https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/ en https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/news/2025/09/05/tobias-moyneurs-phd-defense <span>Tobias Moyneur's PhD defense</span> <span><span>Dong-Hwan Choe</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-09-05T13:58:11-07:00" title="Friday, September 5, 2025 - 13:58">Fri, 09/05/2025 - 13:58</time> </span> <a href="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/news">More News</a> <picture> <source srcset="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_l/public/img_3379.jpeg?h=92229be0&amp;itok=-H5J82xt 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1401px)" type="image/jpeg" width="1170" height="450"> <source srcset="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_l/public/img_3379.jpeg?h=92229be0&amp;itok=-H5J82xt 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1025px) and (max-width: 1400px)" type="image/jpeg" width="1170" height="450"> <source srcset="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_m/public/img_3379.jpeg?h=92229be0&amp;itok=iMJnvb-Q 1x" media="all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px)" type="image/jpeg" width="1023" height="450"> <source srcset="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_s/public/img_3379.jpeg?h=92229be0&amp;itok=hUSuqnMa 1x" type="image/jpeg" width="767" height="767"> <img loading="eager" width="1170" height="450" src="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_l/public/img_3379.jpeg?h=92229be0&amp;itok=-H5J82xt" alt> </picture> Sep 05, 2025 <p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0, 40, 122);font-family:&quot;Fira Sans Regular&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem !important;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.6;margin:0px 0px 1rem;orphans:auto;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-rendering:optimizelegibility;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;">Tobias Moyneur has successfully completed his PhD dissertation defense today (September 5, 2025). His dissertation title is "Effects of Juvenile Hormone Analog on Lipid and Hydrocarbon Physiology Across Castes in the Argentine ant, <em>Linepithema humile</em> (Mayr)".</p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0, 40, 122);font-family:&quot;Fira Sans Regular&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem !important;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.6;margin:0px 0px 1rem;orphans:auto;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-rendering:optimizelegibility;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;">Congratulations, Dr. Moyneur!</p><div alt="Tobias Moyneur PhD defense" title="Tobias Moyneur PhD defense" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="9436474a-3909-46ce-9916-0e1dcba1601b" data-embed-button="media_browser" data-entity-embed-display="media_image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{&quot;image_style&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_loading&quot;:{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;lazy&quot;}}" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/img_3379.jpeg" alt="Tobias Moyneur PhD defense" title="Tobias Moyneur PhD defense"> </div> <div alt="Tobias PhD defense group photo_1" title="Tobias PhD defense group photo_1" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="d2efc3b9-027b-4a81-a630-9ba7ed16d6eb" data-embed-button="media_browser" data-entity-embed-display="media_image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{&quot;image_style&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_loading&quot;:{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;lazy&quot;}}" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/tobias-defense_1.jpg" alt="Tobias PhD defense group photo_1" title="Tobias PhD defense group photo_1"> </div> <div alt="Tobias PhD defense group photo_2" title="Tobias PhD defense group photo_2" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="4485bc1b-0c06-481a-85f6-0af36c807b17" data-embed-button="media_browser" data-entity-embed-display="media_image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{&quot;image_style&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_loading&quot;:{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;lazy&quot;}}" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/tobias-defense_2.jpg" alt="Tobias PhD defense group photo_2" title="Tobias PhD defense group photo_2"> </div> <div class="tags-title">Tags</div> <div class="tags-list"> <div><a href="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/tags/tobias-moyneur" hreflang="en">Tobias Moyneur</a></div> <div><a href="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/tags/phd-defense" hreflang="en">PhD defense</a></div> <div><a href="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/tags/graduate-research" hreflang="en">graduate research</a></div> </div> <div class="sharing-title">Share This</div><span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/news/2025/09/05/tobias-moyneurs-phd-defense" data-a2a-title="Tobias Moyneur's PhD defense"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_x"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"></a><a class="a2a_button_google_plus"></a><a class="a2a_button_email"></a><a class="a2a_button_printfriendly"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" aria-label="more options to share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Furbanpest.ucr.edu%2Fnews%2F2025%2F09%2F05%2Ftobias-moyneurs-phd-defense&amp;title=Tobias%20Moyneur%27s%20PhD%20defense"></a></span><script> (function () { const customClassName = 'show-for-sr'; 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Simmons, Ruth Henderson, et al. 2024. “Field Evaluations of Biodegradable Boric Acid Hydrogel Baits for the Control of Argentine Ants: Promising Results in Vineyards and Citrus Orchards.” California Agriculture, June. <a class="cite-link" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;caret-color:rgb(51, 51, 51);color:unset !important;font-family:&quot;Noto Serif&quot;, &quot;PT Serif&quot;, &quot;Noto Sans Math&quot;, serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:inherit;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;" href="https://doi.org/10.3733/001c.120496">https://doi.org/10.3733/001c.120496</a>.