Faculty

Forest entomology including invasive species and climate change; ecological statistics

Conservation and restoration of native, wild bee communities, pollinator services

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. 

Mosquito physiology, molecular biology and biochemistry, mosquito cell culture, Wolbachia

Parasitoid biology, biological control, conservation, Galapagos

Sustainable IPM, fruit & vegetable crops, areawide pest suppression, Bt resistance management

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.

Integrated pest management, crops pests, remote sensing, insecticde resistance, host plant resistance, biological control, sampling

Conservation biocontrol, insecticide toxicity, pesticide use and safety, IPM programs for pests in landscapes and greenhouses

Functional and evolutionary genomics, reproduction, host-microbe interactions

Integrated pest management, spatial & temporal distribution and population dynamics of insects, remote sensing, spatial aspects of pesticide resistance.

Neurobiology of arthropods and annelids, dopamine neuromodulation, electrophysiology, optical imaging

Pedagogy and curriculum development, insect systematics and biogeography, sustainable insect systems

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

Integrated pest management, row crop insect pests, insecticide resistance management, transgenic Bt crops, host plant resistance, sampling techniques, population genetics, mechanisms of insect resistance