Ithaca Faculty and Academic Staff

• Nick Calderone  Associate Professor; Ohio State Univ., 1988. Apiculture; host-parasite interactions; insect population genetics; sociobiology.
• Bryan Danforth  Associate Professor; Univ. of Kansas, 1991. Morphology and systematics of solitary and social bees; behavioral ecology.
• John Ewer  Associate Professor; Brandeis Univ., 1991. Insect behavior; insect genetics, insect development.
• Cole Gilbert  Associate Professor; Univ. of Kansas, 1986. Insect behavior; insect physiology.
• Ann Hajek  Professor; U.C., Berkeley, 1984. Insect pathology; biological control and population ecology.
• Laura Harrington  Assistant Professor; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1999. Medical Entomology; mosquito biology; vector-borne disease ecology.
• E. Richard Hoebeke  Senior Extension Associate and Collection Manager/Assistant Curator; Michigan State University, 1973.  Systematics of Coleoptera especially Staphylinidae; exotic pest detection and survey.
• Michael Hoffmann  Professor; U.C., Davis, 1990. IPM of vegetables; biological control and semiochemical development and application.
• Carolyn Klass  Senior Extension Associate; Cornell University, 1971.  Insect pest identification in and around homes, plants.
• Brian P. Lazzaro  Assistant Professor; Penn State University, 2002. Population genetics; Genetic variation in insect immune defenses.
• James Liebherr  Professor and Curator; U.C., Berkeley, 1983. Systematics of Coleoptera especially Carabidae; speciation; biogeography; conservation biology.
• John Losey  Associate Professor; Univ. of Maryland, 1996. Integrated pest management; agroecology; biological control.
• Jan Nyrop  Professor and Department Chair; Michigan State, 1982.  Insect population ecology, biological control, pest risk assessment and crop protection decision making.
• Barbara Peckarsky  Professor Emeritus; Wisconsin, 1979. Aquatic entomology, behavior and community ecology of stream insects.
• David Pimentel  Professor Emeritus; Cornell, 1951. Insect ecology; biological control; population ecology.
• Linda Rayor  Senior Research Associate; University of Kansas at Lawrence, 1987.  Systematics & Ecology, specialty Behavioral Ecology.
• Donald Rutz  Professor; N.C. State Univ., 1977. Veterinary entomology; livestock and poultry IPM, biological control.
• John Sanderson  Associate Professor; U.C., Riverside, 1986. Floricultural entomology; integrated pest management.
• Jeff Scott  Professor; U.C., Riverside, 1985. Insecticide resistance; mechanisms of insecticide action; gene regulation of cytochrome P450s.
• Elson Shields  Professor; Wisconsin, 1984. Integrated pest management; population ecology; computer applications in agriculture.
• Maurice Tauber Graduate School Professor. U. C., Berkeley 1966. Biological Control, Behavioral Ecology of Predators & Parasitoids, Evolution of Insect Seasonal Cycles
• Jennifer Thaler  Associate Professor; U.C., Davis, 1999. Insect ecology.
• Ward Tingey  Professor; Arizona, 1972. Plant resistance to insects; pest management of insects on potatoes.
• Paul Weston Senior Research Associate; Michigan State University, 1986. Woody ornamental entomology, integrated pest management, insect/plant interactions.