Stokes Aker publishes first, first-authored paper in the Journal of Economic Entomology. Since the introduction of the emerald ash borer (EAB) to the USA in the 1990s it has killed hundreds of millions of ash trees, and it imperils billions more. Stokes documents that the most recently introduced biological control agent – a specialized parasitoid wasp from Asia, Spathius galinae (Braconidae) – that may hold the most promise for spatial spread to keep pace with EAB.

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Update 4/2022: Stokes Aker will begin his bid for a Master’s degree in Entomology this fall at the Penn State University. Good luck, Stokes, we will certainly miss you!