Graduate Student Forum
Welcome to the Department of Entomology's Graduate Student Forum!
The Graduate Student Forum serves several purposes:
- Encourages graduate students to share with colleagues and others in the academic community
- Provides professional development experience for students
- Allows students to practice their presentation skills
Participants are given 12 minutes to present their research presentation and 3 minutes to facilitate questions from the audience. The top three presentations are given a certificate and cash prize.
Congratulations to The Twelfth Annual Forum Winners!

Katelyn Chalaire - First Place
"Serine protease inhibitors and their role in the feeding cycle of Amblyomma americanum."
Hyeog-Sun Kwon- Second Place"Characterization of a calcitonin receptor-like receptor (AaegGPRCAl1) and its in vivo functional analysis from
Aedes aegypti."

Aaron Dickey - Third Place
"A tale of two species: Testing Host Associated Differentiation in a Quasi-endophage and a Parthenogen."