The American Chemical Society's agrochemicals division has awarded its highest student research honor to a graduate student at the University of California, Davis. Billy F. McCutchen, a third-year, doctoral candidate in the UC Davis entomology and environmental toxicology departments, was selected by ACS through a nationwide competition to receive its 1992 Young Scientist Award. He received the award based on a submitted paper detailing his ongoing research related to the development of a genetically engineered virus with the potential for use as a biological insecticide against agricultural pests. McCutchen is working in the laboratory of Bruce D. Hammock, professor of entomology and environmental toxicology. As recipient of the Young Scientist Award, McCutchen receives a plaque and funding for his travel expenses to the annual ACS meeting, which will be held in San Francisco this year, April 5-10. McCutchen will present his paper at the meeting. McCutchen holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in entomology from Texas A&M.