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The Field faculty consists of mentors with expertise in a diversity of areas.

 
Arthur M. Agnello Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: IPM, tree fruit insect management, extension entomology.

Dr. Agnello's website

 
 
 
Anurag Agrawal Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Anurag

Research Interests: Insect-plant interactions, evolutionary ecology, coevolution

Dr. Agrawal's website
 
 
 
Gary W. Blissard Scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute

Research Interests: Biology and pathology of viral infections

Dr. Blissard's website

 
 
 
Nicolas Buchon Assistant Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Gut stem cell biology and immunology

Dr. Buchon's website

 
 
 
Nicholas W. Calderone Associate Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Sociobiology, insect behavior, behavioral genetics, honey bee biology

Dr. Calderone's website

 
 
 
Bryan N. Danforth Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Phylogeny, morphology, & molecular systematics of bees, behavioral ecology and sociobiology of bees

Dr. Danforth's website

 
 
 
Angela Douglas

Professor of Entomology
Sarkaria Professor of Insect Physiology and Toxicology

Research Interests: Insect-microbial/insect plant interactions, insect symbioses, insect nutritional physiology and aphids

Dr. Douglas's website

 
 
 
Cole Gilbert Associate Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Insect physiology, insect behavior, arthropod neuroethology

Dr. Gilbert's website

 
 
 
Ann E. Hajek Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Invertebrate pathology, biological control and population ecology

Dr. Hajek's website

 
 
 
Laura C. Harrington Associate Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Medical and veterinary entomology, global health, vector borne disease, mosquito biology and ecology, epidemiology, West Nile virus, Climatology, emerging diseases, public health, GMOs

Dr. Harrington's website

 
 
 
Richard G. Harrison Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Research Interests: Insect molecular population genetics and molecular systematics

Dr. Harrison's website

 
 
 
Michael P. Hoffman Professor of Entomology
CALS Associate Dean

Research Interests: IPM for vegetables, biological control and semiochemical development and application

Dr. Hoffman's website

 
 
 
Ronald R. Hoy Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior

Research Interests: Insect acoustical behavior

Dr. Hoy's website

 
 
 
Georg Jander Associate Scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute

Research Interests: Plant-insect interactions, plant amino acid metabolism

Dr. Jander's website

 
 
 
Andre Kessler Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Research Interests: Molecular and chemical ecology; plant-insect interactions; multitrophic interactions; insect herbivore-induced plant responses to herbivory; mechanisms and ecological consequences

Dr. Kessler's website

 
 
 
Douglas C. Knipple Associate Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Molecular biology and genetics, evolution of gene families that influence insect behavior

Dr. Knipple's website

 
 
 
Brian P. Lazzaro Associate Professor of Entomology
Director of Graduate Studies in Entomology

Research Interests: Evolutionary genetics of insect immune systems and host-pathogen interactions

Dr. Lazzaro's website

 
 
 
James K. Liebherr Professor of Entomology
Curator of the Cornell University Insect Collection

Research Interests: Systematics of Coleoptera especially Carabidae; speciation, biogeography; insects of Hawaii

Dr. Liebherr's website

 
 
 
Charles Linn Senior Research Associate in Entomology

Research Interests: Chemical ecology; pheromone communication; neuroethology; insect behavior

Dr. Linn's website

 
 
 
Gregory Loeb Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Pest management of grape and small fruit crops, plant/insect interactions, biological control

Dr. Loeb's website

 
 
 
John E. Losey Associate Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Integrated pest management, agroecology, biological control, insect conservation biology

Dr. Losey's website

 
 
 
Lindsey Milbrath USDA Research Entomologist

Research Interests: Biological control of invasive plants

Dr. Milbrath's website

 
 
 
Brian A. Nault Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Landscape ecology and vegetable entomology

Dr. Nault's website

 
 
 
Jan P. Nyrop Professor of Entomology
CALS Sr. Associate Dean

Research Interests: Insect population ecology, biological control, pest risk assessment and crop protection decision making

Dr. Nyrop's website

 
 
 
Katja Poveda Assistant Professor of Entomology

Research Interests:Plant-Insect Interactions, Agroecology, Diversification practices, Landscape ecology

Dr. Poveda's website

 
 
 
Alison G. (Sunny) Power Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Research Interests: Insect ecology, IPM, biological control, insect behavior

Dr. Power's website

 
 
 
Robert A. Raguso Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior

Research Interests: Chemical communication between flowers & pollinators; floral chemistry; insect behavior sensory systems

Dr. Raguso's website

 
 
 
Linda S. Rayor Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Associate in Entomology

Research Interests: Behavioral ecology, arachnology, sociality, predation

Dr. Rayor's website

 
 
 
Robert D. Reed Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Research Interests: Evolution of Development

Dr. Reed's website

 
 
 
W. Harvey Reissig Professor of Entomology
Director of PMEP

Research Interests: Insect biology, pest management of insects on fruit

Dr. Reissig's website

 
 
 
Donald A. Rutz Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Veterinary entomology, livestock and poultry IMP, biological control

Dr. Rutz's website

 
 
 
John P. Sanderson Associate Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Biology and management of greenhouse crop pests, IPM, biological control, agricultural acarology

Dr. Sanderson's website

 
 
 
Jeffery G. Scott Professor of Entomology
Chair of the Department of Entomology

Research Interests: Insecticide resistance, mechanisms of insecticide action, gene regulation, sex determination in house flies

Dr. Scott's website

 
 
 
Thomas D. Seeley Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior

Research Interests: Social behavior; behavioral ecology; evolution of social systems

Dr. Seeley's website

 
 
 
Kerry L. Shaw Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior

Research Interests: Speciation, auditory cues in mating

Dr. Shaw's website

 
 
 
Anthony M. Shelton Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Ecology of insects affecting vegetables, insecticide resistance, bioechnology, IPM with emphasis on biological control and host plant resistance

Dr. Shelton's website

 
 
 
Elson J. Shields Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Integrated pest management, population ecology, biological control of soil insects, aerobiology

Dr. Shield's website

 
 
 
David W. Soderlund Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Insecticide toxicology, insect biochemistry

Dr. Soderlund's website

 
 
 
Jennifer S. Thaler Associate Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Insect ecology, insect-plant interactions, and tritrophic interactions

Dr. Thaler's website

 
 
 
Ward M. Tingey Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Plant resistance to insects; vegetable insect management

Dr. Tingey's website

 
 
 
John D. Vandenberg USDA Research Entomologist

Research Interests: Integrated pest management

Dr. Vandenberg's website

 
 
 
Ping Wang Associate Professor of Entomology

Research Interests: Insect biochemistry & molecular biology, molecular basis of insect-plant and insect-pathogen interactions

Dr. Wang's website

 
 
 
Stephen P. Wraight USDA Research Ecologist

Research Interests: Insect pathology, microbially-dervied biological control, integrated pest management

Dr. Wraight's website