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
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

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

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, Director of Graduate Studies

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

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
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, 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
David Ragsdale
Professor Emeritus, Head, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University

Affiliated with Entomology

Name Email
Karen Oberhauser
Professor, Director of The UW Arboretum, University of Wisconsin-Madison
koberhauser@wisc.edu
Susan Palchick
Public Health Director, Hennepin County Public Health
susan.palchick@hennepin.us