Alumni and current members of the Plant-Insect Interactions Lab who attended the Entomological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting at Portland, OR, reunited for a group photo on November 10, 2025. The gathering also provided an opportunity to celebrate the awards and recognitions earned by both past and current members of the laboratory.
From left to right: Dr. Saumik Basu (Assistant Professor, University of Georgia), Joe Louis (UNL), Dr. De-Fen Mou (Assistant Professor, University of Florida), Ms. Edith Ikuze (Field Scientist, Performance Crop Research, KS), Ms. Esha Kaler (PhD student, UNL), Ms. Kashish Verma (PhD student, UNL), Dr. Heena Puri (Insect Testing Scientist, Impetus Ag, MO), Dr. Sajjan Grover (Senior Scientist, Bayer, MO), and Dr. Sanket Shinde (Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Florida).
