Chemical communication and insect-plant interactions Conservation Biology Paleoentomology Behavior, physiology, and genomics of social insects Bioinspiration Molecular evolution, biodiversity, and systematics Landscape-scale ecology Medical entomology and disease ecology Agricultural entomology Aquatic entomology
Chemical communication and insect-plant interactions
May R Berenbaum
Head and Professor, Entomology; Swanlund Endowed Chair; Director, Center for Advanced Study
Interactions between insects and plants; herbivores; pollinators; natural communities and agroecosystems
Aron Katz
Research Biologist, US Army Corps of Engineers, Affiliate, Entomology
Molecular ecology; subterranean biology; evolution; systematics; molecular tools for wildlife management and conservation (e.g., environmental DNA analysis, DNA barcoding, phylogenetics, population genetics)
Brenda Molano-Flores
Principal Research Scientist, Plant Ecology
Plant-insect interactions; reproductive biology of plants; population biology; conservation biology; restoration
Esther Ndumi Ngumbi
Assistant Professor
Chemical signals (both volatile and non-volatile) by herbivores, natural enemies, plants, and associated microorganisms and insects; beneficial soil microbes; improving crop production; alleviating drought stress; sustainable pest management; using model tritrophic systems
Xuguo (Joe) Zhou
Professor; Kearns, Metcalf and Flint Endowed Chair
Behavioral- and socio- genomics in eusocial termites; regulatory issues and technical challenges of RNAi-based biopesticides; insect-plant-pathogen multitrophic interactions
Conservation biology
Jason Bried
Assistant Research Scientist, Wetland Ecology
Insect conservation (prioritization, monitoring, vulnerability), metacommunity ecology, odonata; wetlands; bioindicators
Christopher H Dietrich
Systematic Entomology, Section Leader
Insect systematics; evolution, biodiversity, and conservation of leafhoppers and related insects
Aron Katz
Research Biologist, US Army Corps of Engineers, Affiliate, Entomology
Molecular ecology; subterranean biology; evolution; systematics; molecular tools for wildlife management and conservation (e.g., environmental DNA analysis, DNA barcoding, phylogenetics, population genetics)
Eric R Larson
Associate Professor
Conservation science; environmental DNA; freshwater ecology; invasive species; species distribution modeling
Jason Lesley Robinson
Associate Research Scientist, Entomology
Biogeography; caddisflies; bumble bees; conservation
Paleoentomology
Christopher H Dietrich
Systematic Entomology, Section Leader
Insect systematics; evolution, biodiversity, and conservation of leafhoppers and related insects
Behavior, physiology, and genomics of social insects
Adam Gregory Dolezal
Director of Graduate Studies; Assistant Professor, Entomology
Environmental stressors; bee health
Gene E Robinson
Professor, Entomology; Director, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology; Swanlund Endowed Chair
Insect social behavior; genomics
Andrew Suarez
Acting Director, School of Integrative Biology; Professor, Entomology
Ant ecology and behavior; biological invasions
Xuguo (Joe) Zhou
Professor; Kearns, Metcalf and Flint Endowed Chair
Behavioral- and socio- genomics in eusocial termites; regulatory issues and technical challenges of RNAi-based biopesticides; insect-plant-pathogen multitrophic interactions
Bioinspiration
Andrew Suarez
Acting Director, School of Integrative Biology; Professor, Entomology
Ant ecology and behavior; biological invasions
Molecular evolution, biodiversity, and systematics
May R Berenbaum
Head and Professor, Entomology; Swanlund Endowed Chair; Director, Center for Advanced Study
Interactions between insects and plants; herbivores; pollinators; natural communities and agroecosystems
Christopher H Dietrich
Systematic Entomology, Section Leader
Insect systematics; evolution, biodiversity, and conservation of leafhoppers and related insects
Dominic Evangelista
Assistant Professor
Tropical insect biodiversity; molecular systematics; phylogenomics; bioinformatics; evolutionary history; cockroaches; evolution of wings and other phenotypes
Aron Katz
Research Biologist, US Army Corps of Engineers, Affiliate, Entomology
Molecular ecology; subterranean biology; evolution; systematics; molecular tools for wildlife management and conservation (e.g., environmental DNA analysis, DNA barcoding, phylogenetics, population genetics)
Mary A Schuler
Professor
Molecular biology, biochemistry and genomics; pre-mRNA processing; P450 monooxygenases
Landscape-scale ecology
Brian F Allan
Associate Director for Academic Affairs, School of Integrative Biology; Professor, Entomology
Ecology of infectious diseases
Jason Bried
Assistant Research Scientist, Wetland Ecology
Insect conservation (prioritization, monitoring, vulnerability), metacommunity ecology, odonata; wetlands; bioindicators
Carla E Cáceres
On Sabbatical; Director, School of Integrative Biology and Professor, Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
Population, community and evolutionary ecology; life-history evolution; disease ecology; limnology
Alexandra Nicole Harmon-Threatt
Director of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor, Entomology
Pollination ecology; conservation; restoration
Aron Katz
Research Biologist, US Army Corps of Engineers, Affiliate, Entomology
Molecular ecology; subterranean biology; evolution; systematics; molecular tools for wildlife management and conservation (e.g., environmental DNA analysis, DNA barcoding, phylogenetics, population genetics)
Eric R Larson
Associate Professor
Conservation science; environmental DNA; freshwater ecology; invasive species; species distribution modeling
Brenda Molano-Flores
Principal Research Scientist, Plant Ecology
Plant-insect interactions; reproductive biology of plants; population biology; conservation biology; restoration
Medical entomology and disease ecology
Brian F Allan
Associate Director for Academic Affairs, School of Integrative Biology; Professor, Entomology
Ecology of infectious diseases
Agricultural entomology
Christopher H Dietrich
Systematic Entomology, Section Leader
Insect systematics; evolution, biodiversity, and conservation of leafhoppers and related insects
Aquatic entomology
Jason Bried
Assistant Research Scientist, Wetland Ecology
Insect conservation (prioritization, monitoring, vulnerability), metacommunity ecology, odonata; wetlands; bioindicators
Ralph Edward Dewalt
Associate Research Scientist, Aquatic Entomology
Aquatic entomology; Plecoptera; caddisflies
Aron Katz
Research Biologist, US Army Corps of Engineers, Affiliate, Entomology
Molecular ecology; subterranean biology; evolution; systematics; molecular tools for wildlife management and conservation (e.g., environmental DNA analysis, DNA barcoding, phylogenetics, population genetics)
Eric R Larson
Associate Professor
Conservation science; environmental DNA; freshwater ecology; invasive species; species distribution modeling
Jason Lesley Robinson
Associate Research Scientist, Entomology
Biogeography; caddisflies; bumble bees; conservation