Monday
Resh Gupta – Washington University in St. Louis
Anxiety, Mindfulness, and Cognitive Control
Resh Gupta is a postdoctoral research associate with the Mindfulness Science & Practice Cluster and the Cognitive Control & Psychopathology Laboratory at Washington University in St. Louis. She received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Vanderbilt University where she examined the effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on event-related potential markers of attentional bias in anxious populations. Her current research utilizes EEG, behavioral, and self-report methods to understand the effects of mindfulness on attentional and cognitive control in anxious populations.
Tuesday
Bruce Tabashnik – University of Arizona
Nature’s Sneaky Two-Step Keeps Crop Pests Guessing
My research team studies the evolution and management of insect resistance to crops genetically engineered for pest control. Current work focuses on resistance to insect-killing proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). These Bt proteins are highly effective against some key pests but are not toxic to most other organisms including arthropod natural enemies, wildlife and people. Transgenic Bt corn and cotton have been planted by millions of farmers on a cumulative total of more than 2 billion acres worldwide during the past 25 years. Our work ranges from analyses of the genomics of resistance to global patterns of field-evolved resistance to Bt crops. Progress is facilitated by synergistic collaborations that benefit from expertise in molecular and population genetics, ecology, modeling, and pest management.
Wednesday
Ryan Ceresola – Hartwick College
Conspiracism
Ryan Ceresola is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology, Criminology and Human Services at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. His teaching at Hartwick College includes courses on quantitative analysis, sociological and criminological theory, white collar crime, sociology of the environment, and the sociology of conspiracy theories.
Thursday
Katherine Wilkinson – San Jose State University
Proprioception
Katherine Wilkinson is a Professor of biology at San José State University in San Jose, California. Wilkinson’s specialty is studying and understanding proprioception–how our brains understand our physical presence in the world–a complex sensory system related to balance and coordination.
Friday
Jiebo Luo – University of Rochester
Text-to-Video AI Blossoms With New Metamorphic Video Capabilities
Jiebo Luo is the Albert Arendt Hopeman Professor of Engineering and Professor of Computer Science at the University of Rochester. He is a Fellow of IEEE, ACM, AAAI, SPIE, NAI, IAPR and AIMBE, as well as a foreign member of Academia Europeae. His research area focuses on computer vision, multimodal AI, data‑driven social computing, and digital health. He has authored over 600 technical papers and holds more than 90 U.S. patents.
