Representing AWE
The Women in Entomology Board are involved in organizing meetings, events, seminars, professional development workshops, and coordinate mentoring opportunities for women pursuing a career in STEM fields.
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Lauren BeebePresidentLauren Beebe is a PhD student working with Dr. Phil Kaufman in the Veterinary and Livestock Entomology Laboratory. Her dissertation research focuses on stable flies, their mechanisms of resistance to pesticide, blood-meal host identification, and developmental response to temperature. Lauren received her MS from Texas A&M University with a focus in Forensic Entomology. During this time, she worked with Dr. Aaron Tarone studying responses of blow fly larvae to extreme temperatures. She received her BS in Entomology and minored in Forensic Science at Purdue University. Lauren has had a life-long passion for animals and fosters for a local rescue. She also competes in agility with one of her dogs, and cares for a plethora of other animals at home.
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Dani GrayVice PresidentDanielle Gray (Dani) is a master’s student in Dr. Dalton Ludwick’s lab in Corpus Christi. Her research focuses on evaluating pyrethroid resistance in rice stink bug, Oebalus pugnax (F.), in the Texas Coastal Bend where it is a pest of sorghum and potential alternative insecticides. Dani received her B.S. in Biology from Sam Houston State University where she worked as a teaching assistant for the ecology course and assisted in Dr. Amber Ulseth’s stream and river biogeochemistry lab where she found her love of working in the field. She also worked on a small project examining the biodiversity of leaf litter arthropods in the Texas Big Thicket. In her free time Dani likes to spend time outdoors, playing video games, and of course spending lazy days with her two cats, Bean Sprout and Artemis.
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Kuan-Ling Liu (Kelly)Director of financeKuan-Ling Liu (Kelly) is a PhD student in Dr. Ed Vargo’s lab (Rollins Urban & Structural Entomology Facility) in the Department of Entomology. Her research focuses on invasive ant population genetics, invasion pathway and strategies to adapt in different environments. Kelly received her MS in Entomology from the National Chung-Hsing University, where she worked with Dr. Kok-Boon Neoh and Ching-Cheng Scotty Yang (Kyoto University then, now in Virginia Tech) to investigate 1) the invasion pathway and population structure of Pheidole megacephala in Taiwan, and 2) assessing colony organization of P. megacephala in urban and forest habitats. She received a B.S. also in Entomology from National Chung-Hsing University in Taiwan where she worked with Dr. Kok-Boon Neoh on how urbanization influences arthropod biodiversity. In her free time, she likes to cook, bake, and spend time with friends.
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cecilia tamborindeguy
FACULTY advisor
Cecilia Tamborindeguy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Entomology. Her research interests lie in the field of, insect physiology and pathogen-insect-plant interactions from the molecular and mechanistic perspectives. Currently, she works on psyllids as vector of Liberibacter bacteria, and recently her research interests expanded to fire ants. She obtained her Agronomy Engineering, MS and PhD diplomas from the Ecole Nationale Superieure Agronomique de Toulouse in France. After her PhD, Cecilia received postdoctoral training under Dr. Stewart Gray in the Department of Plant Pathology at Cornell University studying virus transmission by aphids. Cecilia wants to support and mentor women and other underrepresented minorities in science. Although Cecilia truly enjoys reading, movies and traveling, for now she spends the majority of her free time helping her kids with homework.
Previous boards2021 Board
President: Morgan Thompson
Vice President: Chujun Li Director of Finance: Han-Jung Lee (Millie) Faculty Advisor: Cecilia Tamborindeguy 2017 Board (Founding Board)
President: Chloe Hawkings
Vice President: Jocelyn Holt Director of Finance: Alex Payne Director of Communication: Leah Buchman Post Doc Rep: Estelle Martin Faculty Advisor: Cecilia Tamborindeguy 2018 Board
President: Chloe Hawkings
Vice President: Jocelyn Holt Director of Finance: Alex Payne Director of Communication: Leah Buchman Post Doc Rep: Estelle Martin Faculty Advisor: Cecilia Tamborindeguy 2019 Board
President: Alex Payne
Vice President: Jaclyn Martin Director of Finance: Tara Kay Jones Director of Communication: Leah Buchman Post Doc Rep: Loren Rivera Vega Faculty Advisor: Cecilia Tamborindeguy 2020 Board
President: Jaclyn Martin
Vice President: Brenda Leal Director of Finance: Caixing Xiong Director of Communication: Samantha Sawyer Faculty Advisor: Cecilia Tamborindeguy |
2022 Board
President: Lauren Beebe
Vice President: Dani Gray Director of Finance: Kuan-Ling Liu (Kelly) Faculty Advisor: Cecilia Tamborindeguy |
