Invited panelist
Integrating science into policy and speaking the language of policy makers. International Association for Landscape Ecologists US (US-IALE) meeting. 11 Apr 2017. Baltimore, MD.
STDs, HIV, Mosquitos, and Zika. Sci on the Fly podcast. 20 Oct 2016. Washington DC.
Exploring theworld of science policy. Rising Environmental Leaders Program, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. 25 Mar 2016. Washington DC.
Invited talks
Venugopal. P.D. Managing migratory agricultural pests in a warming world - case studies and challenges. Entomological Society of America, Eastern Branch, New Port, RI, Mar 2017.
Venugopal. P.D. Climate change, Bt corn and field-evolved resistance by corn earworm. Presented to Climate Change Working Group. USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service. Riverdale, MD. Feb 2017.
Venugopal, P.D. Biofuel feedstock production and practices: implications for pollinator health. Presented to EPA Pollinator Health task force. Washington, D.C. Dec 2016.
Venugopal, P.D. Biofuel feedstock production and practices: environmental and ecological concerns. Presented to Senior Leadership Team (Officce and Divisional Directors) EPA-OAR-OTAQ. Washington, D.C. Sep 2016.
Raupp, M., Venugopal, P.D. et al. When generalists specialize: Patterns of host utilization by Halyomorpha halys in the invaded range. XXV International Congress of Entomology. Orlando, FL. Sep 2016.
Venugopal, P.D. Spatial modeling. Presented at American Association for Advancement of Science, Science & Technology Policy Fellowships, Big Data Affinity Group. May 2016.
Venugopal, P.D & Dively, G.P. Role of Bt adoption and climate change on corn earworm resistance development to Cry1Ab protein in transgenic corn. Presented at Biotechnology seminar series. EPA-OCSPP-OPP-BPPD. Crystal City, VA. Feb 2016.
Venugopal. P.D., Dively, G.P., Herbert, A., Whalen, J and W.O. Lamp. Multiscale spatial analysis to identify landscape correlates of native stink bugs and the invasive stink bug Halyomorpha halys. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon. Nov 2014.
VenugopalP.D., G.P. Dively, D.A. Herbert, J. Whalen and W.O. Lamp. Influence of landscape factors on brown marmorated stink bug abundance vary with spatial scale. Entomological Society of America, Eastern Branch, Williamsburg, VA, March 2014.
Venugopal, P.D. Patterns in the oristic composition and structure of forests in the Western Ghats. Institut Francais de Pondicherry, July 2008, Pondicherry, India.
Venugopal, P.D., A. Varampath and R. S. Bhalla. Restoration of coastal habitats along the Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu, India. Foundation for ecological research, advocacy and learning. July 2007, Pondicherry, India.
Venugopal, P.D. Reptilian diversity along Chalakudy river basin. Workshop on biodiversity significance of Chalakudy river basin with special focus on Vazhachal forest division. June 2007. Thrissur, Kerala. India.
Conference / Symposium presentations
Venugopal, P.D. Biofuel feedstock production and practices: Implications for pollinator health. Entomological Society of America, Eastern Branch, New Port, RI. Mar 2017.
Cullum, J., Venugopal, P.D. et al. Influence of elevation on dispersal behavior of brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) seeking overwintering sites. XXV International Congress of Entomology. Orlando, FL. Sep 2016.
Venugopal, P. D. Spatial modeling. Presented at American Association for Advancement of Science, Science & Technology Policy Fellowships, Big data anity group. May 2016.
Martinson, H.M., Venugopal, P.D., E Bergmann, Shrewsbury, P and M Raupp. Drivers of host plant use for invasive stink bugs in heterogeneous habitats. Ecological Society of America National Meeting. August 2015. Baltimore, MD.
Venugopal, D, H Martinson, P Shrewsbury, M Raupp. Abundance patterns of the invasive Halyomorpha halys in adjacent tree nurseries and eld crops. Entomological Society of America Eastern Branch Meeting. Rehoboth Beach, DE March 2015.
