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Student Competition III

Wednesday, March 25, 2026
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
Location: B116

    Moderator(s)

  • Kristina Lopez, PhD

    Research Entomologist
    North Shore Mosquito Abatement District, Illinois, United States

Presentations:

  • 8:30 AM - 8:40 AM PDT
    Adoption of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Reduces Mosquito-Borne Disease Risk

    Presenter: Caylee Chan (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Co-Author: Andrew Mackay, n/a – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Co-Author: Brian Allan, n/a – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • 8:40 AM - 8:50 AM PDT
    Use of Insects as Plant Food

    Presenter: Nate Simnitt (he/him/his) – Simnitt Nursery

    Co-Author: Lee W. Cohnstaedt, n/a – USDA ARS

  • 8:50 AM - 9:00 AM PDT
    Title: Pour Some Sugar On Me: Mosquito Sugar-Feeding On Endemic Plants Of Puerto Rico

    Presenter: Ella J. Branham, B.S. – University of Southern Mississippi

    Co-Author: Mary Beard, n/a – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Mac H. Alford, Ph.D. – University of Southern Mississippi

    Co-Author: Daniel Peach, PhD – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Danica M. Shannon, n/a – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Donald J. Yee, Ph.D. – University of Southern Mississippi

  • 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM PDT
    Quantifying the spatial dissemination of mosquito-driven deposition of pyriproxyfen associated with the use of autodissemination approaches.

    Presenter: Naveen Kumar (he/him/his) – Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University

    Co-Author: Destiny Cuellar, N/A (she/her/hers) – Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University

    Co-Author: Hunter Covey, n/a – Texas Tech University

    Co-Author: Amanda Ramirez, n/a – Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University

    Co-Author: Joseph McMillan, n/a – Texas Tech University

    Co-Author: Corey L. Brelsfoard, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. – Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University

  • 9:10 AM - 9:20 AM PDT
    Insecticide susceptibility profiles of Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Maricopa County, Arizona

    Presenter: Ernest Boampong – Arizona State University

    Co-Author: Silvie Huijben, PhD, Associate Professor (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University

    Co-Author: Ryon Salek, n/a – Arizona State University

  • 9:20 AM - 9:30 AM PDT
    An evaluation of Gravid Traps for West Nile Virus (WNV) and St. Louis Encephalitis Virus (SLEV) detections in Culex quinquefasciatus in Lubbock, TX  

    Presenter: Sierra N. Lewis (she/her/hers) – Texas Tech University

    Co-Author: John Davis, Undergraduate Assistant – Texas Tech University

    Co-Author: Nadia Patel, Undergraduate Assistant – Texas Tech University

    Co-Author: Stephen Opoku Afriyie, PhD Student – Texas Tech University

    Co-Author: Melissa M. Clawson, BS, MS (she/her/hers) – Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University

    Co-Author: Corey L. Brelsfoard, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. – Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University

    Co-Author: Joseph McMillan, n/a – Texas Tech University

  • 9:30 AM - 9:40 AM PDT
    Human blood feeding prevalence in mosquito vectors in Lubbock, Texas, 2024

    Presenter: Melissa M. Clawson, BS, MS (she/her/hers) – Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University

    Co-Author: Hunter O. Covey, B.S., M.S. Microbiology – NaMi Diagnostics

    Co-Author: Joseph McMillan, B.S. Ecology, Ph.D. Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution – Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University

    Co-Author: Mark J. Lavin, III, B.S. Cell and Molecular Biology – Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University

    Co-Author: Corey L. Brelsfoard, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. – Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University

  • 9:50 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    Reducing Collection Bycatch Using a Modified CDC Light Trap

    Presenter: Mitch B. Mullin, BS (he/him/his) – Western Carolina University

    Co-Author: Alana Eargle, BS – Western Carolina University

    Co-Author: Makayla Humphrey, n/a – Western Carolina University

    Co-Author: Julie M. Cadigan, M.S. (in progress) (she/her/hers) – Western Carolina University

    Co-Author: Jun Soo Bae, MS – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Yoosook Lee, PhD – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Brian Byrd, PhD, MSPH – Western Carolina University