Annual Meeting

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October 8, 2021

location

Online. A Zoom link will be sent to registered members.

Election

Candidates

PRESIDENT

Paula Levin Mitchell received her Ph.D. in Zoology from The University of Texas at Austin in 1980 and subsequently held a four-year postdoctoral appointment in Entomology at Louisiana State University. After teaching for 25 years in the Biology Department at Winthrop University in South Carolina, she retired as Professor Emerita. She continues to curate the insect collection at Winthrop University and is active in entomological educational outreach. Her specialty is coreid and pentatomid biology, with research interests encompassing feeding behavior, egg parasitoids, and the use of neem extracts to control heteropteran crop pests. She was a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar in India and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Delhi and has served as co-editor of the Journal of Economic Entomology. Her publications include 29 research articles, 3 book chapters, and a co-authored book. She served on the Board of the Directors of the South Carolina Entomological Society from 1994–95, 2000–02, and 2005–2017, and was honored to be elected as the first female President of the Society (2001) and to receive the J.H. Cochran Award for Excellence in Entomology (2020).

VICE PRESIDENT

Sharon Andreason is originally from East Texas where she received her B.S. in Biology from the University of Texas at Tyler and developed an interest in entomology and plant pathology working in the laboratory of Dr. Blake Bextine. She then earned her Ph.D. in Plant Pathology at Oklahoma State University where she conducted research in the laboratory of Dr. Astri Wayadande on the transcriptional response of leafhopper vectors to plant pathogenic spiroplasma acquisition and developing discrimination tools for whiteflies. As a postdoctoral scholar working in Dr. Tom Perring’s laboratory at the University of California, Riverside, Sharon discovered a new endoparasitoid wasp species important to biological control of the pink hibiscus mealybug in Southern California and demonstrated a decrease in the susceptibility of glassy winged sharpshooters to commonly applied pesticides in the southern Central Valley. She then moved to Charleston, SC to conduct further research on insect vector transmission of plant pathogens as an ORISE postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Alvin Simmons at the USDA-ARS U.S. Vegetable Laboratory (USVL). She joined the South Carolina Entomological Society and has served as its secretary since October 2019. Sharon became a Research Entomologist at the USVL in August 2021 and is excited to build her career studying South Carolina insects!

SECRETARY

Originally from Arizona, Elizabeth (Liz) Davidson-Lowe is currently an ORISE Postdoctoral Researcher at the USDA-ARS, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory (USVL) in Charleston, SC. Her interest in entomology began while completing her BSc in Natural Resources at Cornell University. Working with top researchers in the field, she discovered a passion for chemical ecology and insect behavior. Liz went on to complete her MSc in Entomology at Michigan State University where she studied how plant responses differentially affect herbivores from separate feeding guilds and how herbivore-induced plant defenses affect insect performance and behavior. Before joining the USVL, Liz completed her PhD in Entomology at Penn State University where she built on similar concepts by focusing on chemically mediated interactions between beneficial soil microbes, plants, and insects, and how these interactions can be managed to improve plant defenses against herbivory. Throughout her career development, her priorities have been to explore the natural world and make contributions that improve agroecosystem sustainability. Liz has been active in the Entomological Society of America and the International Society of Chemical Ecology, and is excited about the opportunity to serve and interact with members of the South Carolina Entomological Society. In her spare time, Liz can be found rock climbing, hiking, gardening, or generally spending time in nature.

Paper/Poster Submission

Paper submissions will be accepted for presentations 12-minutes in length. An additional three minutes will be provided for questions.

Adventure Talks: Brighten our day with a photo slide show (you photographers) and/or tell us a fun tale of your adventures (Adventure Talks can be either 5 or 10 minutes, 15 if you really want).

Poster. Poster presenters will be given 10 minutes to talk about their posters and answer questions. If you are willing, we can share a PDF of your poster with the participants.

The deadline for Paper/Poster submission is 25 September.
Complete the submission form below and e-mail it to Michael Ferro at mferro@clemson.edu.

Awards for the best papers and posters in designated categories will be recognized at the Friday Awards Lunch. The winners of each student category will receive $100.00 from the SCES. The award categories are High School, Undergraduate, Graduate, and Poster.

Judging criteria are available at http://www.scentsoc.org/awards.html.