Venugopal, P.D., Coffey, P.L., Patton, T., Herbert, A., Hooks, C.R.R., Whalen, J and G.P. Dively. Impact of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys Stål, on soybean seed quality, yield and delayed senescence. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon. Nov 2014.
Martinson, H.M., Bergmann, E., Venugopal, P.D and M.J. Raupp. Do brown marmorated stink bugs (Halyomorpha halys) track resources in diverse woody plant nurseries?. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon. Nov 2014.
Venugopal, P.D, G.P. Dively and William O. Lamp. How good are degree day models in predicting large scale abundances of brown marmorated stink bugs? Entomological Society of America, Austin TX, Nov 2013.
Baker, M., P.D. Venugopal and W.O. Lamp. Climate change and migratory insects; local and continental eects of temperature anomaly on potato leafhopper arrival and severity of infestation. Entomological Society of America, Austin TX, Nov 2013.
Smith, R.F., P.D. Venugopal, M.E. Baker and W.O. Lamp. Regional and local processes structure a stream insect metacommunity in a partially urbanized landscape. Society for Freshwater Science. Jacksonville FL, May 19-23, 2013.
Venugopal, P.D., G.P. Dively, D.A. Herbert and W.O. Lamp. Environmental and spatial factors influencing patterns in stink bug communities in soybean. Entomological Society of America Eastern Branch Meeting. Mar 2013. Lancaster, PA.
Herbert, D. A., G.P. Dively, K.L. Kamminga, D.R. Owens, J. Whalen, C.R.R. Hooks, P.D. Venugopal, and P. Coffey. Impact and management of brown marmorated stink bug in mid-Atlantic soybean. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Nov 2012. Knoxville, TN.
VenugopalP.D., G.P. Dively and W.O. Lamp. Spatial pattern of infestation risk and management of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug in corn and soybeans. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Nov 2012. Knoxville, TN.
Venugopal, P.D., & D.S. Gruner. 2011. Quantifying ground dwelling arthropods in ohia dominated forests of Big Island, Hawaii. Hawaii Ecosystem Meeting, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Jun 30 – July1.
Venugopal, P.D., R. Pelissier, B. R. Ramesh, K. Belna & P. Couteron. Inuence of environmental and disturbance on the patterns of plant species diversity inWestern Ghats, India. 95th Annual Ecological Society of America meeting. Aug 2010. Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Srinivas, V., Venugopal, P.D & S. Ram. Site occupancy and encounter rates of Malabar Giant Squirrel (Ratufa indica, Erxleben) in the Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. Fourth International Tree Squirrel Colloquium and the First International
Flying Squirrel Colloquium. March 2006. Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala, India.
Extension talks
Shrewsbury, P., Raupp, M.J., Martinson, H.M., Venugopal, P.D. and E Bergmann. Designing stink bug-free landscapes. Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Working Group Meeting. June 2015. College Park, MD.
Venugopal, P.D., Dively, G.P andW.O. Lamp. 2015. Spatiotemporal dynamics of the invasive Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in and between adjacent corn and soybean elds. Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Working Group Meeting. June 2014. George Town, DE.
Venugopal, P.D & G.P. Dively. Impact and management of brown marmorated stink bug in mid-Atlantic soybean. Presented at Maryland Soybean Board meeting. Feb 2014.
Hooks, C.R.R., P.D. Venugopal and G. Dively. Update on BMSB activity and control in grain crops and soybeans. Fifteenth Annual Maryland Commodity Classic. Centreville MD, July 25, 2013.
VenugopalP.D., G.P. Dively, and William O. Lamp. Spatial pattern of infestation risk and management of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug in corn and soybeans. Presented at the Brown Marmorated Stink BugWorking Group meeting. Nov 2012. Winchester, VA.
Venugopal, P.D and M. Ananda Kumar. (In vernacular Tamil). Movement patterns and Human-elephant conict in Valparai plateau, Anamalai Hills. Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore. Sept. 2006 Valparai, Tamil Nadu, India.