Name: Taylor Rand
Officer Position: President
Major: Biology w conc. in Ecology and Evolution
Favorite Bug: Wood Roach
About: I love reading! My favorite series are Dune, ASOIAF, and Wheel of Time. I love meeting new people and being really abnormal about bugs and bug science
Name: Dayana Gutierrez-Sotelo
Officer Position: Vice-President
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Minor: Children's Behavioral Healthcare
Favorite Bug: Buck Moths
About: I’m a senior interested in pursing a career as a Physician Assistant! Currently I am a research assistant for an oncology and obesity lab. Outside of school I enjoy backpacking, exploring the outdoors and annoying moths. I also love listening to music and trying new foods!
Name: Reilly Mccollum
Officer Position: Treasurer
Major: Biology
Favorite Bug: Dragonflies and Damselflies
About: I love to learn anything about insects! Outside of bugs, I’m interested in botany and photography of things I find in nature. I also love my cats.
Name: Jordan DePante
Officer Position: Secretary
Major: Biology
Minor: Environmental Science & Policy
Favorite Bug: Damselflies
About: I like hiking, art, and photography! If you need to reach out to me I'll be crossing dirt roads on warm nights and hiding under logs when it's cold.
Name: Coan McGarrah
Officer Position: Event Coordinator
Major: Marine Biology and English CRW
Favorite Bug/Honorary: Scelionic Wasps/Florida Fast Isopod
About: I work in the USF Agroecology Lab and I’m an RA!
Name: Delaney Souppa
Officer Position: Social Media Director
Major: Biology w a conc. in Ecology & Evolution
Favorite Bug: Cockroaches!
About: I want to go into a forestry career and become a technician!!
Name: Isabella Greene
Officer Position: Graphic Artist
Major: Biology/Chemistry Double Major
Favorite Bug: Mantidflies and paper wasps
About: Hi! I'm excited to be a part of this years board for the club I've had a deep passion for insects my whole life, and have taken to drawing them as a hobby of mine. I'm always happy to doodle a bug or two!
Name: Isabella Greene
Officer Position: Supporting Officer
Major: Information Science w a conc. in Data Science and Analytics
Favorite Bug: Bees!
About: I love the beach, being in nature, and reading when I have free time and my favorite bugs are bees!
Name: Alani
Officer Position: Supporting Officer
Major: Biology w a conc. in Animal Biology
Favorite Bug: Bush crickets
About: I am applying for veterinary school this cycle!
Name: Marc J. Lajeunesse
Faculty: Advisor
Research Interests: Meta-Analysis, Research Synthesis, Parasites/Herbivory, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology
Favorite Bug: Damselflies!
About: My overarching goal is to understand natural diversity of parasites and sustainable ecology.
Former Entomology Society at USF officers over the years: