DoD Entomology: Unique Opportunities and Challenges

Monday, December 14, 2009: 7:00 AM-11:00 AM
Room 204, Second Floor (Convention Center)
Organizer :
Jamie Blow
7:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
7:20 AM
Humanitarian and civic assistance in Afghanistan
Ian Sutherland, United States Navy
7:40 AM
A typically unusual career in Air Force entomology
Keith Blount, United States Air Force
8:00 AM
Activities of a Navy entomologist stationed at CDC and working on the President's Malaria Initiative in Africa
D.E. Szumlas, Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center, CDC Detachment
8:20 AM
One Career—Six Jobs
John L. Putnam, Air Force Academy
9:00 AM
Break
9:10 AM
Finding the right opportunities
Scott Gordon, Armed Forces Pest Management Board
9:30 AM
A career as a Navy entomologist really IS like a box of chocolates
Mark Beavers, Armed Forces Pest Management Board
10:30 AM
Navy entomology: A sound foundation for a career in mosquito control
Joseph Conlon, American Mosquito Control Association
11:10 AM
Concluding Remarks
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