising Representative: Dr. Michael in program, (3) exhibitors, (4) university entomology clubs interested Culy, BCE in sales during Meeting, and (5) sponsorships of Annual Meeting URL: http://www.dowagro.com functions • August 3 (tentatively): Registration and housing information to be Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. (GOLD) available online; materials will not be mailed Representative: Dr. Roy Boykin • Mid-September: Scientific program to be searchable online URL: http://www.syngentacropprotection.com • October 11 (tentatively): Early-bird registration deadline. To take advantage of the early-bird deadline, registrations must be received For more information on ESA’s Sustaining Associates program, by ESA on or before this date. Program books will be mailed to reg- please visit http://www.entsoc.org/membership/sa/, or contact Chris istrants whose registrations are received on or before this date. After Stelzig, Director of Membership and Marketing, phone 301-731- this date, registrants may continue to register online until November 4535, extension 3021, [email protected]

April 2006 ESA Newsletter 5 2 0 0 6 B RANCH A WARD W INNERS Condolences Branch Award Winners Announced • Distinguished Achievement Award in The following award winners were an- Regulatory Entomology: James A. Stimmel, Sincere condolences to the nounced during the 2006 ESA Branch meet- entomology program manager, Pennsylvania families, friends, and colleagues of ings, held in February and March. Department of Agriculture* recently deceased ESA members: Additional Branch award winners will be • Asa Fitch Memorial Award: Alongkot • Dr. Laurence K. Cutkomp, announced in a future issue of the newslet- Ponlawat, Ph.D. entomology student, Cor- University of Minnesota ter as the information becomes available. nell University. This $100 award is present- • Dr. Robert Davis, Savannah, Also, the five winners of the John Henry ed annually to an outstanding Master’s-level Georgia Comstock Graduate Student Awards, which graduate student. are selected by each Branch, will be an- nounced in a later issue of the newsletter North Central Branch outstanding contributions to entomology. along with the other Society-wide student • Award for Excellence in Integrated Pest • Distinguished Achievement in Teaching: award winners. Management: D. Paul W. Flinn, research Dr. May R. Berenbaum, department chair, *These nominees will be entered into this entomologist, USDA-ARS, Manhattan, Kan- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign* year’s competition for the corresponding sas** • Graduate Student Scholarship Award: Society-level awards. • Award of Merit: Dr. J.E. McPherson, Anna K. Fiedler, M.S. entomology student, **These nominees will be entered into professor and assistant department chair, Michigan State University. This $500 schol- this year’s competition for the correspond- Southern Illinois University. This award arship recognizes North Central Branch ing Entomological Foundation awards. recognizes individuals who have made con- graduate student members for their course- tinued, superior contributions to the North work and research. Eastern Branch Central Branch. • Recognition Award in Urban Entomol- • Award for Excellence in Integrated Pest • C.V. Riley Award: Dr. Leon G. Higley, ogy: Dr. R. Christopher Williamson, assis- Management: Dr. Michael P. Hoffmann, professor of entomology, University of Ne- tant professor of entomology, University of professor of entomology, Cornell Univer- braska-Lincoln. This award recognizes North Wisconsin** sity** Central Branch members who have made Continued on page 7

6 April 2006 ESA Newsletter Jeffery P. LaFage Graduate Student Re- be ESA members who use arthropods to study J OB O PPORTUNIT I E S search Award—An applicant must be an any aspect of basic or applied insect physiol- M.S. or Ph.D. candidate at an accredited ogy, biochemistry, or molecular biology for university Call for Awards Nominations, Master’s or doctoral research. Prize: Variable GRAD. RES. ASST.: Dept. Entom., Purdue from page 3 cash prize and certificate of recognition. Univ., W. Lafayette, IN. Conduct genomics res. Kenneth and Barbara Starks Plant Resis- on mosquito & ticks. Contact: Dr. Cate Hill: who is conducting research that contributes tance to Insects Graduate Student Research [email protected]. Purdue is an equal access, significantly to the knowledge of the biology AA, EOE.