Congratulations to Lydia Fyie and Matt Wolkoff for their accomplishments in the OSU Department of Entomology’s 2023 Spring Awards. Lydia Fyie was awarded the Susan W. Fisher Teaching Award for her excellent work as a Teaching Assistant. Lydia has been instrumental in redesigning the laboratory portion of the Insect Physiology course at OSU, taught by Dr. Megan Meuti. She spent many hours designing, integrating, and preparing complicated laboratory experiments, demonstrating her love of and talent for teaching. Matt Wolkoff was awarded the Lowell R. “Skip” Nault Research Award for his exceptional work in designing a research system to determine the activity levels of diapausing and non-diapausing mosquitoes using the “Fly Box system.” His paper in this field has already been heavily cited, a testament to the value of his research.
Congratulations to Sydney Robare for earning 1st place in the CFAES Research Forum Poster Competition for her work in “Evaluating Geospatial, Human Behavioral, and Social Drivers of Mosquito Abundance and West Nile Virus Disease Risk.” Additionally, Sydney also earned the Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Award for her work in “Uncovering the relationship between sociological factors, mosquito abundance and West Nile virus risk in Franklin County, Ohio.” Great work!!!