| Name | Areas of Interest | |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Aukema Professor |
Forest entomology including invasive species and climate change; ecological statistics |
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| Cristian Beza-Beza Assistant Professor |
Studying the causes and consequences of trophic specialization and the evolution of new phenotypes, particularly in highly specialized clades like the saproxylophagous (wood-feeding) beetles of the family Passalidae. |
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| Dan Cariveau Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies |
Conservation and restoration of native, wild bee communities, pollinator services |
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| Benjamin Cull Research Assistant Professor |
Biology and ecology of ticks/mosquitoes; vector & vector-borne pathogen surveillance; host-pathogen-vector interactions; effects of endosymbionts on tick biology |
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| Ann Fallon Professor |
Cell culture, genetic transformation, microbiology, and insect reproduction |
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| George Heimpel Distinguished McKnight University Professor |
Parasitoid biology, biological control, and biodiversity conservation
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| Jeremy Hemberger Assistant Professor |
Insect responses to global change, ecoinformatics and big data in entomology, agroecology, insect monitoring |
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| Stephen Kells Professor, Extension Entomologist, Board Certified Entomologist in: Urban & Industrial Entomology, Medical Veterinary Entomology |
Improving Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs in residential, commercial, and industrial structures for better prevention and control of pests such as bed bugs, cockroaches, rodents, and stored product pests. |
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| Robert Koch Professor, Extension Entomologist |
Integrated pest management, crops pests, remote sensing, insecticde resistance, host plant resistance, biological control, sampling |
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| Vera Krischik Associate Professor, Extension Specialist Landscapes, Nurseries, Turf |
IPM, biocontrol nursery, greenhouse, conservation pollinators and beneficial insects |
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| Amelia Lindsey Assistant Professor |
Host-microbe interactions, reproduction, functional and evolutionary genomics |
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| Ian MacRae Professor |
IPM, spatio-temporal distribution, PVY, and resistance management |
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| Karen Mesce Professor |
Neurobiology of arthropods and annelids, dopamine neuromodulation, electrophysiology, optical imaging |
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| Matt Petersen Teaching Associate Professor |
Pedagogy and curriculum development, insect systematics and biogeography, sustainable insect systems |
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| Fei Yang Assistant Professor, Extension Entomologist |
Integrated pest management; insecticide resistance management; transgenic Bt crops; Corn insects |
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Additional Graduate Faculty
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Matt Aliota Assistant Professor (Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences) |
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| Mark Asplen Associate Professor, Department Chair (Department of Natural Sciences, Metropolitan State University) |
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| Elizabeth Borer Professor (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior) |
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| Jonathan Oliver Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences |
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| Mary Rogers Associate Professor |
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| Declan Schroeder Associate Professor (Veterinary Population Medicine) |
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| Emilie Snell Rood Associate Professor (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior) |
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| Robin Thomson Curator, Insect Collection |
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| Rob Venette Adjunct Associate Professor, Director, Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plant & Pest Center , Research Biologist |
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| Mingzi Xu Assistant Professor (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior) |
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| Marlene Zuk Regents Professor Ecology, Evolution and Behavior |
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Emeritus Faculty
| Name | |
|---|---|
| David Andow Professor Emeritus, Distinguished McKnight University Professor |
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| Mark Ascerno Professor Emeritus |
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| Ralph Holzenthal Professor Emeritus |
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| William Hutchison Professor Emeritus |
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| Tim Kurtti Professor Emeritus |
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| Roger Moon Professor Emeritus |
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| Ulrike Munderloh Professor Emeritus |
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| Ken Ostlie Professor Emeritus and Extension Entomologist |
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| David Ragsdale Professor Emeritus, Head, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University |
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| Sujaya Rao Professor Emeritus |
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| Marla Spivak Professor Emeritus |
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