* Award—Candidates must be: (1) U.S. citizens, or control of pests in the urban environment. (2) M.S. or Ph.D. students in entomology or DEPT. HEAD (ASSOC. PROF. OR PROF.): Dept. Prize: Variable cash prize. plant breeding/genetics at an accredited uni- of Plant Sci., So. Dak. St. Univ. (SDSU), a Land Joseph H. Camin Fellowship—Deadline versity, and (3) conducting research in plant Grant Univ. of 11,000 students. Dept. incl. 100 September 1. This variable grant supports resistance to insects. Prize: Variable research faculty and perm. staff. Major prog. areas incl. the winner in attending the Ohio State Uni- grant and plaque. crop sci., soils sci., entom. and plant path. Pro- versity Acarology Summer Program or an Pioneer Hi-Bred International Graduate vide ldrshp.; dev. and maintain res., teach., and equivalent institution to obtain training in Student Fellowship—This award was granted exten. progs.; evaluate and recruit faculty, staff, the systematics of acarines. in 2005 and will not be available for up to and students; dev. budgets; manage properties; Larry Larson Graduate Student Award for four years. foster and build strong working relations with Leadership in Applied Entomology—Spon- Snodgrass Memorial Research Award— other disciplines and commodity and constitu- sored by Dow AgroSciences. Applicants Candidates must be ESA members who have ency grps. Ph.D. in agron., entom., plant path., must be ESA members who are final-year completed a graduate research thesis or dis- or closely rel. field; 5 yrs. FT relevant exper.; M.S. or first-year Ph.D. students and have sertation in arthropod morphology, systemat- and demon. excellence and natl. recog. in res., demonstrated leadership capability in ap- ics, taxonomy, or evolution after July 1, 2003. teach., or outreach prog. req. For full list of plied entomology. Prize: Variable cash prize Prize: Variable cash prize and certificate of qualifs., see http://jobs.sdstate.edu or call 605- and trip to Dow’s headquarters. recognition. 688-4141. To apply, submit CV, transcripts, Lillian and Alex Feir Graduate Student Stan Beck Fellowship—Applicants must names and ph. nos. of 3 prof. refs., and stmt. re: Travel Award in Insect Physiology, Biochem- be graduate or undergraduate students in interest, abil. to meet responsibs., and phil. of istry, or Molecular Biology—Applicants must entomology or related disciplines at a North administering successful, progressive prog. to: Dr. Richard Shane, Search Com. Chair, Dept. of Econ., Box 504, SDSU, Brookings, SD 57007; [email protected]. Deadline: April 21 Did You Know? or until pos. filled. AA/EEO employer.* Last month, non-renewed members lost access to ESA benefits. ASST./ASSOC. PROF., SOIL ARTH. ECOL.: Dept. of Entom., NC State Univ. seeks to fill Look around your department or office for colleagues or bring it up tenure-track, 11-mo., facul. pos. 80% res., 20% at a staff meeting to be sure that everyone has renewed their mem- acad. Dev. vigorous, appl., and basic res. prog. bership with the Society. Strength in Numbers starts with one. It on role of soil arthropods in sust. ag. produc. starts with you. More information is available online at http://www. and soil sys. Success in obtaining extramural funding for prog. expected. Incumbent ex- entsoc.org/membership/toolbox/support_esa/encourage.htm pected to engage in active intra- and interdept. collaborations in sust. ag. and IPM. Incumbent will serve as principal source of soil entom. ex- pertise in dept. Activity in dept. undergrad. and E. Adams, professor of entomology, Univer- grad. teach. prog. req. Acad. advisement and 2006 Branch Award Winners, from page 6 sity of California-Riverside* grad. student training also expected. Qualifs.: • Recognition Award in Urban Entomol- Ph.D. in entom. or rel. field. and exper. in soil Pacific Branch ogy: Dr. John H. Klotz, associate extension arth. ecol., community ecol., and/or arth. mgmt. urban entomologist, University of California- • Award for Excellence in Integrated Pest in sust. ag. sys. desirable. Apply online by June Riverside** 1. See http://jobs.ncsu.edu for instructions and Management: Dr. Elizabeth E. Grafton- req. documentation. AA/EOE. ADA Accommo- Cardwell, cooperative extension IPM spe- Southeastern Branch dations: Dr. James Harper, james_harper@ncsu. cialist, University of California-Riverside** • Award for Excellence in Integrated Pest edu, 919-515-2746. NC State welcomes all • C.W. Woodworth Award: Dr. Jocelyn G. Management: Dr. Norman C. Leppla, BCE, persons without regard to sexual orientation.