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
Faculty and Affiliate Research
Chemical communication and insect-plant interactions
May R Berenbaum
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
Co-Director of Graduate Studies, Associate 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
Co-Director of Graduate Studies; Associate Professor, Entomology
Environmental stressors; bee health
Gene E Robinson
Professor, Entomology; Swanlund Endowed Chair; Executive Director and CEO of the Discovery Partners Institute
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
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)
Doris Lagos-Kutz
Assistant Research Scientist
My research encompasses various aspects of insect systematics (morphology and molecular approaches) and ecology. I study systematics of aphids and their interaction with other insects and host plants. Also, my role as project leader of a long-term system of insect monitoring through suction traps gives me opportunities to explore population dynamics of a wide array of insect crop pests, beneficial predators, parasitoids and pollinators, vectors of diseases and other insects to support not only integrated pest management decisions but analyze the changes in the ecosystems.
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
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, SIB; Professor, Entomology, Affiliate Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology
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
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
Doris Lagos-Kutz
Assistant Research Scientist
My research encompasses various aspects of insect systematics (morphology and molecular approaches) and ecology. I study systematics of aphids and their interaction with other insects and host plants. Also, my role as project leader of a long-term system of insect monitoring through suction traps gives me opportunities to explore population dynamics of a wide array of insect crop pests, beneficial predators, parasitoids and pollinators, vectors of diseases and other insects to support not only integrated pest management decisions but analyze the changes in the ecosystems.
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