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BioQuip
Undergraduate Scholarship
| Each year, BioQuip sponsors a
$2,000 scholarship to an undergraduate student intending to pursue a career
in Entomology. The 2009 - 2010 scholarship winner is Dale Halbritter, a
senior at the University of California, Riverside, majoring in Entomology.
Dale has a 3.94 GPA, and is on the Dean's Honor List. His special interest
has been Lepidoptera, especially Pieridae and intraspecific genetic
variations within this family. Dale's most recent research project is a
behavioral study on the northern fowl mite and the chicken body louse. He
plans to publish a paper with Professor Bradley Mullens describing the
results of his research.
From Dale's application statement, "Whether I work on the human-insect
frontier (i.e. veterinary, agriculture, invasive species, etc.), with
monitoring sensitive habitats, or on conservation projects, I hope to make a
difference in a world that is facing many environmental crises. My goal is
to utilize and gain knowledge of insect-insect and insect-plant interactions
to address the problems we humans have encountered or created in our
synthetic environment and in the planet's natural ecosystems." |
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Dale anticipates
pursuing his avid interest in entomology in graduate school.
If you are interested in applying for the 2010 - 2011 BioQuip Undergraduate
Scholarship administered by The Entomological Foundation, information can be
found on the Foundation's web site, www.entfdn.org. |
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