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Cornell University Department of Entomology

Faculty & Senior Academic Staff


Anurag Agrawal


Associate Professor
Joint Appointment - Entomology & Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
U.C. Davis, 1999
Insect ecology and insect behavior
aa337@cornell.edu
http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/agrawal/index.html


Nicholas Calderone


Associate Professor
nwc4@cornell.edu
http://www.masterbeekeeper.org


Bryan N. Danforth


Professor
University of Kansas, 1991
Morphology and systematics of solitary and social bees; behavioral ecology
bnd1@cornell.edu
http://www.danforthlab.entomology.cornell.edu/


Angela Douglas


Daljit S. & Elaine Sarkaria Professor of Insect Physiology & Toxicology
University of Aberdeen, 1981

Nutritional physiology, molecular physiology, insect-microbial interactions, insect-plant interactions, aphids

Websites:
Douglas Lab Website
Sarkaria Institute of Insect Physiology and Toxicology
Acyrthosiphon pisum EST Database
Buchnera and allied symbiotic bacteria genome database
aes326@cornell.edu


Paul Feeny


Professor
Joint Appointment - Entomology & Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of Oxford, 1966
Chemical ecology; herbivorous insects
ppf1@cornell.edu
http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/feeny/feeny.html


Ron Gardner


Senior Extension Associate

Entomology/Pesticide Management Education Program

M.S. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 1981


rdg5@cornell.edu


Cole Gilbert


Associate Professor

University of Kansas, 1986
Insect Behavior; insect physiology


cg23@cornell.edu


Ann E. Hajek


Professor
Ann Hajek's page:
http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/public/IthacaCampus/People/FacultyStaff/Hajek.html
Hajek Lab web page (Research and Lab Members):
http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/public/IthacaCampus/ProgramPages/Hajek.html

University of California, Berkeley, 1984
Insect pathology; biological control and population ecology
aeh4@cornell.edu


Laura C. Harrington


Associate Professor
lch27@cornell.edu
http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Faculty_Staff/Harrington


E. Richard Hoebeke


Senior Extension Associate
Michigan State University, 1973
Systematics of Coleoptera especially Staphylinidae; exotic pest detection and survey
erh2@cornell.edu


Michael P. Hoffmann


Professor
University of California, Davis, 1990
IPM of vegetables; biological control and semichemical development and application
mph3@cornell.edu


Carolyn Klass


Senior Extension Associate
Cornell University, 1971
Insect pest identification in and around homes, plants
ck20@cornell.edu
http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/IDL


Brian Paul Lazzaro


Associate Professor
Penn State University, 2002
Population genetics; Genetic variation in insect immune defenses
bl89@cornell.edu
http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Lazzaro


James K. Liebherr


Professor & Curator
University of California, Berkeley, 1983. Systematics of Coleoptera especially Carabidae; speciation; biogeography; conservation biology.
jkl5@cornell.edu
http://www.cornell.edu/CUIC


John Losey


Associate Professor
University of Maryland, 1996. Integrated pest management; agroecology; biological control.
jel27@cornell.edu


Barbara L. Peckarsky


Professor Emeritus
Wisconsin, 1979. Aquatic entomology, behavior and community ecology of stream insects.
blp1@cornell.edu


David Pimentel


Professor Emeritus
Cornell, 1951. Insect ecology; biological control; population ecology.
dp18@cornell.edu


Linda S. Rayor


Senior Research Associate

University of Kansas at Lawrence, 1987. Systematics & Ecology, specialty Behavioral Ecology.


lsr1@cornell.edu
http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Rayor
http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/NaturalistOutreach


Donald A. Rutz


Professor of Veterinary Entomology; Director, NYS IPM Program
North Carolina State University, 1977. Veterinary entomology; livestock and poultry IPM, biological control.
dar11@cornell.edu


John Phillip Sanderson


Associate Professor of Entomology
University of California, Riverside, 1986. Floricultural entomology; integrated pest management
jps3@cornell.edu


Jeffrey G. Scott


Professor and Department Chair
University of California, Riverside, 1985. Insecticide resistance; mechanisms of insecticide action; gene regulation of cytochrome P450s.
jgs5@cornell.edu
http://www.entomology.cornell.edu/Faculty_Staff/Scott


Elson J. Shields


Professor
University of Wisconsin, 1984. Integrated pest management; population ecology; computer applications in agriculture.
es28@cornell.edu


William Smith


Senior Extension Associate
Entomology/Pesticide Management Education Program

Masters of Professional Studies (MPS), Cornell University, 1978


wgs1@cornell.edu


Catherine A. Tauber


Senior Research Associate
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1967
Systematics of Neuroptera, especially Chrysopidae; speciation
cat6@cornell.edu


Maurice J. Tauber


Graduate School Professor
PhD, University of California, Berkeley 1966. Biological Control, Behavioral Ecology of Predators, Evolution of Insect Seasonal Cycles
mjt4@cornell.edu


Jennifer Thaler


Associate Professor
University of California, Davis, 1999. Insect ecology.
jst37@cornell.edu


Ward M. Tingey


Professor of Entomology
Arizona, 1972. Plant resistance to insects; pest management of insects on potatoes.
wmt2@cornell.edu