</div><div class="journal serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;caret-color:rgb(34, 34, 34);color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:&quot;Noto Serif&quot;, &quot;PT Serif&quot;, &quot;Noto Sans Math&quot;, serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:auto;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;">&nbsp;</div><a href="https://californiaagriculture.org/article/120496-field-evaluations-of-biodegradable-boric-acid-hydrogel-baits-for-the-control-of-argentine-ants-promising-results-in-vineyards-and-citrus-orchards"><div alt="Cal Ag hydrogel bait article page" title="Cal Ag hydrogel bait article page" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="d730497e-209b-4818-bc0c-adcf591ba0dd" data-embed-button="media_browser" data-entity-embed-display="media_image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{&quot;image_style&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_link&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_loading&quot;:{&quot;attribute&quot;:&quot;lazy&quot;}}" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img loading="lazy" src="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/120496-field-evaluations-of-biodegradable-boric-acid-hydrogel-baits-for-the-control-of-argentine-ants-promising-results-in-vineyards-and-citrus-orchards-1.jpg" alt="Cal Ag hydrogel bait article page" title="Cal Ag hydrogel bait article page"> </div> </a><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:&quot;Noto Serif&quot;, &quot;PT Serif&quot;, &quot;Noto Sans Math&quot;, serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:auto;padding:0px 0px 10px;text-align:start;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:auto;word-spacing:0px;" id="article-citation"><tk-citation style="box-sizing:border-box;" _nghost-ksu-c2><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;" _ngcontent-ksu-c2><div class="rendered-citation" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;" _ngcontent-ksu-c2><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;" _ngcontent-ksu-c2><div class="csl-entry" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;margin:0px;padding:0px;">Le, Benning, Kathleen Campbell, Hoeun Park, Shu-Ping Tseng, Raju Pandey, Gregory S. 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Benning's&nbsp;thesis research was on the development and laboratory / field testing of boric&nbsp;acid hydrogel&nbsp;bait targeting Argentine ant populations in agricultural settings. Benning&nbsp;is one of the students who went through our department's new graduate program, the combined BS+MS (4+1) program.</p> <p>Congrats, Benning!&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>For more information regarding the UCR&nbsp;Entomology's combined BS+MS program, please click&nbsp;<a href="https://entomology.ucr.edu/undergrad-programs/combined-bsms-program-entomology#:~:text=The%20Department%20of%20Entomology%20has,%2BM.S.">here.</a></p> <div class="tags-title">Tags</div> <div class="tags-list"> <div><a href="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/tags/benning-le" hreflang="en">Benning Le</a></div> <div><a href="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/tags/ms-defense" hreflang="en">MS defense</a></div> <div><a href="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/tags/ms-thesis" hreflang="en">MS thesis</a></div> <div><a href="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/tags/graduate-research" hreflang="en">graduate research</a></div> </div> <div class="sharing-title">Share This</div><span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/news/2022/03/09/benning-les-ms-thesis-defense" data-a2a-title="Benning Le's MS thesis defense"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_x"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"></a><a class="a2a_button_google_plus"></a><a class="a2a_button_email"></a><a class="a2a_button_printfriendly"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" aria-label="more options to share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Furbanpest.ucr.edu%2Fnews%2F2022%2F03%2F09%2Fbenning-les-ms-thesis-defense&amp;title=Benning%20Le%27s%20MS%20thesis%20defense"></a></span><script> (function () { const customClassName = 'show-for-sr'; const targetContainer = document.querySelector('.a2a_kit.addtoany_list'); if (!targetContainer) return; const addClassToLabels = () => { const labels = targetContainer.querySelectorAll('.a2a_label'); if (labels.length > 0) { labels.forEach(label => { if (!label.classList.contains(customClassName)) { label.classList.add(customClassName); } }); console.log('Successfully applied show-for-sr class to AddToAny labels.'); return true; } return false; }; const observerConfig = { childList: true, subtree: true }; const observer = new MutationObserver((mutationsList, observer) => { if (addClassToLabels()) { observer.disconnect(); } }); if (!addClassToLabels()) { observer.observe(targetContainer, observerConfig); } })(); </script> Thu, 03 Aug 2023 04:34:37 +0000 Dong-Hwan Choe 69 at https://urbanpest.ucr.edu