Tag: Sean Schoville
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Sean Schoville awarded 2026 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award
Dr. Sean Schoville, Professor and Department Chair, was among 13 faculty members from across campus chosen for this prestigious award. Congratulations Sean! For more than 70 years, the Distinguished Teaching…
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New paper co-authored by Sean Schoville explores the genetic history of a rare color morph of Colias butterflies
A new paper recently published in Scientific Advances explores the genetic history of a rare color morph of Colias butterflies. Read the abstract below, or read the full paper here.…
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Paper by Sean Schoville wins recognition by the Royal Entomological Society
The Royal Entomological Society recently announced the winners of their “best paper” awards for papers published in their journals between 2019 and 2021. For the journal Systematic Entomology, Dr. Sean…
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‘Super pest’ Colorado potato beetle has the genetic resources to sidestep our attacks
The Colorado potato beetle has evolved resistance to more than 50 different kinds of insecticides, making the insect a “super pest” that wreaks havoc on potatoes around the world. New…
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The Color of Butterfly Wings
Dr. Sean Schoville and graduate student Khuram Zaman were recently featured in Molecular Ecology Spotlight. Zaman and Schoville have been studying butterfly wings and the evolutionary reasons behind the color…
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Undergraduate Researcher an Insect Sleuth
Dr. Sean Schoville and undergraduate student Mary Magnuson were recently featured in Agri-view for their work on the Colorado Potato Beetle which could help unravel the story of CPB’s resistance to…
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Yosemite Butterflies — An interactive, Digital Field Guide to the Park’s 98 Butterfly Species
Dr. Sean Schoville and Jacki Whisenant recently released Yosemite Butterflies—an interactive, digital field guide to the park’s 98 butterfly species. The app helps provide identification clues and delves into the biology, habitat…


