01.15.2026
Dr. Todd Johnson
Assistant Professor - Department of Entomology
Life Sciences A465, 02pm
01.22.2026
Dr. Chris Carlton
Emeritus Professor - Department of Entomology
Tiny Beetles, Goose Nests, and Space Pictures
Life Sciences A465, 02pm
01.29.2026
Shristi Upadhyaya
MS Student - School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences
Valorizing Seafood Waste Streams Using Black Solider Fly Larvae: Implications For Sustainable Agriculture
Life Sciences A465, 02pm
02.05.2026
Chancy Sibakwe
PhD Student - Department of Entomology
Intro Seminar
Identifying Potential Mechanisms of Host Plant Resistance in Soybean to a Stink Bug Complex
Life Sciences A465, 02pm
02.12.2026
Dr. Richard Joyce
Endangered Species Conservation Biologist - Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Lightning Bugs of Louisiana: community science and
conservation through the Xerces Society's Firefly Atlas
Teams meeting, 02-3pm
02.19.2026
Poorna Kalyani Munagala
MS Student - Department of Entomology
Exit Seminar
Evaluating the Effects of Lignin grafted PLGA Copper Sulfide Nanoparticles on
Soybean Growth and Insect Management
Life Sciences A465, 02pm
02.26.2026
Bhavana Patla
PhD Student - Department of Entomology
Laboratory Colony Maintenance and F₂‑Based Resistance Screening in Corn Earworm, and Inheritance and Fitness Costs of Induced Bt Resistance in Fall Armyworm
Intro Seminar
Life Sciences A465, 02pm
03.04.2026
Madeline Phillips
MS Student - Department of Entomology
Exit Seminar
An Epidemiological Assessment of Alpha-Gal Syndrome in Louisiana
Life Sciences A101, 09am
03.05.2026
Tara P. Smith, Ph.D.
Executive Associate Vice President
Director of Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
Louisiana Cooperative Extension: Listening, Caring, Educating, and Serving
LSU AgCenter
Life Sciences A465, 02pm
03.18.2026
Jayvee Bruno
MS Student - Department of Entomology
Exit Seminar
Investigating the Impact of Silicon Soil Amendments on Redbanded stinkbug (Piezodorus guildinii) infestations in Soybean (Glycine Max)
Life Sciences A101, 11:30a
03.19.2026
Saurav Ranabhat
MS Student - Department of Entomology
Enhancing Insect Pest Management in Soybean and Cotton Using Sprayer Drones
Exit Seminar
Life Sciences A465, 02pm
03.26.2026
Amy Veprauskas
Associate Professor - Department of Mathematics, Univeristy of Louisiana at Lafayette
Evaluating Species Responses to Environmental Change: A Quantitative Modeling Framework
Life Sciences A465, 02pm
03.28-03.29.2026
AgMagic Baton Rouge
Take an interactive, visually stimulation educational journey through Louisiana agriculture. See, explore and learn about agriculture and the environment as well as the important role each plays in our daily lives.
March 23rd- 27th for registered school groups
March 28-29th open to the general public
Hours: 10:00am – 3:00pm
Parker Coliseum / Baton Rouge
https://www.lsuagcenter.com/topics/kids_teens/events/agriculture_awareness/agmagic/baton-rouge
04.09.2026
Celeste Mejia Gonzalez
MS Student - Department of Entomology
Efficacy of lignin-based nanoparticles for the delivery of azadirachtin for insects control
Exit Seminar
Life Sciences A465, 02pm
04.23.2026
Reuel Pablo
MS Student - Department of Entomology
Evaluating the Effects of Border Crops and Alternative Controls in Sweetpotato Fields
Exit Seminar
Life Sciences A465, 02pm
04.30.2026
M. Danyal Khan
PhD Student - Department of Entomology
Integrated approaches for sustainable management of invasive Mexican rice borer (Eoreuma loftini) in Louisiana
Qualifying Seminar
Life Sciences A465, 02pm
