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<p><b>May Roberta Berenbaum</b> (* <a href="22._Juli" title="22. Juli">22. Juli</a> <a href="1953" title="1953">1953</a> in <a href="Trenton_(New_Jersey)" title="Trenton (New Jersey)">Trenton</a>, <a href="New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ist eine US-amerikanische <a href="Entomologie" class="mw-redirect" title="Entomologie">Entomologin</a>.
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<p>Berenbaum studierte an der <a href="Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> mit dem Bachelor-Abschluss in Biologie 1975 und wurde 1980 an der <a href="Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a> in Evolutionsbiologie promoviert. Danach war sie Assistant Professor und ab 1990 Professorin für Entomologie an der <a href="University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign" title="University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</a>. Dort leitet sie die Fakultät für Entomologie.
</p><p>Berenbaum befasst sich mit der chemischen Wechselwirkung von Wirtspflanzen und Insekten einschließlich Entgiftungsmechanismen der Insekten für natürliche oder synthetische Chemikalien. Sie befasste sich unter anderem mit Toxikologie von Honigbienen, Auswirkung des globalen Klimawechsels auf die Wechselwirkung von Pflanzen und Insekten, Ko-Evolution von Insekten und Pflanzen.
</p><p>Sie ist seit 1988 verheiratet und hat eine Tochter.
</p><p>An ihrer Universität veranstaltet sie seit 1984 regelmäßig ein populäres <i>Insect Fear Film Festival</i> mit Spielfilmen, die Insektenphobien ausnutzen.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sie wurde 1996 von der <i>North Central Branch</i> der Entomological Society of America für ihre Lehre in Entomologie ausgezeichnet.
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<ul><li>Ehrenmitglied der <a href="British_Ecological_Society" title="British Ecological Society">British Ecological Society</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>Fellow der <a href="National_Academy_of_Sciences" title="National Academy of Sciences">National Academy of Sciences</a></li>
<li>Fellow der <a href="American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a></li>
<li>Fellow der <a href="American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science" title="American Association for the Advancement of Science">American Association for the Advancement of Science</a></li>
<li>2016 <a href="Addison-Emery-Verrill-Medaille" title="Addison-Emery-Verrill-Medaille">Addison-Emery-Verrill-Medaille</a></li>
<li>2012 <a href="National_Medal_of_Science" title="National Medal of Science">National Medal of Science</a></li>
<li>1996 Mitglied der <a href="American_Philosophical_Society" title="American Philosophical Society">American Philosophical Society</a></li>
<li>1984 <i>Presidential Young Investigator Award</i></li></ul>
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<ul><li>Blutsauger, Staatsgründer, Seidenfabrikanten. Die zwiespältige Beziehung von Mensch und Insekt. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-8274-1519-5.</li>
<li>The Earwig’s Tail: A Modern Bestiary of Multi-legged Legends, Harvard University Press 2009.</li>
<li>Honey I’m Home-Made: Sweet Treats from the Beehive Across the Centuries and Around the World, Champaign: University of Illinois Press 2010</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.life.illinois.edu/entomology/faculty/berenbaum.html">Homepage</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Geburts- und Karrieredaten nach <i>American Men and Women of Science</i>, Thomson Gale 2004</span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.life.illinois.edu/entomology/egsa/ifff.html">Insect Fear Film Festival</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/honorary-membership/"><i>Honorary Membership | The Highest Honor at BES | BES Members.</i></a> In: <i>British Ecological Society.</i><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 9. Januar 2026</span> (britisches Englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AMay+Berenbaum&rft.title=Honorary+Membership+%7C+The+Highest+Honor+at+BES+%7C+BES+Members&rft.description=Honorary+Membership+%7C+The+Highest+Honor+at+BES+%7C+BES+Members&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishecologicalsociety.org%2Fcontent%2Fhonorary-membership%2F&rft.language=en-GB"> </span></span>
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