Latest Work-life-balance Podcast Episodes
Ep. 89: Ben Phillips
Bug Talk - December 12, 2022 05:00 - 28 minutesIn this episode Lauren Goldstein talks with Ben Phillips, who is a Vegetable Crops Educator at Michigan State University (https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/benjamin_phillips). Ben discusses his education and current job responsibilities working with growers.
Ep. 88: Stefanie Steele: Non-profit careers in Entomology
Bug Talk - December 07, 2022 13:00 - 45 minutesIn this week's episode of Bug Talk, Jen chats with Stefanie Steele, Pollinator Conservation Specialist for urban and small farms in underserved communities and USDA NRCS partner biologist with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation! We chat about Stefanie's background and education and...
Ep. 87: Maxime Eeraerts
Bug Talk - April 20, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutesDr. Maxime Eeraerts is a new postdoctoral associate in the MSU Entomology Department (https://www.isaacslab.ent.msu.edu/people/lab-members/). He is originally from Belgium, has a background in biological engineering and got interested in honey bees during his M.S. degree. After his Ph.D., he mov...
Ep. 86: Laura Ingwell
Bug Talk - April 13, 2022 10:00 - 22 minutesLaura Ingwell is an assistant professor of horticultural entomology at Purdue University (https://ag.purdue.edu/entm/Pages/Profile.aspx?strAlias=lingwell). First, she talked about her path from dentistry into community ecology and then to entomology. She then shared with us her thoughts about th...
Ep. 85: Ke Dong
Bug Talk - April 06, 2022 10:00 - 37 minutesKe Dong is a professor at Duke University leading a research program on insect toxicology and physiology (https://kedonglab.biology.duke.edu/). In this episode she talked about her childhood growing up on a silkworm experiment station in China, playing with silkworms, and her mother's influence ...
Ep. 84: Nayeli Carvajal
Bug Talk - March 23, 2022 10:00 - 20 minutesIn this episode Zsofia talked with Dr. Nayeli Carvajal. Nayeli is starting her postdoc at MSU in the Entomology Department this month. She will be moving from California to Michigan in April just in time to see spring in all its glory! She completed her Ph.D. in Nov. 2021 at the University of C...
Ep. 83: Jannelle Couret
Bug Talk - March 16, 2022 10:00 - 33 minutesZsofia and Jean Tsao (https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/jean_tsao; former guest of the podcast on Ep. 62) cohosted this episode featuring Dr. Jannelle Couret, a first-generation Afro-Caribbean/Latina scientist. She researches the biology of arthropod vectors and the eco-epidemiology of vector-born...
Ep. 82: Megan Fritz
Bug Talk - March 02, 2022 11:00 - 29 minutesDr. Megan Fritz (http://www.meganfritzlab.com/people.html) is alumna of the MSU Department of Entomology. She sat down in person with Zsofia to talk about career and family. She chatted about being an undergraduate research assistant in an entomology lab, being inspired by the people around her...
Ep. 81: Ned Walker
Bug Talk - January 19, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutesDr. Ned Walker (https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/edward_walker) is a professor in the Entomology Department at Michigan State University. His work focuses on mosquitos, ticks and other insects important from a human health perspective. In this conversation, Ned talked about his life growing up in...
Ep. 80: MSU Bug Club
Bug Talk - January 12, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutesIn this episode Osten Echedor (MSU Bug Club President) and Nate Howder (MSU Bug Club Vice President) talked about everything MSU Bug Club related! Bug Club's mission is to provide a welcoming environment for students interested in learning about entomology to connect with fellow arthropod enthus...
Ep. 79: Inga Zasada
Bug Talk - December 08, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutesIn this episode Zsofia talked with Dr. Inga Zasada, nematologist with the USDA-ARS based out of Corvallis, OR (https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/corvallis-or/horticultural-crops-research/people/zasada-inga/). We chatted about how Inga was inspired by her scientist parents and growing up...
Ep 78: Data Nuggets
Bug Talk - November 17, 2021 13:00 - 45 minutesOn this episode of Bug Talk, Jen and Julie chat with Liz Schultheis, Kellogg Biological Station's Long Term Ecological Research Education (LTER) and Outreach Coordinator and the founder of Data Nuggets. We talk about the founding of the program, its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how you...
Ep. 77: Hannah Burrack
Bug Talk - November 10, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutesThis episode features Dr. Hannah Burrack, incoming chair of the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University (https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/canr-names-new-chair-to-lead-department-of-entomology). This new position starts on Jan. 1, 2022, and in this episode we chatted about her backgrou...
Ep. 76: Raul Medina
Bug Talk - November 03, 2021 09:00 - 54 minutesIn this episode Julie and Zsofia talked with Raul Medina (https://medinalab.tamu.edu/), professor of entomology at Texas A&M. Raul received the Entomological Society of America's 2021 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Award. We chatted about how foreign-born people currently living in the US...
Ep. 75: Julio Bernal
Bug Talk - October 13, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutesJen and Zsofia talked to Dr. Julio Bernal (https://entomology.tamu.edu/people/bernal-julio/), professor of entomology at Texas A&M. Julio told us about his background in agriculture and how he got interested in entomology. He also told us about his graduate education and postdoc working with ci...
