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2009

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Stanley Beck Fellowship

Adena Why

Adena Why is a Master’s student at the University of California, Riverside. Her research project involves using the Arroyo chub, Gila orcuttii, as an alternative biological control agent to the non-native and highly invasive Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis, to control larval mosquitoes in sensitive watersheds within Southern California. The Arroyo chub is endemic to watersheds throughout Southern California but due to anthropogenic factors, has been extirpated from much of its native range. The ultimate goal of this research is to provide local Vector Control Districts with a native alternative to Gambusia for use in watershed systems where Mosquitofish can no longer be introduced, due to federal mandates, while at the same time helping to restore local chub populations throughout their native range.

Award Overview:
This award assists needy students at the graduate or undergraduate level of their education in entomology and related disciplines. The need may be based on physical limitations or economic, minority, or environmental conditions. This annual fellowship was established in tribute to Stanley D. Beck, a notable scientist who pursued his profession despite the effects of a debilitating disease. The amount of this fellowship varies each year depending on earnings from the endowment.



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Joseph H. Camin Fellowship

Stephanie Dold

Stephanie Dold is a student of Rick Weinzierl at the University of Illinois, Department of Entomology. She is planning to attend the 2010 sessions of the Acarology Summer Program.

Award Overview:
The award supports graduate students in attending the Acarology Summer Program at Ohio State University or an equivalent institution offering acarine systematics training. Made annually, the value of this annual award depends on interest earned from the endowment.


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Undergraduate Scholarships (BioQuip Scholarship)

Dale Halbritter

Dale Halbritter is an undergraduate student in the Department of Entomology at the University of California, Riverside. His current research project involves the behavioral study of the northern fowl mite and the chicken body louse. His work focuses on determining the temperature at which the ectoparasites prefer to reside and compare it to where on the chicken they are most commonly encountered. Dale is also working on creating a humidity gradient using chambers with different saturated salt solutions. He hopes eventually to publish a paper on this research. Dale plans to continue on to graduate school and gain knowledge of insect-insect and insect-plant interactions in order to address the problems humans have encountered or created in our synthetic environment and in the planet’s natural ecosystems.

Award Overview:
Annually, BioQuip Products, a major supplier of entomology equipment, sponsors a $2,000 scholarship. The scholarship is designed to encourage student interest in entomology.

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Pioneer Hi-Bred International Graduate Student Fellowship

Kevin Johnson

Kevin Johnson, a Ph.D. student at Iowa State University, is majoring in Entomology. Kevin’s research focuses on better understanding plant responses to insect injury and the assessment of available control tactics for yield protection. His main research objectives include investigating new modeling techniques for the development of multi-pest economic injury levels (EIL) and verifying the current soybean aphid economic injury levels in narrow-row soybean production. In addition to his research, he has organized an insecticide evaluation program focusing on the soybean aphid. (Pioneer Hi-Bred International is a DuPont Company).

Award Overview:
Pioneer Hi-Bred International (a DuPont Company) offers the fellowship to recognize and encourage innovative research and graduate education in the area of entomology with a focus on key insects or complexes of insects that effect significant commodity crops. The amount of the fellowship (stipend) is $12,500 per year until completion of the graduate degree up to a limit of four years. The fellowship winner will be presented with the first installment of the stipend at the Entomological Foundation’s awards ceremony held in conjunction with the Entomological Society of America's annual 2005 meeting.

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