* Millar, professor, University of California- professor of entomology, University of Flori- Riverside. The $1,000 award recognizes da-Gainesville** GRAD. RES. ASST.: M.S. level. Dept. of Crop & a Pacific Branch member for outstanding • Distinguished Achievement Award in Soil Sci., Oregon St. Univ., Corvallis. Res. will accomplishments in entomology within the Extension: Dr. Keith Douce, extension ento- focus on biol. and appl. ecol. of mollusks and region over the past 10 years. mologist, University of Georgia-Tifton* soil arthropods in grass seed crop. sys. Starts • Distinguished Achievement Award in • Distinguished Achievement in Teaching: Sept. 2006, but will remain open until suitable Extension: Dr. Robert I. Krieger, cooperative Dr. Joseph V. Mc Hugh, associate professor candidate is found. Stipend with tuition waiver extension toxicologist, University of Califor- of entomology, University of Georgia* provided. For details, see job openings sec. at nia-Riverside* • Recognition Award in Entomology: Dr. http://cropandsoil.oregonstate.edu or contact • Distinguished Achievement in Teaching: G. David Buntin, professor of entomology, Jayne Smith, 541-737-5722. Dr. Timothy D. Paine, professor of entomol- University of Georgia-Griffin* ogy, University of California-Riverside* • Recognition Award in Urban Entomol- Submit a position at http://www.entsoc.org/ • Recognition Award in Insect Physiology, ogy: Dr. Edward L. Vargo, associate profes- employment/submit.htm! Biochemistry and Toxicology: Dr. Michael sor of entomology, North Carolina State April 2006 ESA Newsletter 7 place on July 12-14 in Lafayette, IN. URL:  The North Central Region of the http://www.nafea.ne USDA-CSREES Sustainable Agriculture For the Research and Education Program will   A conference on Advances in Threat hold a national conference on Aug. Assessment and Their Application to Forest 15-17 in Oconomowac, WI. URL: http:// and Rangeland Management will be held www.sare2006.org Datebook on July 18-20 in Boulder, CO. URL: http:// www.forestencyclopedia.net/encyclopedia/  The 12th International Congress of  The 5th International Symposium on threats Acarology will take place on Aug. 21-26 Molecular Insect Science will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. URL: May 20-24 in Tucson, AZ. URL: http://  The American Society for Horticultural http://www.science.uva.nl/ibed/ica2006 cis.arl.arizona.edu/symposium/ Science’s Annual Conference will be held on July 27-30 in New Orleans, LA. URL:  The 3rd International Congress on  The 58th International Symposium on http://www.ashs.org Phthiraptera will be held Oct. 16-20 in Crop Protection will take place on May Buenos Aires, Argentina. URL: http:// 23 in Ghent, Belgium. URL: http://www.  The 2006 American Phytopathological www.phthiraptera.org/ICP3/ICP3_01.htm iscp.ughent.be Society Annual Meeting will be held on July 29-Aug. 2 in Québec City, Québec, Canada.  The 5th International Workshop on  The Dragonfly Society of the Ameri- URL: http://www.apsnet.org Management of the Diamondback Moth cas 2006 Meeting will be held on June and Other Crucifer Pests will take place 9-11in Kentucky. URL: http://odonata  The Rocky Mountain Conference of on Oct. 24-27 in Beijing, China. URL: central.bfl.utexas.edu/dsa1/annual_ Entomologists will be held on July 30-Aug. http://www.ciccst.org.cn/IWMDMOCP/ meeting.htm 3, in Woodland Park, CO. URL: http://www. entoplp.okstate.edu/rmce/  The National Pest Management  CHECK OUT THIS EVENT! Association’s PestWorld 2006 is slated The 57th Annual Meeting of the Lepi-  The XV Congress of the International for Oct. 25-28 in Grapevine, TX. URL: dopterists’ Society will be held on June Union for the Study of Social Insects will http://www.pestworld.org 14-18 at the Florida Museum of Natu- take place on July 30-Aug. 4 in Washington, ral History, Gainesville. Contact: Dr. DC. URL: http://www.iussi.org  The 2006 Joint Annual Meeting of J.Y. Miller, 352-846 2000, ext. 480, the American Society of Agronomy and [email protected]  The 91st Ecological Society of America the Crop and Soil Science Societies of Annual Meeting will be held Aug. 6-11 in America will take place on Nov. 12-16  The 18th World Congress of Soil Sci- Memphis, TN. URL: http://www.esa.org in Indiananapolis, IN. URL: http://www. ence will take place on July 9-15 in Phil- asa-cssa-sssa.org adelphia, PA. URL: http://www.18wcss.  The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Animal org Behavior Society will take place on Aug.  The 4th International Bemisia Work- 12-16 in Snowbird, UT. URL: http://www. shop is slated for Dec. 3-6 in Duck Key,  The 16th International Ecdysone animalbehavior.org/ABS/Meetings/ FL. URL: http://www.conference.ifas.ufl. Workshop is slated for July 10-14 in Snowbird06/ edu/bemisia/ Ghent, Belgium. Contact: Dr. Guy Smag- ghe, [email protected]  The XVIIth International Horticultural  The International Whitefly Genomics Congress is slated for Aug. 13-19 in Seoul, Workshop is slated for Dec. 7-8 in Duck  The 4th Annual North American Fo- South Korea. URL: http://www.ishs.org/cal- Key, FL. URL: http://www.conference. rensic Entomology Conference will take endar/ ifas.ufl.edu/bemisia/

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