Ep. 74: Katja Poveda
Bug Talk - September 29, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutesIn this episode, Zsofia and Jen chat with Dr. Katja Poveda, associate professor of Entomology at Cornell University. Dr. Poveda studies plant-insect interactions from the plant to landscape scale in agroecosystems. We chat about her global research in Malawi and Kenya, her teaching interests, an...
Ep 74: Katja Poveda
Bug Talk - September 29, 2021 12:00 - 41 minutesIn this episode, Zsofia and Jen chat with Dr. Katja Poveda, associate professor of Entomology at Cornell University. Dr. Poveda studies plant-insect interactions from the plant to landscape scale in agroecosystems. We chat about her global research in Malawi and Kenya, her teaching interests, an...
Ep. 73: Welcoming new grad students
Bug Talk - September 22, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutesThe MSU Entomology Department is very fortunate to have a wonderful new group of graduate students joining us in 2021. This episode features five of these new grad students: Cynthia Fiser, Julie Michaelson, Ronnie Miller, Charlotte Schuttler and Lauren Goldstein. We talked about how they selecte...
Ep. 72: Detroit Partnership for Food, Learning and Innovation
Bug Talk - September 15, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutesIn this episode Jen and Ariana chat with Naim Edwards about his work as an extension specialist at Michigan State University's Detroit Partnership for Food, Learning and Innovation (DPFLI). The DPFLI is an urban food research center, developing solutions to economic and nutritional challenges un...
Ep. 71: Application to grad school
Bug Talk - September 08, 2021 11:00 - 55 minutesIf you are interested in graduate school and are considering joining our department, this episode will provide you with a wealth of information about where to start this process. Dr. Anthony Cognato (Graduate Program Director) and Heather Lenartson (Administrative Assistant to the Chairperson an...
Ep. 70: Info for grad students
Bug Talk - September 01, 2021 11:00 - 48 minutesDr. Anthony Cognato (Graduate Program Director) and Heather Lenartson (Administrative Assistant to the Chairperson and Academic Programs) talked about this year's new grad student orientation, the new Student Information System that replaces much of the physical paperwork for both PhD and MS stu...
Ep. 70: Info for grad students
Bug Talk - September 01, 2021 11:00 - 48 minutesDr. Anthony Cognato (Graduate Program Director) and Heather Lenartson (Administrative Assistant to the Chairperson and Academic Programs) talked about this year's new grad student orientation, the new Student Information System that replaces much of the physical paperwork for both PhD and MS stu...
Ep 68: Mohammad Turaani
Bug Talk - July 28, 2021 12:00 - 33 minutesThis week, Jen and Ariana chat with Mohammad Turaani, an Entomology Research and Outreach Fellow (EROF) for Summer 2021! We talk about Mohammad's newfound appreciation for the research process, his favorite parts of being in the lab, the mosquito plague and the cool work he's doing this summer w...
Ep 69: Jimmy Gray-Jones
Bug Talk - July 28, 2021 12:00 - 24 minutesThis week, Jen chats with Jimmy Gray-Jones, an Entomology Research and Outreach Fellow (EROF) for Summer 2021! We talk about Jimmy's interest in data science, research and his cool project this summer looking at how COVID-19 is impacting pesticide use for farmers in Africa! We also chat about w...
Ep. 67: Henry Mochida
Bug Talk - July 21, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutesZsofia talks to Henry Mochida ([email protected]), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Communications Manager at Michigan State University. Henry works to strategically elevate MSU’s diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, practices, and programming with staff in University Communications and the...
Ep 66: Natasha Mackay
Bug Talk - July 14, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutesThis week, Jen chats with Natasha Mackay, an Entomology Research and Outreach Fellow (EROF) for Summer 2021! We talk about Natasha's childhood fascination with bugs and nature, her interest in outreach and extension, and the amazing work she's doing this summer working on trapping methods and bi...
Ep. 65: Restoring the Louisiana Coastline
Bug Talk - July 07, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutesIn this episode Andrea Glassmire and Kayleigh Hauri talk with a collaborative research group from Louisiana State University and the LSU Ag Center – Rodrigo Diaz, James Cronin, Laura Meyerson, Tracy Meyerson, Xuelian Meng, John Nyman, Ana Salgado, and Joshua Snook. They are collaborating on a pr...
Ep. 64: Applying to grad school
Bug Talk - June 30, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutesIn this episode Andrea Glassmire talks with Dr. Walter Carson and graduate students, Cheyenne Moore and Castilleja Olmsted, from the University of Pittsburgh on tips for applying to graduate school in ecology and evolutionary biology. They co-authored a paper in the Bulletin of the Ecological So...
Ep. 63: Alex Hitchcock
Bug Talk - June 23, 2021 12:00 - 36 minutesThis week, Kayleigh talks with Alex Hitchcock, an Entomology Research and Outreach Fellow (EROF; Twitter: @erof_msu) for Summer 2021. We talk about career changes, his work at Josh's Frogs, and growing some of the coolest plants out there! You can follow Bug Talk on Twitter and Instagram @bugta...
Ep. 62: Jean Tsao
Bug Talk - June 16, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutesDr. Jean Tsao (Twitter: @JTsao1) from MSU's Department of Fisheries and Wildlife talks about everybody's "favorite", ticks! We also chatted about how she became an expert in this group of arthropods and she shared this list of resources with us: Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (...
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