Abby Levinson receives the Forrest Award for Outstanding Work in Entomology
Senior Abigail Levinson was honored for her research on controlled burns and chestnut hybridization, and her work building K–12 STEM activities.
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Lab news & highlights
Awards, new publications, fieldwork, outreach, and the people behind the science.
All About Bugs brings hands-on entomology to Western NC classrooms
NEMA undergraduates led another round of interactive insect galleries, reaching students across the region through all five senses.
Welcoming new undergraduate researchers to the NEMA Lab
A new cohort of UNC Asheville students joins the lab this year to take up research and community engagement projects.
New paper: How American chestnut restoration reshapes forest insect communities
Published in Forests, the study finds that restoring blight-resistant hybrid chestnuts alters invertebrate communities both above and below ground.
Soil moisture shapes how beneficial nematodes hunt — published in JSFA
A new study in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture tests how wet and dry soils change nematode responses to plant scent cues.
Insects Everywhere summer camp connects migrant youth to STEM
The Burroughs Wellcome–funded program returned for another summer of insect-centered STEM exploration and career readiness.
NEMA students present chestnut research at the Association of Southeastern Biologists
Lab members shared findings on chestnut hybridization and invertebrate communities at the regional conference.
Monitoring the lesser chestnut weevil across NC orchards
Working with The American Chestnut Foundation, the lab tracks weevil emergence to inform biological-control strategies.
Vanessa Jones earns the Community Engaged Scholar Award
The Key Center recognized Vanessa for interactive artwork and illustrations created as educational tools for young biologists.