Texas Tech University

Upcoming Events the Department of Environmental Toxicology

July 2026

Guest Lecture

ENTX Lecture Hall

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

9:00 AM-10:00 AM. 
Charlotte Elston
Charlotte Elston

Subject: From Butterflies to Bees: Working as an Ecotoxicologist in Industry (Charlotte Elston) 

Charlotte is an ecotoxicologist with Syngenta Crop Protection and will be discussing her work in the agrochemical industry, including environmental risk assessment and the types of studies used to evaluate the safety of crop protection products.


June 2026

Master's Defense
ENTX Lecture Hall
June 26th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Chloe Sieg
Chloe Sieg
"Life-Stage Specific Sensitivity of Painted Lady Butterflies (Vanessa cardui) to Lambda-cyhalothrin"

March 2026


Master's Defense
ENTX Lecture Hall
March 27th, 2026 at 2:30 pm
Cynthia Herrera
Cynthia Herrera
"Differentiating Between Perimortem and Postmortem Injuries on Bones"

Master's Defense
ENTX Lecture Hall
March 26th, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Brady Douglas
Brady Douglas
"A Literature Review of Interactions of Firearms, Gases, and Back Spatter in Close Range Shooting Scenarios"

Master's Defense
ENTX Lecture Hall
March 23rd, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Tori Bascou
Tori Bascou
"Visual Examination of Physical Properties of Blood as  Result of Ignitable Liquid and High Heat Effect From an Arson Scene: Literature Review and Project"

Doctoral Defense
ENTX Lecture Hall
March 13th, 2026 at 9:00 am
Texas Tech University Department of Environmental Toxicology, Ashley Newland
Ashley Newland
"Exploring Glyphosate in the Environment: Detection Approaches and One Health Perspectives"

Master's Defense
ENTX Lecture Hall
March 9th, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Taliyah Williams-Moore
Taliyah Williams-Moore
"Fire-Induced Alterations of Bloodstains: Implications for Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and DNA Recovery"

Master's Defense
ENTX Lecture Hall
March 5th, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Savannah Wahl
Savannah Wahl
"Using female and male Cochliomyia macellaria (Diptera: Calliphoridae) to characterize local vertebrate biodiversity in West Texas"


January 2026

Doctoral Defense
ENTX Lecture Hall
January 30th, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Texas Tech University Department of Environmental Toxicology, Zack Kasuske  
Zack Kasuske
"Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Micro and Nano-plastics: Fate, Transport, and Human Exposure"