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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Morgan ThompsonPresidentMorgan Thompson is a PhD student working with Dr. Anjel Helms in the Department of Entomology. Her dissertation research focuses on how plants defend against above- and belowground insect herbivores and the cascading consequences on other members of ecological communities. Morgan received her MS in Entomology from the University of Maryland, where she worked with Dr. Bill Lamp to investigate how insect herbivory influences legume-rhizobia symbioses. She received her BS in Biology from the College of William and Mary. Her long-term career goal is to work in academia as a professor with research and teaching responsibilities. In her free time, Morgan enjoys hiking, gardening, and teaching group fitness classes.
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Chujun LiVice PresidentChujun Li is a Ph.D. student in the FLIES Facility. She received her BS in Plant Protection from South China Agricultural University in 2012, and her MS in Entomology from Wageningen University in 2014. She has been working in the R&D department in Unique Biotechnology Co., Ltd for black soldier fly (BSF) industrial production. Her current goal is to become an entomologist to help to develop BSF industries. Her research will focus on how stage, age, size, sex, and larval nutrient impact BSF thermal preference and tolerance.
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Han-Jung Lee (Millie)Director of financeHan-Jung Lee (Millie) is a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Patricia Pietrantonio’s lab in the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University. Her research focus on pyrethroid resistance of Cx quinquefasciatus, the primary vector of West Nile virus (WNV), in Harris County where Houston is located. Millie received her M.S. in Entomology from National Chung-Hsing University in Taiwan. She worked in Dr. Shaw-Yhi Hwang’s lab on The effect of herbivore-induced cabbage on the generalist pest, Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) and its parasitoid, Snellenius manilae (Hymenoptera:Braconidae). She received a B.S. also in Entomology from National Chung-Hsing University in Taiwan. In her free time, she likes reading and exercises and spending time with her family and 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 boards2017 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 |
2021 Board
President: Morgan Thompson
Vice President: Chujun Li Director of Finance: Han-Jung Lee (Millie) Faculty Advisor: Cecilia Tamborindeguy |
