Cailin Kessen

KU PhD student Cailin Kessen holding a butterfly
  • Doctoral Aspirant

Contact Info

Lawrence

Biography —

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kristen Baum

Research Interest: Entomology, climate change, and conservation

Hometown: Paw Paw, Michigan

Education —

B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 2024

Selected Presentations —

Kessen, C. and J. Walters. Toxic W Hypothesis in Lepidoptera: How sex-chromosomes impact sex-biased longevity. Undergraduate Biology Honors Symposium, Lawrence, Kansas, May 2024. 

Kessen, C. and L. Yang. Host plant effect on pyrrolizidine alkaloid collection behavior in monarch butterflies. UC Davis Summer Research Programs Symposium, Davis, California, August 2023.

Kessen, C. and J. Walters. Sex-biased aging in the moth Plodia interpunctella. Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium, Lawrence, Kansas, April 2022.

 

 

Awards & Honors —

Kessen, C. Madison and Lila Self Memorial Scholarship. University of Kansas. 2024-2025. ;

Kessen, C. Yarick-Morgan Prize for Excellence. University of Kansas. 2024-2025.