Posts Tagged: Jill Oberski

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 graduate 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 graduate 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)

Don't Miss This Virtual Seminar About an Ant Genus from the Amazon

If you like ants--and you should--then you won't want to miss this seminar sponsored by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and...

This image of an ant, Hylomyrma primavesi, is courtesy of AntWiki.

This image of an ant, Hylomyrma primavesi, is courtesy of AntWiki.

The Faces of the Champions

If you attended the Entomological Society of America's Entomology Games, aka "Bug Bowl," pitting university teams against one another in the...

In the preliminaries, UC Davis doctoral candidate Zach Griebenow answers a question while team member, UC Davis doctoral candidate Erin "Taylor" Kelly waits for her turn. (Photo courtesy of ESA)

In the preliminaries, UC Davis doctoral candidate Zach Griebenow answers a question while team member, UC Davis doctoral candidate Erin "Taylor" Kelly waits for her turn. (Photo courtesy of ESA)

UC Davis doctoral candidate Jill Oberski (right) answers a question in the preliminaries, while teammate UC Davis doctoral candidate Madison Hendrick listens. (Photo courtesy of ESA)

UC Davis doctoral candidate Jill Oberski (right) answers a question in the preliminaries, while teammate UC Davis doctoral candidate Madison Hendrick listens. (Photo courtesy of ESA)

In an overall view, the UC Davis Entomology Games Team (left) competes with Alabama's Auburn University team in the finals. (Photo courtesy of ESA)

In an overall view, the UC Davis Entomology Games Team (left) competes with Alabama's Auburn University team in the finals. (Photo courtesy of ESA)

UC Davis wins! From left are Madison Hendrick, Jill Oberski, Erin "Taylor" Kelly and captain Zach Griebenow. (Photo courtesy of ESA)

UC Davis wins! From left are Madison Hendrick, Jill Oberski, Erin "Taylor" Kelly and captain Zach Griebenow. (Photo courtesy of ESA)

UC Davis Entomology Games team display their prizes. From left are Jill Oberski, Madison Hendrick, Erin "Taylor" Kelly and captain Zach Griebenow. (Photo courtesy of ESA)

UC Davis Entomology Games team display their prizes. From left are Jill Oberski, Madison Hendrick, Erin "Taylor" Kelly and captain Zach Griebenow. (Photo courtesy of ESA)

Something Bugging You?

Got a question about insects or arthropods that's been bugging you? Head over to the Bug Doctor booth staffed by UC Davis Department of Entomology...

This will be the scene in front of Briggs Hall on Saturday, April 23 when the 108th annual UC Davis Picnic Day takes place. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This will be the scene in front of Briggs Hall on Saturday, April 23 when the 108th annual UC Davis Picnic Day takes place. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Doctoral candidate Zach Griebenow, as a Bug Doctor, is ready for your questions. He specializes in ants. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Doctoral candidate Zach Griebenow, as a Bug Doctor, is ready for your questions. He specializes in ants. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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