Welcome Team Sesia spartani

This fall, we welcome 9 new graduate students and 12 new undergraduate students. Together, they comprise the second cohort under our community-building “Team MSU Entomology” initiative, Team Sesia spartani!

This fall, we welcome 9 new graduate students and 12 new undergraduates, our largest cohort of new undergraduates in recent memory! Together, they make up the second cohort under our community-building “Team MSU Entomology” initiative, Team Sesia spartani!

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The theme for this year’s first-year cohort is “Embracing Diversity”, inspired by the rich insect biodiversity represented by our arthropod mascot, Sesia spartani, a clearwing moth first collected in Shiawassee County, Michigan, and named in honor of the MSU Spartans. This wasp mimic is one of about 45 species of clearwing moths known from Michigan and surrounding states.

Our new graduate students are:

Martin Brubaker, MS student, Wilson Lab
Jenna Byrne, MS student, Wilson Lab
Timothy Harrison, MS student, McCullough Lab
Nate Howder, MS student, Cognato Lab
Mikaela Shutter-Trexell, MS student, Szucs Lab
Junkai Wang, MS student, Cognato Lab
Alexus Bobak, PhD student, Cognato Lab
Keith Koonter, PhD student, Mota-Sanchez Lab
Claire Schregardus, PhD student, Wilson Lab

 

 

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