National Science & Technology Medals Foundation / July 2019
In her lab at the University of Illinois, Berenbaum has spent the last four decades studying the evolutionary arms race between plants and insects. She’s probed how insects often manage to evade plants’ defenses, and her work has helped scientists learn about the effects of pesticides and climate change on insect populations. At the same time, she has spent countless hours and days working on public outreach and science literacy projects… Read more at nationalmedals.org.