All speakers will present via zoom, so everyone will also have the option of attending via zoom if you do not wish to attend in person. NO MEETINGS WILL BE RECORDED . No drinks or snacks will be provided, but you may bring something for yourself.

Main Topic:

Title:  Pheromones and Cooperation and Conflict in Bees

Bio:  Christina Grozinger, cmgrozinger@psu.edu

Penn State University, Department of Entomology, Center for Pollinator Research

Christina Grozinger is the Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology and the Director for the Center for Pollinator Research at Penn State.  She is a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and received the 2021 NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences.  She received her bachelor's degree in chemistry and biology at McGill University, and her master's and doctoral degrees from Harvard University.  Grozinger uses an integrative approach – from genomics to ecology – to study health and social behavior in bees.