https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/ en https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/news/2025/04/29/phd-defense-nicholas-poulos <span>PhD Defense of Nicholas Poulos</span> <span><span>Dong-Hwan Choe</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-04-29T15:25:15-07:00" title="Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - 15:25">Tue, 04/29/2025 - 15:25</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/untitled-1-3.jpg?h=dc4ef383&amp;itok=aMoZGgQ4 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/untitled-1-3.jpg?h=dc4ef383&amp;itok=aMoZGgQ4 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/untitled-1-3.jpg?h=dc4ef383&amp;itok=px0mrV7_ 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/untitled-1-3.jpg?h=dc4ef383&amp;itok=_EVNBroQ 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/untitled-1-3.jpg?h=dc4ef383&amp;itok=aMoZGgQ4" alt="Nick Poulos PhD defense"> </picture> Apr 29, 2025 <p>Nicholas Poulos has successfully completed his PhD dissertation defense today (April 29, 2025). His dissertation title is "Attractants, Chitin Synthesis Inhibitors, and Bacterial Diversity of Fecal Pellets: Improving Localized Chemical Treatment and Detection of the Western Drywood Termite (Blattodea: Kalotermitidae)".</p><p>Congratulations, Dr. Poulos!</p><div alt="Nick Poulos PhD Defense photo" title="Nick Poulos PhD Defense photo" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="bc80f78c-2b63-4afe-a073-47eb47b1a753" 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/untitled-2-3.jpg" alt="Nick Poulos PhD Defense photo" title="Nick Poulos PhD Defense photo"> </div> <div alt="Nick Poulos PhD defense" title="Nick Poulos PhD defense" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="17233580-48ed-4db9-af52-929852ea2e6e" 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/untitled-1-3.jpg" alt="Nick Poulos PhD defense" title="Nick Poulos PhD defense"> </div> <div class="tags-title">Tags</div> <div class="tags-list"> <div><a href="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/tags/nicholas-poulos" hreflang="en">Nicholas Poulos</a></div> <div><a href="https://urbanpest.ucr.edu/tags/phd-defense" hreflang="en">PhD defense</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/2025/04/29/phd-defense-nicholas-poulos" data-a2a-title="PhD Defense of Nicholas Poulos"><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%2F04%2F29%2Fphd-defense-nicholas-poulos&amp;title=PhD%20Defense%20of%20Nicholas%20Poulos"></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> Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:25:15 +0000 Dong-Hwan Choe 100 at https://urbanpest.ucr.edu