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'; 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> Fri, 05 Sep 2025 20:58:11 +0000 Dong-Hwan Choe 103 at https://urbanpest.ucr.edu