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    • IPM & Biological Control of Agricultural, Urban & Forest Pests
    • Ecology, Conservation, Restoration, Climate Change >
      • Pollinator Science and Apiculture
    • Evolution, Systematics and Evo-Devo
    • Genetics & Genomics and Medical Entomology
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Graduate Student Alumni


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Grace Anderson, MS, 2017, Shultz Lab
Research: Revision of the North American Harvestman Genus Hadrobunus (Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae)



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Ebony Argaez, MS, 2023, Pick Lab
Research: Assessing the susceptibility of rna interference in the milkweed bug, oncopeltus fasciatus (hemiptera)

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Alec Armstrong, PhD, 2022, MEES, Palmer Lab
Research: Relating biogeochemistry to hydrologic connectivity in stream and wetland ecosystems with a particular focus on organic matter dynamics.

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Arielle Arsenault-Benoit, PhD, 2023, Fritz Lab
Research: ​Urbanization and landscape heterogeneity influence in culex species ecology and genetics in Eastern North America

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Lindsay Barranco, MS, 2024, vanEngelsdorp Lab
Research: 
EVALUATING SOLITARY BEE NESTING PREFERENCE: DOES THE GROUND COVER MATTER?


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Olivia Bernauer, MS, 2017, vanEngelsdorp Lab
Research: The Maryland Native Pollinator Survey: combining Citizen Scientists with a specimen collection to determine the floral preferences of Maryland’s native pollinators.


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Maira Bezerra, PhD, 2017, MEES, Palmer Lab​
Research: Sugarcane agriculture as an agent of geomorphic change and stream degradation in Brazil. 

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Elizabeth Brandt, MS, Hawthorne Lab
Research: The genetics of insect detoxification pathways, specifically honey bees and the upstream detoxification gene regulator Nrf2.

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Mercedes Burns, PhD, 2014, BEES, Shultz Lab
Research: Phylogenetic Exploration of Mating System Evolution in the Eastern North American Leiobunine Harvestmen (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae)

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Mengyao Chen, MS, 2018, Pick Lab
Research: ​Evolution of segmentation genes  in non-holometabolous insects.

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Peter Coffey, MS, 2018, Hooks Lab
​​Research: Can cover crop residues seuppress pests and improve yield in eggplant?

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Crystal Cooke-McEwen, PhD, 2018, Mitter Lab
​Research:
Forest micro-hymenoptera, including those attacking trees (cynipidae oak gall wasps) and those potentially defending them (parasitic pteromalidae).

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Brock Couch, MS, 2019, BEES, Lamp Lab
​Research: Biological connectivity of wetland and stream habitats on the Delmarva Peninsula using aquatic macroinvertebrates.

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Maria Cramer, PhD, 2024, Hamby Lab
Research: UNDERSTANDING NON-TARGET INSECTICIDE IMPACTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN FIELD CORN

Aditi Dubey
Aditi Dubey, PhD, 2020, Hamby Lab
Research: ​Evaluating the potential benefits and long-term sustainability of neonicotinoid seed treatments in mid-atlantic grain crop production

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Becca Eckert, PhD, 2020, Lamp Lab
Research: Leaf-associated periphyton in heterotrophic streams: Effect on macroinvertebrate assemblages and growth.

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Steve Epting, MS, MEES, Palmer Lab
Research: Using landscape metrics to predict hydrologic connectivity patterns between forested wetlands and streams in a coastal plain watershed.

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Rosemary Fanelli, PhD, 2016, MEES, Palmer Lab
​Research: Effects of urbanization and infiltration-based watershed restoration on the hydro-ecology of headwater streams.  

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​Max Ferlauto, PhD, 2024, Burghardt Lab 
Research: THE EFFECTS OF LEAF LITTER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON OVERWINTERING INSECT COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION: IMPACTS AND APPLICATIONS IN RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPES

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Matthew Fischer (he/him), PhD, 2022, MOCB, Pick Lab
Research: Quantifying the relative contribution and furthering qualitative understanding of ftz cis-regulatory elements in Drosophila melanogaster

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Alexander Forde, BEES, Gruner Lab
Research: Community ecology, multi-trophic interactions, ecological effects of biodiversity.

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Andrew Garavito, MS, 2017, vanEngelsdorp Lab​
Research: Pollen Nutrition, Pesticides, and Pathogens: Interactive Effects on Honey Bee Health.

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Ryan Gott, PhD, 2016, Lamp/Hawthorne Lab
Research: Tying the molecular to the ecological: Gene expression as a biomarker of exposure in the amphipod Hyalella azteca.

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Jessica Grant, MS, 2016,  Lamp Lab
Research: Phenology and Cold Tolerance of Megacopta cribraria: An Invasive Soybean Pest at its Northern Limit.

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Eric Hartel, MS, 2024, vanEnglesdorp Lab
Research: 
PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN BEESWAX PREDICT THE OCCURRENCE OF VARROA WITH ALLELES THAT CONFER AMITRAZ RESISTANCE

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Maggie Hartman, MS, 2024, Lamp Lab 
Research: ​ODONATA SPECIES COMPOSITION IN AGROECOSYSTEMS: PRELIMINARY SURVEYS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON POTENTIAL FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ON FARMS

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Jackie Hoban, MS, 2017, Shrewsbury Lab
Research: Effect of habitat factors and host plant on natural enemies of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) and implications for biological control. 

