Undergrad 10-min Competition: SysEB, Behavior and Biodiversity

Moderator(s)

• JS

  Jason Schmidt

  University of Georgia
  Tifton, Georgia
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  Karla Addesso

  Professor and Research Center Director
  Tennessee State University
  McMinnville, Tennessee

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM Pacific

  3D printed trap and device viability for entomological research
  

  Presenting Author: Kai Starr (he/him/his) – Simpson College

  Co-Author: Drew Engler – Simpson College

  Co-Author: Maya Jolliffe – Simpson College

  Co-Author: Alexis Ulrich – Simpson College

  Co-Author: Ryan Rehmeier – Simpson College

  Co-Author: Timothy Luttermoser – Simpson College
• 10:54 AM - 11:06 AM Pacific

  Effect of odor on prey pattern aversion in jumping spiders
  

  Presenting Author: Aditi Persad (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Laurel Lietzenmayer (she/her/hers) – University of Florida/Researcher

  Co-Author: Lisa Taylor – University of Florida
• 11:06 AM - 11:18 AM Pacific

  Impact of fine sediment pollution due to grazing on aquatic macroinvertebrate diversity in Utah streams
  

  Presenting Author: Janey G. Cress (she/her/hers) – Brigham Young University

  Co-Author: C. Riley Nelson – Brigham Young University

  Co-Author: Paul Frandsen – Brigham Young University
• 11:18 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific

  Mayfly wing wonders: Uncovering genetic threads
  

  Presenting Author: Melissa A. Rangel (she/her/hers) – Utah Valley University
• 11:30 AM - 11:42 AM Pacific

  Optimizing bioinformatic pipeline for profiling blow fly diets
  

  Presenting Author: Bailey Jannuzzi (she/her/hers) – Utah Valley University

  Co-Author: Andrew Meeds – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Lauren M. Weidner (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Carl E. Hjelmen (he/him/his) – Utah Valley University
• 11:42 AM - 11:54 AM Pacific

  Seasonal gene expression of the ManhattAnt underlies adaptations to changing climates and extreme urbanization
  

  Presenting Author: Liliana Hopkins – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Grayson Tung – Rutgers University Department of Entomology

  Co-Author: Benjamin Lintner – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Chloe Hawkings – Rutgers University
• 11:54 AM - 12:06 PM Pacific

  Systematics of the dragonfly genus Gomphus (Mofopefoluwa Akanni)
  

  Presenting Author: Mofopefoluwa V. Akanni (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: Jessica L. Ware (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: Ellie Gamett (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: Violet Onsongo – American Museum of Natural History
• 12:06 PM - 12:18 PM Pacific

  Systematics of the dragonfly genus Progomphus
  

  Presenting Author: Avery Graycen Pennington – American Museum of Natural History
• 12:18 PM - 12:30 PM Pacific

  Taxonomy and identification of the Pedaliodes pollonia/asconia species group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Pronophilina)
  

  Presenting Author: Aidan David Kowalski Bloch – Florida Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: Keith Willmott, PhD – Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida