Department of Horticulture Seminar Series: Join us for The Horticulture Fall 2021 Seminar Series Tuesdays in ALS 4000 or via Zoom. 

Serhan Mermer, Oregon State University, Horticulture will present, “Invasive pest species (spotted wing drosophila and brown marmorated stink bug) and their management strategies”. The event is free and open to the public.

Serhan received his PhD from OSU Hort/Entomology with a minor in Toxicology in 2020. His research interests include insecticide toxicology, insecticide chemistry and residue analysis, pest management, horticultural entomology, and analytical chemistry. Currently, Serhan is a second-year postdoctoral scholar in Hort department and focusing on insecticide alternative compounds and their use for both spotted wing drosophila and brown marmorated stink bug.