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Kelly Hondula, PhD, 2021, MEES, Palmer Lab
Research: Links between hydrology and carbon cycling in forested wetlands


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Jake Hosen, PhD, 2015, MEES, Palmer Lab
Research: Alterations to headwater stream microbial communities and carbon cycling in response to environmental change.

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Lauren Hunt, MS, 2016, Hooks Lab
Research: Influence of a native insectary plant, Chamaecrista fasciculata (Michx.) on organic field corn and arthropod communities.

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Kristin Jayd, MS, 2023, Burghardt Lab 
​Research: A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD TO RAISE A BROOD: TREE SPECIES DIVERSITY DECREASES PERIODICAL CICADA OVIPOSITION AND TREE FLAGGING RESPONSE

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Ana Jesovnik, PhD, 2016, Mitter Lab
Research: Taxonomy, phylogenomics, and natural history of the fungus-farming ant genus Sericomyrmex.

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Cora Ann Johnston, PhD, 2016, BEES, Gruner Lab
Research: Marine community assembly in a dynamic ecotone. 

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Hanna Kahl, MS, 2017, Hooks Lab
Research: Using living mulch and wolf spiders to manage arthropods in cucumber.

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Anna Kottkamp, MS, 2019, MEES, Palmer Lab
Research: Organic matter biogeochemistry of terrestrial-wetland interfaces. 


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Lisa Kuder, MS, 2023, vanEngelsdorp Lab
Research: 
EVALUATING INTEGRATED VEGETATION MANAGEMENT (IVM) TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE POLLINATOR HABITAT​

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Kelly Kulhanek, PhD, 2020, vanEngelsdorp Lab
Research: Characterizing effectiveness of and obstacles to best beekeeping management practices 


Dylan Kutz
Dylan Kutz, MS, 2020, Lamp Lab
Research:Agricultural drainage ditches as sources of beneficial spiders to enhance conservation biocontrol in adjacent croplands

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Zachary Lamas, PhD, 2022, Hawthorne Lab
Research: Studying the feeding behavior of Varroa destructor mites.


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Alan Leslie, PhD, 2014, Lamp Lab
Research: The diversity of burrowing benthic invertebrates and their impact on phosphorus dynamics in agricultural drainage ditches.

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Maggie Lewis, PhD, 2020, Hamby Lab
Research:  Evaluating the interactions between spotted wing drosophila and its yeast and fungal microbes, as well as improving spotted wing drosophila integrated pest management.

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Brian Lovett, PhD, 2019, St. Leger Lab
Research: Mycology and genetics in agricultural and vector biology systems, currently analyzing mycorrhizal interactions in agricultural systems, the transcriptomics of malaria vector mosquitoes, and the genomes of entomopathogenic fungi.

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Gussie Maccracken, PhD, 2020, Shultz Lab
Research: Plant-arthropod associations of southern laramidia during the campanian (late cretaceous)

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​Mintong Nan, PhD, 2024, St. Leger Lab
Research: EXAMINING INTERACTIONS AMONG FUNGAL INFECTION, SLEEP, AND HOST DEFENSE IN POPULATIONS OF WORLDWIDE, SLEEP INBRED PANEL, ANDMUTANT DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

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Mayda Nathan, PhD, 2020, Gruner Lab
Research: ​Plant-insect interactions in a shifting coastal ecosystem: Avicennia germinans and its associated arthropods

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Lasair M. Ní Chochlain, MS, 2024, Hamby Lab
Research: ​Understanding and predicting the effects of climate change on IPM of soybean and other crops

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Anna Noreuil, MS, 2020, Fritz Lab
Research: ​Studies on host-seeking behavior and differential chemosensory gene expression in above- and below-ground Culex pipiens

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Demian Nunez, MS, 2022, Hooks Lab
Research: Studying the potential biocontrol benefits of intercropping row crops with perennial ground cover in order to increase the natural abundance of ground predators such as wolf spiders.

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Eva Perry, MS, 2024, Burghardt Lab
Research: ​
Tree genetics and greenspace management intensity influence urban tree insect communities, damage, and foliar traits

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Maddie Potter (she/her), MS, 2023. Shrewsbury Lab
Research: ​Elucidating factors to improve biological control of Halyomorpha halys by egg parasitoids

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​Samuel Ramsey, PhD, 2018, vanEngelsdorp Lab​
Research: Novel adaptations in morphology, development, and nutrient acquisition for host exploitation in the mesostigmatid honey bee parasite varroa destructor. 

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Katie Reding, PhD, 2024, Pick Lab
Research: ​USING CRISPR/CAS9 TO FUNCTIONALLY DISSECT BLIMP1, A NEWLY IDENTIFIED PAIR-RULE GENE IN THE HEMIPTERAN ONCOPELTUS FASCIATUS

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Armando Rosario-Lebron, MS, 2016, Hooks Lab
​Research: The effect of barley cover crop residue and herbicide management on the arthropod community in no-till soybeans.

