Entomology Seminar Series
The Entomology Seminar is generally held weekly on Thursdays from 11:05 AM to 12:05 PM. Please check the schedule because some meetings are held on different dates and times*
Spring 2026
January 22nd, 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
2123 Comstock/Zoom & A137 Barton Lab (speaker will be in person)
Department external review information session. ALL welcome, especially undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, academic and administrative staff.
Host: Jennifer Thaler
January 29th, 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
2123 Comstock/Zoom & A137 Barton Lab (speaker will be in person)
Speaker: Jim Liebherr, Cornell University (Emeritus)
Hawaiian Carabid Beetle Vignettes: What Can They Teach Us About Biodiversity?
(Tuesday) February 3rd, 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM Special Seminar
2123 Comstock/Zoom & A137 Barton Lab (speaker will be in person)
Speaker: Ummat Somjee
Sexual selection, elaborate morphology and ecological innovation
February 5th, 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
2123 Comstock/Zoom & A137 Barton Lab (speaker will be in person)
Speaker: Linda Rayor, Cornell University
Costs and benefits of group-living in huntsman spiders: behavior, physiology, and phylogenetic perspectives
Host: Cole Gilbert
February 12th, 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
2123 Comstock/Zoom & A137 Barton Lab (speaker will be in person)
Field Crops Candidate Search
February 19th, 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
2123 Comstock/Zoom & A137 Barton Lab (speaker will be in person)
Field Crops Candiate Search
February 26th, 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
2123 Comstock/Zoom & A137 Barton Lab (speaker will be in person)
Speaker: Nicolas Buchon, Cornell University
It Takes Guts: Principles of Barrier Defense, Repair, and Plasticity in Insects
March 5th, 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
G10 Biotech/Zoom & A137 Barton Lab (speaker will be in person)
Speaker: Joel Kingsolver (Griswold lecture), UNC Chapel Hill
A Change in the Weather: Ecological Interactions and Evolutionary Responses
Host: Jennifer Thaler/ Gen-Chang Hsu/ Brent Sinclair
March 12th, 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
2123 Comstock/Zoom & A137 Barton Lab (speaker will be in person)
Speaker: Jackie Lebenzon (Rogoff Lecture), University of Calgary
Mechanisms and consequences of insect flight muscle remodeling
Host: Brent Sinclair
March 19th, 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
2123 Comstock/Zoom & A137 Barton Lab (speaker will be in person)
Speaker: Nathalia Florez, Dept. Entomology, Cornell University
Thesis Defense
Host: Bryan Danforth
March 26th, 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
2123 Comstock/Zoom & A137 Barton Lab (speaker will be in person)
Speaker: Tobias Mueller, Dept. Entomology, Cornell University
Thesis Defense
Host: Scott McArt, Bryan Danforth
April 2nd, 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
No Seminar
April 9th, 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
2123 Comstock/Zoom & A137 Barton Lab (speaker will be in person)
Speaker: Neal Williams (Morse Lecture), UC Davis
TBD
Host: Scott McArt, Melissa Guzman
April 16th, 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
2123 Comstock/Zoom & A137 Barton Lab (speaker will be in person)
Speaker: Kate Browning, Dept. Entomology, Cornell University
Thesis Defense
Host: Brian Lazzaro
April 23rd, 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
2123 Comstock/Zoom & A137 Barton Lab (speaker will be in person)
Speaker: Laura Martinez, Dept. Entomology, Cornell University
Thesis Defense
Host: Jennifer Thaler
April 30th, 11:05 AM - 12:05 PM
2123 Comstock/Zoom & A137 Barton Lab (speaker will be in person)
Speaker: Leonardo Salgado (Chapman Fellowship), Dept. Entomology, Cornell University
Thesis Defense
Host: Brian Nault
May 7th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
2123 Comstock/Zoom & A137 Barton Lab (speaker will be in person)
Undergraduate Honors Symposium
Host: Cole Gilbert
Zoom link for all Entomology seminars: (see weekly emails for additional details)
**Check Life Sciences Lecture Series site for Zoom details: https://mcclintock-lecture-series.research.cornell.edu/speakers/