ESA Names 2024 Professional and Student Award Honorees

Annapolis, MD; August 7, 2024—The Entomological Society of America congratulates the recipients of its 2024 awards. ESA Awards & Honors recognize scientists, educators, and students who have distinguished themselves through their contributions to entomology. Award honorees will be showcased during Entomology 2024, November 10-13, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Four Entomologists Honored as 2024 Fellows of the Entomological Society of America

Annapolis, MD; July 24, 2024—The Governing Board of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) has elected four new Fellows of the Society for 2024. Election as a Fellow of ESA acknowledges outstanding contributions to entomology via research, teaching, extension, administration, military service, or public engagement and science policy.

Lars Chittka Chosen to Present 2024 ESA Founders' Memorial Lecture

Annapolis, MD; June 4, 2024—Lars Chittka, Ph.D., professor of sensory and behavioural ecology at Queen Mary University of London, has been selected to deliver the Founders' Memorial Award Lecture at Entomology 2024, the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Chittka's lecture will recount the pioneering accomplishments of Charles Henry Turner, Ph.D. (1867-1923), a Black entomologist whose discoveries on insect sensory systems, learning, personality, and intelligence were a century ahead of their time.