April 2024: Michael Zhao and Niranjana Krishnan attended a State FIFRA Issues Research & Evaluation Group (SFIREG) meeting in Annapolis, MD.
Niranjana guest lectured on evaluating pesticide risks to insects in BSCI 145 - The Insect Apocalypse: Real or Imagined?
March 2024: Jillian Stewart, Michael Adu-Brew, and Niranjana Krishnan presented at the Eastern Branch Entomological Society of America meeting in Morgantown, WV.
Niranjana presented on monarch butterfly research at the Raymond Seminar Series at the University of Vermont, Burlington, and on updates in pesticide laws and regulations at the Maryland Landscape Conference in Brandywine, MD, and virtually at the USDA/BARC Agency Pesticide Recertification meeting.
February 2024: Niranjana presented updates on pesticide laws and regulations at the Maryland Agricultural Pesticide Conference in Frederick and at the Cecil County Winter Agronomy Meeting.
January 2024: Michael Zhao (faculty assistant) joined the lab. Welcome!
Margaret Kato joined the Entomology Honors Program. She will work on generating species sensitivity distribution models for Coleoptera and will assess their risk to insecticide exposures.
December 2023: We are hiring a faculty assistant. Advertisement can be found here.
November 2023: Michael, Jillian, and Niranjana attended the Entomological Society of America Conference in National Harbor, MD. Niranjana organized a symposium on "Assessing Pesticide Risks to Endangered, Threatened, and Other Species of Conservation Concern".
Niranjana presented on "From Fields to Forks: The Journey of Pesticide Regulation" at a Science on Tap event in College Park, MD.
September 2023: Niranjana organized Pesticide In-Service meetings for Maryland extension agents at the Western and Wye Maryland Research Centers.
August 2023: Michael Adu-Brew (graduate student) joined the lab. Welcome!
July 2023: Niranjana attended the AAPSE Meeting and Certification and Training Workshop in Savannah, GA.
June 2023: Jillian Stewart (faculty assistant), Jordyn Hautz (undergraduate technician), and Margaret Kato (undergraduate technician) joined the lab. Welcome everyone!
Niranjana presented an update on the Maryland Pesticide Safety Education Program at the AgFS Summer In-Service Meeting in Annapolis, MD.
May 2023: We are hiring a postdoctoral associate. Advertisement can be found here.
Niranjana attended the PACT Meeting and Manual Development Workshop in Traverse City, MI.
April 2023: We are hiring a faculty assistant and undergraduate technicians. Advertisements can be found here and here.
Niranjana guest lectured on evaluating pesticide risks to insects in BSCI 145 - The Insect Apocalypse: Real or Imagined?
February 2023: Niranjana presented her monarch butterfly research and providing updates on the Maryland Pesticide Safety Education Program at the Maryland Agricultural Pesticide Conferences in Frederick and Denton, MD.
January 2023: Niranjana Krishnan joined the Entomology department at the University of Maryland, College Park, as an assistant professor.
The monarch butterfly photo (seen at the home page) was taken by my colleague, Jacqueline Pohl, at Iowa State University.
Michael Adu-Brew presenting at the 2024 EB-ESA meeting in Morgantown, WV
