UCM Biology Students From Sedalia & Richmond Recognized for Research Posters

Two students were awarded for their research posters at the Entomological Society of America's national conference, which drew more than 3,100 attendees from around the world to Portland, Oregon, from Nov. 9-12.

Dan Marschalek, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biological and Clinical Sciences, attended the conference with three graduate students and one undergraduate student.

Leah Landon, of Sedalia, Missouri, is majoring in Biology - Ecology and Evolution. She placed second in the Education and Biodiversity undergraduate poster session for her research comparing butterfly assemblages along Missouri roadsides and in remnant prairies.

Kyra Lathrop, of Richmond, Missouri, is a master’s student in the Biology program. She placed second in the Biodiversity and Ecology graduate poster session for her research project focused on carrion preferences of necrophagous dipterans in Missouri’s grassland and woodland vegetation communities.

Both were up against students from R1 universities with well-respected Entomology departments.

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Emily Henderson, a master's student in the Biology program, presented her thesis research, “Assessment of Butterfly and Bumble Bee Assemblages in Coastal Sage Scrub in San Diego County, California.” Brynna Beck, a master's student in the Biology program, also attended the conference.