Below is a listing of each faculty member in the Entomology Department with a short description of their current research. More information is available at the individual faculty member's webpage which is linked to their name below. Several faculty members have an additional website specifically for their research programs with links indicated at the end of their research description below.
| Click on name to link to faculty web page. | Department Focus Area |
Research Interests |
| Baker, Tom | Chemical Ecology | Insect pheromones and odor-mediated behavior; neuroethological studies of olfaction identification and development of insect attractants for IPM systems development of olfaction-based biosensors |
| Barbercheck, Mary | Ecological Applications, Disease Ecology and Biology | Sustainable and organic agriculture; Biological soil quality and sustainability; entomopathogenic nematode biology and ecology |
| Bjornstad, Ottar | Disease Ecology and Biology, Ecological Applications | Population ecology and population dynamics with particular emphasis on mathematical and computational aspects |
| Calvin, Dennis | Ecological Applications | Population dynamics, insect-plant interactions, and sampling technology related to insect pest management; modeling of biological systems; effects of climatic uncertainty on insect population dynamics and management |
| Cox-Foster, Diana | Disease Ecology and Biology, Chemical Ecology | Insect biochemistry and physiology; evolutionary development; molecular biology; host/pathogen interactions |
| Cui, Liwang | Disease Ecology and Biology | Molecular parasitology; medical entomology; host-parasite interactions (Molecular Entomology and Parasitology Lab) |
| De Moraes, Consuelo | Chemical Ecology | Tritrophic interactions, biological control, plant signaling, plant insect interactions, plant defenses |
| Felton, Gary | Chemical Ecology | Insect-plant interactions, insect saliva and plant signaling, plant defensive proteins |
| Fleischer, Shelby | Ecological Applications | Insect ecology and management in vegetable agroecosystems (Sweetcorn Monitoring Program) |
| Frazier, Jim | Chemical Ecology | Insect chemoreception; chemically mediated behavior; insect-plant interactions |
| Heller, Paul | Ecological Applications | IPM programs for Christmas trees and Turfgrass; efficacy studies conducted to evaluate conventional, biorational, and experimental formulations to suppress turfgrass insects; and studies with annual bluegrass to develop best management techniques for the golf industry. |
| Hoover, Kelli | Disease Ecology and Biology | Mechanisms of insect resistance to viruses, gut microbial symbionts, tritrophic interactions, microwaves as phytosanitary treatment for wood products |
| Hull, Larry | Ecological Applications | Biology and management of arthropod pests and natural enemies on deciduous tree fruit crops; pesticide resistance management; pheromone mating disruption; evaluation of insecticides/acaricides/biologicals. |
| Kim, Ke Chung (K.C.) | Ecological Applications | Biodiversity science: exploration, documentation, taxonomy/systematics of arthropod biodiversity; biodiversity inventory, assessment and monitoring. Forensic application of entomology. Biology and evolution of infraspecific variations. Ecology and coevolution of animal parasite/host interactions. Impacts of anthropogenic stressor on biodiversity. |
| McPheron, Bruce | Ecological Applications | Insect population genetics; genetics of insecticide resistance; molecular systematics (Population Genetics Lab) |
| Mescher, Mark | Chemical Ecology, Disease Ecology and Biology |
Role of plant volatiles in mediating ecological and evolutionary interactions among plants, insects, and pathogens, co-evolution, and tritrophic interactions |
| Mullin, Chris | Chemical Ecology, Ecological Applications |
Toxicology, molecular mode of action of natural and synthetic toxins, insect gustation, selective biopesticides |
| Ostiguy, Nancy | Ecological Applications | IPM, impact of pesticides on non-target species; sampling strategies |
| Rajotte, Ed | Ecological Applications | IPM, biology of fruit pests, pollination and apiculture |
| Read, Andrew | Disease Ecology and Biology | Ecology and evolutionary genetics of infectious disease (Center For Infectious Disease Dynamics) |
| Saunders, Michael | Ecological Applications | Ecology and IPM of arthropods affecting vineyards; design and development of computer-based systems that capture, formalize, and represent qualitative and quantitative knowledge associated with managed and natural systems |
| Thomas, Matt | Ecological Applications Disease Ecology & Biology |
Ecology and evolution of host-pathogen interactions; invasive species; agrobiodiversity and natural pest control; biological control |
| Tooker, John | Chemical Ecology, Ecological Applications |
Ecology of gall-forming insects and parasitoids, chemical ecology,tritrophic interactions |
| Tumlinson, Jim | Chemical Ecology | Chemicals that affect insect behavior, plant-insect interactions, plant signaling, and plant defenses |
Research Websites:
Honey Bees & Other Pollinators Center For Infectious Disease Dynamics Sweetcorn Monitoring Program/Network |
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