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

Gabriella Tait, Oregon State University, Horticulture will present, “Playing chess with invasive species: a never-give up long match”. The event is free and open to the public.

Gabriella is post doc research in Vaughn Walton’s laboratory. She joined the Walton lab in 2017 as international PhD student and in 2019 as post doc. She is interested in studying new approaches to manage agricultural insect pest. Gabriella does research mostly on Drosophila suzukii and Halyomorpha halys. She is focused on the development of new control systems. When she is not doing science, Gabriella enjoys hiking, reading and admire the beauty of Nature.