Entomology Graduate Student Association Presents

The WSU Graduate Student Association 2014 Invited Speaker is Dr. Robert Kimesy, “The Fly Man of Alcatraz.”  His presentation will be Feb. 12 in the CUB Auditorium at 7 p.m.

How do a former US penitentiary, a seabird, and pest flies interact? Join us and find out! Dr. Robert Kimsey is a forensic entomologist and entomology professor at the University of California, Davis. The WSU Entomology Graduate Student Association has invited him to come discuss his research on the unique ecology of Alcatraz Island.

For more info about Dr. Kimsey research go to:  https://entomology.ucdavis.edu/Faculty/Robert_B_Kimsey/.

https://169.237.77.3/news/flymanofalcatraz.html

Contact: Doris Lohrey-Birch, Academic Program Coordinator, WSU-Entomology Dept 509-335-5422, dory.lohrey-birch@wsu.edu.

By Communications staff, Washington State University

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