recording system, in flies and mosquito behavior. Leal laboratory demonstrated for the first time that mosquitoes respond to carbon dioxide with a heterodimer formed by GR2 and GR3, not as GR1/GR3 as previously hypothesized. They also demonstrated that per se, not bicarbonate, activates these receptors. Leal is the author and co-author of more than 220 scientific articles. Major services to the scientific community Leal served as Councilor and President of the International Society of Chemical Ecology. Along with Alvin Simmons, Leal served as co-chair of the 2016 International Congress of Entomology. At the beginning of the COVID pandemic, Leal organized a series of COVID symposia, which drew thousands of attendees. He recently invented and organized a symposium, “Insect Olfaction and Taste in 24 Hours Around the Globe,” to provide a platform for young scholars to highlight their recent work and interact with other well-established scholars in the field. Awards Honorary Member, Entomological Society of America Academic Senate's 2022 Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award Distinguished Teaching Award for Undergraduate Teaching, UC Davis Academic Senate (2020) Award for Excellence in Teaching, Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America (2020) Founders’ Memorial Award, Entomological Society of America (2019) Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2019) Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences (2015) Honorary Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (2015), Corresponding Member, Brazilian Academy of Sciences (2012) Silver Medal, International Society of Chemical Ecology (2012) Nan-Yao Su Award for Innovation and Creativity in Entomology (2011) Fellow of the Entomological Society of America (2008) Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2005) Gakkai-show (Fellow-like award), Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology (1998) Entomological Society of Brazil Award, Medal of Achievement (1995) Gijitsusho (Technology Prize), Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology & Agrochemistry (1994) References External links 1954 births Living people American entomologists Federal University of Pernambuco alumni University of Tsukuba alumni University of California, Davis faculty Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows of the Entomological Society of America Fellows of the Royal Entomological Society Members of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences Chemical ecologists