MSU Entomology Graduate Students Recognized at ESA 2025
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EmailMSU Entomology graduate students Christopher Brown and Jenna Byrne earned top honors at ESA 2025 for their research presentations.
Two Michigan State University Entomology graduate students were recognized for outstanding presentations at the Entomological Society of America’s 2025 annual meeting in Portland, Oregon.
Christopher Brown earned first place in the Graduate 10-Minute Presentation category. His talk highlighted his experience designing K-12 curricular resources as both a former middle school science teacher and a researcher on the MothEd project. Brown shared strategies for scientists developing educational materials, emphasizing the importance of high-quality resources paired with clear lesson plans, understanding the barriers teachers face, designing materials that help address those challenges and valuing teacher feedback even when it differs from research priorities.
Jenna Byrne received second place in the Graduate Poster Competition in the P-IE, Forestry and Agroecosystems section. Byrne is a graduate student in the Department of Entomology studying ambrosia beetles and the factors that influence orchard infestation patterns.
Congratulations to both students for their achievements at ESA 2025!
