Student Competition I

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Moderator(s)

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  Kristina Lopez, PhD

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

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM – 8:40 AM AST

  Adulticidal activity of Hemp Extracts against Aedes aegypti
  

  Presenter: Erick J. Martinez – the Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Peter M. Piermarini, Ph.D. – The Ohio State University
• 8:40 AM – 8:50 AM AST

  Characterizing the microbiome and prevalence of Wolbachia in Culex mosquitoes in the midwestern U.S.
  

  Presenter: Rebecca (Becky) E. Cloud, B.S. (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Co-Author: Patrick Irwin, PhD (he/him/his) – Northwest Mosquito Abatement District

  Co-Author: Carla Cáceres‎, Ph.D. – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• 8:50 AM – 9:00 AM AST

  Endemicity of malaria and dengue trumps the study of Culex spp. mosquitoes and associated pathogens.
  

  Presenter: Abdisalam Abdi – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: gabriel Hamer (he/him/his) – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Ryan Almeida, Research Assistant – Texas A&M University
• 9:00 AM – 9:10 AM AST

  Permethrin susceptibility in Culicoides biting midges from Florida
  

  Presenter: Vilma Cooper, PhD Candidate (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Eva Buckner, PhD – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Nathan Burkett-Cadena, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Florida
• 9:10 AM – 9:20 AM AST

  Are efforts to conserve urban bees increasing risk of mosquito-borne disease?
  

  Presenter: Hannah Dehus (she/her/hers) – Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Caralee Shepard – Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Sam Ward, M.S., Ph.D. – Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Mary M. Gardiner, M.S., Ph.D. – Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Megan E. Meuti, Ph.D. – Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University
• 9:20 AM – 9:30 AM AST

  Assessing the Role of Deforestation in Shaping Mosquito Abundance Patterns Across Brazil
  

  Presenter: Allison K. Hughes, BS (she/her/hers) – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Melissa S. Nolan, PhD, MPH – University of South Carolina

  Co-Author: Kyndall Dye-Braumuller, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of South Carolina
• 9:30 AM – 9:40 AM AST

  Developing salivary gland ELISAs to measure human exposure to La Crosse virus vectors
  

  Presenter: Hannah Alexandar, BS (she/her/hers) – Western Carolina University

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

  Co-Author: Ross Boyce, MD, MSc – UNC School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Berlin Berlin Londoño-Renteria, PhD – Tulane University
• 9:40 AM – 9:50 AM AST

  Evaluation of surveillance traps for host-seeking La Crosse virus vectors in Southern Appalachia
  

  Presenter: Madeleine Craig, Undergraduate Student – Western Carolina University

  Co-Author: Charlie Sither, PhD – WCU

  Co-Author: Roxanne Connelly, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  Co-Author: Brian Byrd, PhD, MSPH – Western Carolina University
• 9:50 AM – 10:00 AM AST

  Like a moth to an interrupted flame - modifying the CDC light trap to increase species richness
  

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

  Co-Author: Yoosook Lee, PhD – FMEL

  Co-Author: Lindsay Campbell, PhD – FMEL

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