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Entomology professor May Berenbaum receives National Medal of Science

Champaign campus that addresses insect-related fear and loathing and the film industry’s penchant for casting insects as villains.

Berenbaum has been honored many times for her contributions to science and to the public understanding of science. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the Entomological Society of America, an honorary fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, and a recipient of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (2011).

Berenbaum graduated summa cum laude in biology from Yale University in 1975. She earned a doctorate in ecology from Cornell University in 1980 and joined the U. of I. entomology department that year. She became department head in 1992.

To reach May Berenbaum, email maybe@illinois.edu.

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