A VCU-led study of gypsy moths and temperature received a Royal Entomological Society Award for Best Paper Published in 2017/18 in the journal Physiological Entomology. (Getty Images)

The Royal Entomological Society will recognize a study led by current and former VCU researchers as the best to be published in Physiological Entomology over a two-year period.

The study was led by Lily Thompson, a graduate of VCU Biology’s M.S. degree program.

Co-authors include:

  • Trevor Faske; graduate of VCU Biology’s M.S. degree program.
  • Dominique Grimm; graduate of VCU Biology’s M.S. degree program.
  • Kristine Grayson; assistant professor at University of Richmond following a postdoctoral fellowship in VCU Biology.
  • Derek Johnson; Associate Professor and Chair of VCU Biology.

Read the full article “VCU, UR study on spread of gypsy moths amid climate change receives prestigious award” by Brian McNeill, VCU News.

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