Department of

Faculty

Name	Areas of Interest	Email
Brian Aukema Professor	Forest entomology including invasive species and climate change; ecological statistics	BrianAukema@umn.edu
Dan Cariveau Associate Professor	Conservation and restoration of native, wild bee communities, pollinator services	dcarivea@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, Fellow, ESA	Sustainable IPM, fruit & vegetable crops, areawide pest suppression, Bt resistance management	hutch002@umn.edu
Stephen Kells Professor	IPM in residential, commercial, and industrial structures for improved control of pests such as bed bugs, cockroachs, rodents, and stored product pests	kells002@umn.edu
Robert Koch Associate 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	Conservation biocontrol, insecticide toxicity, pesticide use and safety, IPM programs for pests in landscapes and greenhouses	krisc001@umn.edu
Amelia Lindsey Assistant Professor	Insect functional genomics, host-microbe interactions and symbiosis, Wolbachia, Drosophila, parasitoids	alindsey@umn.edu
Ian MacRae Professor and 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, Director of Graduate Studies	Neurobiology of arthropods and annelids, dopamine neuromodulation, electrophysiology, optical imaging	mesce001@umn.edu
Matt Petersen Teaching Assistant Professor	Pedagogy and curriculum development, insect systematics and biogeography, sustainable insect systems	pet03207@umn.edu
Sujaya Rao Professor and Department Head	Sustainable IPM in cropping systems, behavior and ecology of native bees in agricultural and natural landscapes, entomophagy	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	Email
Matt Aliota Assistant Professor (Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences)	mtaliota@umn.edu
Elizabeth Borer Professor (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior)	borer@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
Marlene Zuk Regents Professor, Associate Dean for Faculty Ecology, Evolution and Behavior	mzuk@umn.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Name	Email
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
Edward Radcliffe Professor Emeritus
David Ragsdale Professor Emeritus, Head, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University

Affiliated with Entomology

Name	Email
Mark Asplen Associate Professor, Department Chair (Department of Natural Sciences, Metropolitan State University)	mark.asplen@metrostate.edu
Roger Blahnik Research Affiliate, Insect Collection
John Luhman Adjunct Assistant Professor (retired)	luhma001@umn.edu
Karen Oberhauser Professor, Director of The UW Arboretum, University of Wisconsin-Madison	koberhauser@wisc.edu
Susan Palchick Adjunct Associate Professor, Director, Hennepin County Public Health	palch002@umn.edu