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Cesar Valencia

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Contact Information

Email: entopim2000[at]tamu.edu
Office: ERL 0815 RM 120
Phone: 979-595-7888

Education & Employment

  • Master of Agriculture in Integrated Pest Management, National Agrarian University La Molina, Peru (2004)
  • Bachelor of Science in Agronomy, Pedro Ruiz Gallo University, Peru (1998)
  • 05/11-Present, Texas A & M University – Texas AgriLife Research – Entomology as Research Assistant.
  • 09/06- 05/11, Texas A & M University – Texas AgriLife Extension – Entomology as an Extension Assistant.
  • 05/04 – 06/06 “El Vichacho Cotton Farm” – Peru. Plant Protection Supervisor.
  • Aug/01 – Dec/03, German International Cooperation (GTZ) – Extension Agent. Lambayeque, Peru.

Awards

  • 2016 Staff Meritorious Service Award
  • Outstanding Achievement Award (2008), English Language Institute – TAMU.
  • Best Overall Picture (2008) Entomology Department – TAMU

Research interests

I keep everything functioning in both the lab and field. My goal is to help students and researchers achieve success by maintaining a resourceful, organized and encouraging environment. I am also very interested in photography and am in charge of both regular photography and microphotography for the lab.


Publications & Presentations

ESA 58th Annual Meeting (2010) Relative attractiveness of toxic baits to Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Cesar Valencia, Texas A&M University; Alejandro A. Calixto, Texas A&M University; Bastiaan Drees, Texas A&M University; Kim Knobbe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Joseph Fihe, Texas A&M University

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Recent Posts

  • New paper in Science changes the way we think about locust swarming
  • Sword Lab students win big at 2025 Beltwide Cotton Conference
  • Sword lab students win again at 2024 Entomological Society of America meeting!
  • Sword lab students win big at 2023 Entomological Society of America meeting!
  • Cotton gene-editing project paves a new path for plant protection
  • New PNAS paper about density-dependent warning coloration in adult locusts

Lab contact information

Gregory Sword

Professor & Charles R. Parencia Chair in Cotton Entomology

Department of Entomology,
Interdisciplinary Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Degree Program, and
Molecular & Environmental Plant Sciences Program
Texas A&M University
TAMU 2475
College Station, TX, 77843, USA

Directions to lab: (Google map)
Entomology Research Lab Rm. 112-120

Email: gasword[at]tamu.edu
Phone: (979) 862-1702
Fax: (979) 845-6305

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