News - VanLaerhoven Lab

Carly Wins a Top Presentation Award from the ESA/ESC conference!

Carly was awarded a top presentation award at the joint annual ESA/ESC conference held in Vancouver, British Columbia.

NAFEA 2022

Madison attended this years NAFEA (North American Forensic Entomology Association) Meeting in Oak Ridge, NJ! This conference included a hands-on aquatic forensic entomology workshop!

Paige takes home 1st Place with her poster at OFVC

Paige Desloges Baril (Msc), takes home the 1st place ribbon for her poster titled: " Tomato Defenders: Evaluating two native predatory Dicyphus species as novel biocontrol agents in tomato crops." at the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention 2022.

Madison combines Insects & Art for Valentine's Day!

Madison Laprise entered a contest that was looking for science themed valentines card, and took home 1st place with her pretty in pink insect valentines day card!

Vanessa invited as a Guest Speaker in the Incubator Art Lab!

Vanessa Owen led Incubator Art Lab's first in-person class with an amazing presentation about blow flies and her research, followed by a hands-on fly dissection!

Patricia featured in BHM Scientist Spotlight!

Patricia Okpara was recently featured on UWindsor's Faculty of Science Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Taskforce social media for Black History Month Scientist Spotlight! Congratulations Patricia!

Congratulations are in order for TWO successful Thesis Defenses!!

Congratulations to Theresa Tran, and Andrew Laflair on their successful thesis defenses. Both receiving minor revisions, such an incredible accomplishment for the both of them. The VanLaerhoven lab wishes you all the success in your future endeavours! The Lab went bowling to celebrate their success!

Our lab sweeps the Graduate Leadership Excellence Award for the past two years!

The Departments of Integrative Biology and Biomedical Sciences announced the Graduate Leadership Excellence Award winners for last year (announced March 2021) and this year (announced April 2021).

VanLaerhoven Lab featured as Women in UWindsor!

Madison Laprise and Vanessa Owen were recently featured as Women in UWindsor! This forum runs to help showcase the incredible women in science we have here at the University of Windsor.

Two of our Graduate Students Win Top Presentation Awards at NAFEA.

Theresa Tran & Madison Laprise won two of three best graduate presentation awards at the North American Forensic Entomology Association’s annual international conference 2020, hosted virtually out of Texas A&M University.

Patricia Passed her Comprehensive Exam!

Our lab mate Patricia Okpara officially passed her Comprehensive Exam today (March 2nd, 2020)! We are so proud of her and cannot wait to see what's in store for the rest of her PhD.

Scouts Night Out!

On January 28th, 2020 the VanLarhoven lab did an outreach session with the Amherstburg Scouts!

Christmas 2019

The VanLaerhoven Lab had a blast at GreenBean doing this Christmas themed photoshoot!

Visit to Texas A&M University

February 2019