Notable Women in Zoology: Professor May Roberta Berenbaum
An American entomologist with a research focus on chemical communication between herbivorous insects and their host plants, as well as the implications of these interactions on the organisation of communities + the evolution of species.
She is also:
A member of the National Academy of Sciences (and editor-in-chief of its journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Previously served as the editor of Annual Review of Entomology (1997-2018)
A member of the American Philosophical Society
A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Serves as the head of the Department of Entomology at the University of Illinois
Holds the Maybelle Leland Swanlund Endowed Chair in Entomology (highest title a professor can hold at the University of Illinois)
Awarded the National Medal of Science in 2014
Chaired the Committee on the Future of Pesticides in U.S. Agriculture (2000) and the Committee on the Status of Pollinators in North America (2007)
Has written numerous magazine articles + books about insects for the general public
Organiser of the Insect Fear Film Festival at the University of Illinois
Dr. Bambi Berenbaum, famous entomologist and love interest of Agent Mulder in The X-Files, is named after her
