Sensilla - January 2025
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| New Years Day - University Holiday | January 1 |
| Abstract Submission Deadline for Southern Division APS | January 10 |
| Classes Begin | January 13 |
| Faculty Meeting | January 17 |
| Seminar – Dr. Jiang | January 17 |
| Martin Luther King Day – University Holiday | January 20 |
| Seminar – Dr. Shufran | January 24 |
| Seminar – Gideon Morris and Faith England | January 31 |
| Presenter Registration Deadline for Southern Division APS | January 31 |
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Seminar – Dr. Magdama | February 7 |
| Seminar – Gabriela Paredes and Tanner Dollar | February 14 |
| Advance Registration Deadline for Southern Division APS | February 20 |
| Seminar – Dr. Brust | February 21 |
| Advance Registration Deadline for Southwestern Branch ESA | February 26 |
| Hotel Reservation Deadline for Southwestern Branch ESA | February 26 |
| Seminar – Dr. Anderson | February 28 |
New Faces
Philip Adepoju is a Ph.D. candidate with Dr. Meriem Aoun. His research will focus on mapping of leaf rust and stripe rust resistance genes in hard winter wheat elite breeding lines and cultivars from OSU. He received his B.S. degree in Agriculture (Crop Production and Protection) from Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria in 2017, and his M.S. degree in Plant Pathology from the University of Georgia in Athens in 2024.
Gourav Beniwal is beginning his M.S. degree with Dr. Ashleigh Faris. His research will focus on evaluating the current economic thresholds (ETs) for stink bugs in Oklahoma cotton and soybean production systems. These ETs are based on data from other states/production regions and, in the case of cotton, do not consider the potential impact of new Bacillus thuringiensis technologies used by growers. Evaluating the efficacy of these ETs in production acreage and agronomic practices that are representative of the current Oklahoma agroecosystem will support economically and sustainably sound integrated pest management decisions. Gourav received his B.S. degree with honors distinction in Agriculture from Haryana Agricultural University in Haryana, India in 2024.
Carmen Castro is beginning her Ph.D. candidacy with Dr. Francisco Ochoa Corona. Her research will focus on improving and validating an Electronic-probe Diagnostic Nucleic-acid Analysis (EDNA) for roses. It will develop and assess two diagnostic isothermal methods for detecting the rosette virus in the field. Prior to coming to OSU, she worked in biosecurity for two years at USDA-APHIS and nearly three years at the National Center of Phytosanitary Reference (Centro Nacional de Referencia Fitosanitaria) of Mexico. Carmen received her B.S. degree in Biology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2010, and her M.S. degree in Entomology from the Colegio De Postgraduados in Texoco, Mexico in 2020.
Mushfique Mobin is a Ph.D. candidate with Dr. Meriem Aoun. His research will focus on the identification of stripe rust resistance genes in OSU hard winter wheat. Mushfique received his B.S. degree in Agricultural Science in April 2023 and his M.S. degree in Plant Pathology in December 2024, both from Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh.
Congratulations!
Dr. Bruce Noden received a President’s Fellow Research Award during the University Awards Convocation on December 12.
Departmental Seminars
Seminars will be held at 2:30 p.m. in Room 108 NRC.
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| January 17 | Dr. Haobo Jiang | The Tale of Insect Immunity in a Caterpillar and Beyond |
| January 24 | Dr. Andrine Shufran | Introduction to the Insect Adventure |
| January 31 | Gideon Morris and Faith England | Introductory Seminars |
Alumnus News
Dr. Michael Toews (M.S. 1998; Ph.D. 2001) was recently announced as the next Associate Dean of Extension in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia, effective April 1. UGA Extension includes 400 faculty spread across three campuses and 800 professional staff across Georgia’s 159 counties. He has been the Assistant Dean at the University of Georgia – Tifton since March 1, 2020. Dr. Toews received his B.S degree in Biology from Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, in 1995 and was recruited to OSU by the late Dr. W. Scott Fargo. He completed his M.S. degree in Entomology in 1998 under the direction of Dr. Gerrit Cuperus and his Ph.D. degree in Entomology and Plant Pathology in 2001 under the direction of Dr. Tom Phillips.
January Birthdays
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Abir Abu | January 1 |
| Anju Ara | January 1 |
| Riley Flynn | January 3 |
| Scott Robb | January 5 |
| Emmily Hood | January 6 |
| Chao Xiong | January 6 |
| Tanner Dollar | January 7 |
| Alex Harman | January 9 |
| Jamie Eastep | January 10 |
| Bob Hunger | January 14 |
| Wyatt Ringer | January 17 |
| John Damicone | January 21 |
| Benjamin Dunagan | January 21 |
| Ken Jackson | January 22 |
| Marietta Hoisington | January 29 |
| Faith England | January 30 |
| Lilly Miller | January 30 |
| Jomari Santana | January 30 |