Faculty
Professor
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Ph.D. Cornell University
Insect population ecology; biological control; ecology of invading species; insect-plant interactions; sustainable agriculture.
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Colorado State University
Community and Landscape Ecology of Native Bees, Restoration Ecology
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Ph.D. Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
Insect reproduction; fat body metabolism; hormonal control of gene expression; genetics of insect cells in culture; gene amplification; DNA mediated gene transfer; identification of regulatory sequences in insect genes; mechanisms of insecticide resistance.
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Ph.D. U of California, Davis.
Biological Control, Natural Enemy Ecology
Professor
Ph.D. Clemson University, 1985
Systematics and biogeography of neotropical Trichoptera; aquatic entomology; biodiversity; biogeography; museum administration and management
Professor and Extension Entomologist
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1984.
Insect population dynamics; area-wide IPM and IRM for genetically engineered crops; landscape design for IPM, invasive species, cost-effective sampling programs.
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Purdue University, 1998.
Urban and Stored Product Entomology
Associate Professor, Extension Entomologist, and Director of Graduate Studies
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Integrated pest management; applied ecology
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Maryland
Plant-insect interaction; plant response to insect, pathogen, and abiotic stresses; extension insect pest management in residential environments; landscape and structural entomology
Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Insect microbiology; physiology of insect-microbial interactions; physiology, metabolism and genetics of insect cells and pathogens in culture
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of California
Insect functional genomics, host-microbe interactions and symbiosis, parasitoids, evolution
Professor and Extension Entomologist
Ph.D. Oregon State U.
Integrated Pest Management, Small Grains, Biological Control, GIS
Professor
Ada Comstock Distinguished Women Scholar
Ph.D. University of Oregon
Insect neurobiology and behavior; hormonal control of neural development during metamorphosis; characterization of neural circuitry by electrophysiological and anatomical studies. Mesce Lab
Professor
DVM, Ph.D. Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
Cellular and molecular relationship between tick-borne pathogens and their vectors, and mammalian hosts; medical and entomological aspects of vector-borne pathogens
Professor and Extension Entomologist
Ph.D. Iowa State University
Integrated pest management in corn and soybeans, Transgenic Plants
Department Head, Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 1991, Entomology
IPM and Pollination Entomologist
MacArthur Fellow (2010)
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Ph.D. University of Kansas
Apiculture: behavior, ecology, genetics and breeding of honey bees; native bees and social insects
Additional Graduate Faculty
Assistant Professor, Applied Ecology
Evolutionary and behavioral ecology of insects focusing on applications to invasion biology and biological control
Susan Palchick
Adjunct Associate Professor
Hennepin County Community Health
1011 First St. S. Ste #215
Hopkins, MN 55343
Phone: (952) 351-5205
Luke Skinner
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Invasive Species Program Supervisor Minn. Dept. of Natural Resource
Ph.D., University of Minnesota 2004
Adjunct Associate Professor
Director, Minn. Invasive Terrestrial Plant & Pest Center
Research Biologist
USDA-Forest Service
