Posts Tagged: Phil Ward

UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day: A Great Time to Talk Ants

How did you spend your Presidents' Day weekend? Well, if you were high school student Ziya Akmal, he journeyed--by car--nearly 400...

Got an ant question? From left are members of the Phil Ward ant lab at UC Davis: doctoral candidates Jill Oberski and Zachary Griebenow, and third-year doctoral student Ziv Lieberman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Got an ant question? From left are members of the Phil Ward ant lab at UC Davis: doctoral candidates Jill Oberski and Zachary Griebenow, and third-year doctoral student Ziv Lieberman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral student Jill Oberski answers questions from Ziya Akmal of Los Angeles. Akmal made the 400-mile trip to talk to Professor Phil Ward and the Ward lab members at the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral student Jill Oberski answers questions from Ziya Akmal of Los Angeles. Akmal made the 400-mile trip to talk to Professor Phil Ward and the Ward lab members at the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral alumnus Brendon Boudinot (foreground), now an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, answers questions at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. Seated are doctoral candidate Jill Oberski and graduate student Ziv Lieberman of the Phil Ward lab. In back is doctoral candidate Zachary Griebenow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral alumnus Brendon Boudinot (foreground), now an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, answers questions at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. Seated are doctoral candidate Jill Oberski and graduate student Ziv Lieberman of the Phil Ward lab. In back is doctoral candidate Zachary Griebenow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Got an Ant Question? Ask Away at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

Got a question about ants? Or other insects? By popular demand, ant specialists (myrmecologists) from the Phil Ward lab, UC Davis Department of...

How much do you know about ants? Members of the Phil Ward lab will discuss ants and answer questions at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. Here carpenter ants (Camponotus semitestaceus) nest in a Vacaville park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

How much do you know about ants? Members of the Phil Ward lab will discuss ants and answer questions at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. Here carpenter ants (Camponotus semitestaceus) nest in a Vacaville park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Meet The Ant People (Myrmecologists) from the Phil Ward lab at UC Davis. From left are doctoral candidates Jill Oberski and Zach Griebenow; graduate student Ziv Lieberman; and alumnus Brendon Boudinot. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Meet The Ant People (Myrmecologists) from the Phil Ward lab at UC Davis. From left are doctoral candidates Jill Oberski and Zach Griebenow; graduate student Ziv Lieberman; and alumnus Brendon Boudinot. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

When Being Framed Is a Great Thing!

Usually when you say "I was framed," it's because someone has accused you of something you didn't do. With the Entomological Society of America...

UC Davis entomology doctoral candidate Danielle Rutkowski won an Entomological Society of America President's Prize for the second consecutive year. (Photo courtesy of ESA)

UC Davis entomology doctoral candidate Danielle Rutkowski won an Entomological Society of America President's Prize for the second consecutive year. (Photo courtesy of ESA)

UC Davis doctoral candidate Zachary Griebenow won a President's Prize at the 2022 Entomological Society of America meeting. (Photo Courtesy of ESA)

UC Davis doctoral candidate Zachary Griebenow won a President's Prize at the 2022 Entomological Society of America meeting. (Photo Courtesy of ESA)

A large crowd listened to UC Davis doctoral candidate discuss her research, “The Mechanism Behind Beneficial Effects of Bee-Associated Fungi on Bumble Bee Health." (Photo courtesy of ESA)

A large crowd listened to UC Davis doctoral candidate discuss her research, “The Mechanism Behind Beneficial Effects of Bee-Associated Fungi on Bumble Bee Health." (Photo courtesy of ESA)

The Ants and Butterflies of Gates Canyon: Quite the Ecosystem

Gates Canyon, located just outside the city of Vacaville,  in Solano County, Calif., is quite the ecosystem. It's one of the habitats of...

This is the species (Lasius nr. atopus) that inspired the initial stages of the UC Davis project. (Photo by Matthew Prebus)

This is the species (Lasius nr. atopus) that inspired the initial stages of the UC Davis project. (Photo by Matthew Prebus)

This image of Gates Canyon Road, Vacaville, was taken Sept. 25, 2020, following the massive wildfire that swept through the canyon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This image of Gates Canyon Road, Vacaville, was taken Sept. 25, 2020, following the massive wildfire that swept through the canyon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Gates Canyon Road is a paved county road, located just outside the city of Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Gates Canyon Road is a paved county road, located just outside the city of Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis Alumnus Marek Borowiec: Remembering E. O. Wilson

The work of legendary E. O. Wilson (June 10, 1929 – Dec. 26, 2021) influenced so many students to begin the scientific study of ants...

Marek Borowiec (left) shakes hands with E. O. Wilson at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ). Borowiec went on to receive his doctorate in entomology from UC Davis and is now an assistant professor at the University of Idaho.

Marek Borowiec (left) shakes hands with E. O. Wilson at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ). Borowiec went on to receive his doctorate in entomology from UC Davis and is now an assistant professor at the University of Idaho.

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