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
Lawrence M Hanks
Professor, Entomology
Chemical ecology and conservation biological control; beetles
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, Entomology
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, Entomology; 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; community ecology; wetlands; Odonata
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
My research and teaching focuses on freshwater ecology and conservation science. Major interests include:
Environmental DNA. I monitor populations and communities with DNA collected from environmental samples.
Invasive species. I extend long-term monitoring of invasive crayfish in the Midwest United States to understand causes and consequences of biological invasions.
Conservation biology. I study rare native species to inform their conservation and management, with an emphasis on endemic crayfish species of western North America.
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; Associate 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
Jeffrey S. Elowe Professor, Entomology and Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior
Ant ecology and behavior; biological invasions
Xuguo (Joe) Zhou
Professor, Entomology; 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
Jeffrey S. Elowe Professor, Entomology and Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior
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
Matthew R. Doremus
Assistant Professor, Entomology
Arthropod-microbe symbioses; heritable symbioses; reproductive manipulation
Dominic Evangelista
Assistant Professor, Entomology
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
Valeria Trivellone
Assistant Research Scientist, Vector Ecology
Insect–pathogen interactions and associations, biodiversity informatics, and host–vector ecology (focused specifically on vector-borne plant pathogens)
Landscape-scale ecology
Brian F Allan
Acting Head and Professor, Entomology; Associate Director for Academic Affairs, SIB
Ecology of infectious diseases
Jason Bried
Assistant Research Scientist, Wetland Ecology
Insect conservation; community ecology; wetlands; Odonata
Carla E Cáceres
Director, School of Integrative Biology and Professor, Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
Population, community and evolutionary ecology; life-history evolution; disease ecology; limnology
Alexandra 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
My research and teaching focuses on freshwater ecology and conservation science. Major interests include:
Environmental DNA. I monitor populations and communities with DNA collected from environmental samples.
Invasive species. I extend long-term monitoring of invasive crayfish in the Midwest United States to understand causes and consequences of biological invasions.
Conservation biology. I study rare native species to inform their conservation and management, with an emphasis on endemic crayfish species of western North America.
Brenda Molano-Flores
Principal Research Scientist, Plant Ecology
Plant-insect interactions; reproductive biology of plants; population biology; conservation biology; restoration
Valeria Trivellone
Assistant Research Scientist, Vector Ecology
Insect–pathogen interactions and associations, biodiversity informatics, and host–vector ecology (focused specifically on vector-borne plant pathogens)
Medical entomology and disease ecology
Brian F Allan
Acting Head and Professor, Entomology; Associate Director for Academic Affairs, SIB
Ecology of infectious diseases
Christopher Michael Stone
Associate Research Scientist, Medical Entomology
Ecology of infectious diseases; mosquitos; ticks
Valeria Trivellone
Assistant Research Scientist, Vector Ecology
Insect–pathogen interactions and associations, biodiversity informatics, and host–vector ecology (focused specifically on vector-borne plant pathogens)
Agricultural entomology
Christopher H Dietrich
Systematic Entomology, Section Leader
Insect systematics; evolution, biodiversity, and conservation of leafhoppers and related insects
Valeria Trivellone
Assistant Research Scientist, Vector Ecology
Insect–pathogen interactions and associations, biodiversity informatics, and host–vector ecology (focused specifically on vector-borne plant pathogens)
Aquatic entomology
Jason Bried
Assistant Research Scientist, Wetland Ecology
Insect conservation; community ecology; wetlands; Odonata
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
My research and teaching focuses on freshwater ecology and conservation science. Major interests include:
Environmental DNA. I monitor populations and communities with DNA collected from environmental samples.
Invasive species. I extend long-term monitoring of invasive crayfish in the Midwest United States to understand causes and consequences of biological invasions.
Conservation biology. I study rare native species to inform their conservation and management, with an emphasis on endemic crayfish species of western North America.
Jason Lesley Robinson
Associate Research Scientist, Entomology
Biogeography; caddisflies; bumble bees; conservation