1. Abdul Chris Tim Erin Kyle
Hafiz Ab Borman Husen Ingram Koch
Majid April Bruner Club Who’s Who
Julianne Dr. Nick Johan Crystal
Matczyszyn Miller Pretorious Ramm

2. Abdul “Hafiz” Ab Majid

3. Abdul “Hafiz” Ab Majid
• From Penang, MALAYSIA
• Eldest son in the family- 5 siblings
• Married and have two children, 1 year old son and 2 ½
year old daughter
• Received B.S in Applied Biology and M.S in Urban &
Industrial Entomology from University Sains Malaysia
• Currently a Fellow at School Biological Sciences,
Universiti Sains Malaysia and a PhD candidate at UNL
– Phd Research on “Molecular Ecology and Population
Genetics of Subterranean Termites in Nebraska”
• Hobbies
– Badminton
– Martial art
– Rebuilt custom made PC
• More info at http://ahafiz.webs.com/

4. Chris Borman

5. Chris Borman
• Undergrad at UNL in Horticulture.
• Pursuing Department of Plant Health PhD
• Moved to Japan to teach English for 3 years
• My 4th year in Japan I worked at a Japanese
gardener/arborist
• We did all sorts of gardening, pruning trees and
shrubs of course, but also harvesting garden tree
fruits, building bamboo fences and other things
• Was on national Japanese TV there at that job.

6. Tim Husen

7. Tim Husen
 B.S. Biological Sciences, UNL
 M.S. Entomology, UNL
 A Morphological and Biochemical Characterization
of Nebraskan Subterranean Termites
 Ph.D. Entomology, UNL (Aug. 2012)
 A Laboratory Evaluation of Palatablity,
Concentration Dependent Mortality, and Chitinase
Activity in the Eastern Subterranean Termite in
Response to Two Chitinase Inhibitor Treated Diets
 Future
 Work within the pest management industry
 Research pest management strategies that reduce
pesticide impact on the environment while
maintaining efficacy

8. rin Ingram

9. Erin Ingram
 Hometown: Franklin, Nebraska
 B.S. in Elementary Education, University of Nebraska-
Lincoln
 Currently working on M.S. in honey bee toxicology
 Nanny from 2005-2010 in Seattle and Bellingham,
Washington
 Hobbies
 Knitting
 Biking
 Music
 Hiking
 Watching hockey (Let’s Go Pens!)
 Being with friends and family

10. Kyle Koch

11. Kyle Koch
• Scottsbluff, NE
• Creighton University
– Biology
• Hobbies
– Insect collecting
– Fishing/outdoors
– Boating
– Pets
– Guitar
– Sports

12. Julianne Matczyszyn

13. • Personal • Professional
– Born and raised in – Graduated from
Lincoln, Nebraska UNL
– 4 sisters, 2 • BS in Entomology
brothers, 1 – Masters Degree
nephew, 1 niece • Dr. Cortinas
– Likes • Affects of chemo-
• Church attractants have
• Traveling on Culex mosquito
species in
• Writing Lancaster county,
• Gardening Nebraska

14. Nick Miller
• Bruner Club Faculty Advisor
• BS & PhD, The University of
Birmingham (England, not Alabama).
• Postdoc jobs in England, France, Portugal, Iowa.
• Joined UNL as Assistant Professor 2010
• Teach Insect Physiology
• Research on population genetics, insect-plant
interactions

15. Johan Pretorius

16. Johan Pretorius

17. About Johan
• Johan is from Bloemfontein in the Orange Free
State and is married to Henda Pretorius.
• His hobbies include, travelling the country, target
shooting, camping, and of course – insect
collecting.
• Johan is currently employed by the Central
University of Technology where he studied
Agricultural management. He also studied
entomology at the University of the Free State.

18. Crystal
Ramm

19. Who Am I?
Personal Professional
 Valentine NE  Doctoral Candidate
 Traveling  Dr. Heng-Moss & Dr.
Baxendale
 LOVE my Garden!
 Buffalograss & Chinchbug
 Painting  Plant resistance
 Salivary glands
 Being a mom!  Ethylene pathway
 Next Gen Sequencing
 Go Green!
 Love teaching!
 ENTO 116 (lab)