| Name | Areas of Interest | |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Aukema Professor |
Forest entomology including invasive species and climate change; ecological statistics |
BrianAukema@umn.edu |
| Dan Cariveau Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies |
Conservation and restoration of native, wild bee communities, pollinator services |
dcarivea@umn.edu |
| Benjamin Cull Research Assistant Professor |
My research interests include vector biology and ecology, vector surveillance, enzootic cycles of vector-borne disease, and host-pathogen-vector interactions, with a focus on ticks and tick-borne diseases. |
cull0122@umn.edu |
| Ann Fallon Distinguished McKnight University Professor |
Mosquito physiology, molecular biology and biochemistry, mosquito cell culture, Wolbachia |
fallo002@umn.edu |
| George Heimpel Distinguished McKnight University Professor |
Parasitoid biology, biological control, conservation, Galapagos |
heimp001@umn.edu |
| William Hutchison Professor & Extension Entomologist, ESA Fellow |
Sustainable IPM, fruit & vegetable crops, areawide pest suppression, Bt resistance management |
hutch002@umn.edu |
| 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. |
kells002@umn.edu |
| Robert Koch Professor, Extension Entomologist |
Integrated pest management, crops pests, remote sensing, insecticde resistance, host plant resistance, biological control, sampling |
koch0125@umn.edu |
| Vera Krischik Associate Professor, Extension Entomologist |
Conservation biocontrol, insecticide toxicity, pesticide use and safety, IPM programs for pests in landscapes and greenhouses |
krisc001@umn.edu |
| Amelia Lindsey Assistant Professor |
Functional and evolutionary genomics, reproduction, host-microbe interactions |
alindsey@umn.edu |
| Ian MacRae Professor & Extension Entomologist |
Integrated pest management, spatial & temporal distribution and population dynamics of insects, remote sensing, spatial aspects of pesticide resistance. |
imacrae@umn.edu |
| Karen Mesce Professor |
Neurobiology of arthropods and annelids, dopamine neuromodulation, electrophysiology, optical imaging |
mesce001@umn.edu |
| Matt Petersen Teaching Associate Professor |
Pedagogy and curriculum development, insect systematics and biogeography, sustainable insect systems |
pet03207@umn.edu |
| Sujaya Rao Department Head & Professor |
Sustainable IPM in cropping systems, behavior and ecology of native bees in agricultural and natural landscapes, entomophagy Why we should all eat bugs - TEDx Minneapolis |
sujaya@umn.edu |
| Marla Spivak Distinguished McKnight Professor |
Honey bee social immunity, behavior, breeding |
spiva001@umn.edu |
| Fei Yang Assistant Professor & Extension Entomologist |
Integrated pest management, row crop insect pests, insecticide resistance management, transgenic Bt crops, host plant resistance, sampling techniques, population genetics, mechanisms of insect resistance |
Yang8905@umn.edu |
Additional Graduate Faculty
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Matt Aliota Assistant Professor (Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences) |
mtaliota@umn.edu |
| Mark Asplen Associate Professor, Department Chair (Department of Natural Sciences, Metropolitan State University) |
mark.asplen@metrostate.edu |
| Elizabeth Borer Professor (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior) |
borer@umn.edu |
| Jonathan Oliver Assistant Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences |
joliver@umn.edu |
| Mary Rogers Associate Professor (Horticulture) |
roge0168@umn.edu |
| Declan Schroeder Associate Professor (Veterinary Population Medicine) |
dcschroe@umn.edu |
| Emilie Snell Rood Associate Professor (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior) |
emilies@umn.edu |
| Robin Thomson Curator, Insect Collection |
thom1514@umn.edu |
| Rob Venette Adjunct Associate Professor, Director, Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plant & Pest Center , Research Biologist |
venet001@umn.edu |
| Mingzi Xu Assistant Professor (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior) |
xu000574@umn.edu |
| Marlene Zuk Regents Professor Ecology, Evolution and Behavior |
mzuk@umn.edu |
Emeritus Faculty
| Name | |
|---|---|
| David Andow Professor Emeritus, Distinguished McKnight University Professor |
dandow@umn.edu |
| Mark Ascerno Professor Emeritus |
mascerno@umn.edu |
| Ralph Holzenthal Professor Emeritus |
holze001@umn.edu |
| Tim Kurtti Professor Emeritus |
kurtt001@umn.edu |
| Roger Moon Professor Emeritus |
rdmoon@umn.edu |
| Ulrike Munderloh Professor Emeritus |
munde001@umn.edu |
| Ken Ostlie Professor Emeritus and Extension Entomologist |
ostli001@umn.edu |
| David Ragsdale Professor Emeritus, Head, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University |