Jeffery Tomberlin, professor and program director of the Forensic and Investigative Sciences Program, presents "Harvesting Death for Humanity's Benefit: Linking Microbial Communication With Insect Behavior," at Waters Hall in Manhattan, Kansas on Nov. 27, 2018. Tomberlin is the affiliate site co-director of the National Science Foundation-National Institute of Justice's Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science. (Photo by Justin Wright | Collegian Media Group)

Jeffery Tomberlin, professor and program director of the Forensic and Investigative Sciences Program, presents "Harvesting Death for Humanity's Benefit: Linking Microbial Communication With Insect Behavior," at Waters Hall in Manhattan, Kansas on Nov. 27, 2018. Tomberlin is the affiliate site co-director of the National Science Foundation-National Institute of Justice's Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science. (Photo by Justin Wright | Collegian Media Group)

Jeffery Tomberlin, professor and program director of the Forensic and Investigative Sciences Program, presents "Harvesting Death for Humanity's Benefit: Linking Microbial Communication With Insect Behavior," at Waters Hall in Manhattan, Kansas on Nov. 27, 2018. Tomberlin is the affiliate site co-director of the National Science Foundation-National Institute of Justice's Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science. (Photo by Justin Wright | Collegian Media Group)