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Justin Rosenthal, PhD, 2021, Yaun/Pick Lab
Research: Using the Drosophila larval visual circuit as a model to determine how synaptic activity influences development of the postysnapse in central neurons.

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​Andrew Sensenig, PhD, 2009, Shultz Lab
Research: Elastic Sclerites and Hydraulics in Arachnid Locomotion.

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Huiyu Sheng (she/her), PhD, 2024 St. Leger Lab
Research: ​THE EVOLUTIONARY TRAJECTORY OF METARHIZIUM ROBERTSII ENDOPHYTIC CAPABILITY AND ENTOMOPATHOGENICITY

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​Ali Shokoohi, MS, 2024, Lamp Lab
Research: ​ENHANCING BIOLOGICAL CONTROL BY GROUND BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE) THROUGH AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE DITCH MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

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Serhat Solmaz, MS, 2021, vanEngelsdorp Lab​
Research: Studying the effects of Nosema cerenae on honey bee pathophysiology

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Elanor Stevens, PhD, 2016, BEES, Lamp Lab
Research: Analysis of macroinvertebrate communities in seasonal wetlands through time, space, and species traits.

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Nathalie Steinhauer, PhD, 2016, vanEngelsdorp Lab
Research: Reducing the risk of honey bee colony loss through beekeeping management practices.

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Graham Stewart (he/him/his), PhD, 2024 Palmer Lab
Research: MECHANISMS REGULATING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND SOIL CARBON STORAGE IN MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN WETLANDS

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Ted Striegel, MS, 2021, Hawthorne Lab
Research: A Survey of bees in the University of Maryland campus area

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Christopher Taylor, PhD, 2016, Mitter/Dively Lab
Research: Understanding the Relationship between the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), and its symbiont, Candidatus Pantoea carbekii, with implications for stink bug management.  

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Elske Tielens, PhD, 2019, BEES, Gruner Lab
Research: Diversity and structure of Metrosideros polymorpha canopy arthropod communities across space and time.

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Morgan Thompson, MS, 2019, Lamp Lab
Research: Evaluating the effect of potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae) feeding on biological nitrogen fixation in alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

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Madvhi Venkatraman, PhD, 2021, BEES, Gruner Lab
Research: Population genomics and adaptation to novel environments in the invasive Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

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Rebecca Wilson, PhD, 2018, Lamp Lab​
Research: Spatial Distribution, Habitat Preference, and Societal Impact of the Nuisance Black Fly, Simulium jennings

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Jie Xiang, PhD, 2017, MOCB, Pick Lab
Research: Dermestes maculatus, a new beetle model system to study segmentation.

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Veronica Yurchak, PhD, 2023, Hooks Lab
Research: ​Evaluating the potential benefits and sustainability of a novel living and dead cover crop mixture in mid-Atlantic crop production

Postdoctoral Associate & Research Faculty Alumni


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Kristopher Abell, Shrewsbury Lab

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Edwin Afful, Hamby Lab 

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Alina Avanesyan, Lamp Lab

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Shweta Basnett, Espíndola Lab

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Katherine Bell, Fritz Lab

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Humberto Boncristiani, vanEngelsdorp Lab

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Amanda Buchanan, Hooks Lab

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Guihua (Grace) Chen​, Hooks Lab

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Bruno Donzelli, St. Leger Lab

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Patricia Graham​, Pick Lab

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Ariela Haber, vanEngelsdorp Lab

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Alys Jarvela, Pick Lab

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Dwayne Joseph, Hooks Lab

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Faith Kung, Pick Lab

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Alan Leslie, Hooks Lab

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Hsiao-Ling Lu, St. Leger Lab

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Holly Martinson, Raupp Lab

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Anastasia Naumenko, Fritz Lab 


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​Schyler Nunziata, Fritz Lab

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Michael Roswell, Espíndola Lab

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Eugene Ryabov, vanEngelsdorp Lab

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Torsten Schöneberg, ​Hamby Lab

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Michael Skvarla, Mitter Lab

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Sean Sharp, Palmer Lab

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Chris Taylor, Hamby Lab

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Kirsten Traynor, vanEngelsdorp Lab

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Robyn Underwood, vanEngelsdorp Lab

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Rebeccah Waterworth, Shrewsbury Lab 

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Department of Entomology 
University of Maryland 
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College Park, MD 20742-4454
USA

Telephone: 301.405.3911 
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      • MS Degree Requirements
      • PhD Degree Requirements
      • Graduate Student Resources
      • Forms for Grad Students
      • Financial Assistance
      • Award & Funding Opportunities
      • Entomology Student Organization
    • Online Masters in Applied Entomology
    • Undergraduate >
      • Entomology Minor
      • Honors Program
  • Research
    • IPM & Biological Control of Agricultural, Urban & Forest Pests
    • Ecology, Conservation, Restoration, Climate Change >
      • Pollinator Science and Apiculture
    • Evolution, Systematics and Evo-Devo
    • Genetics & Genomics and Medical Entomology
  • Extension/Outreach
    • Educational Outreach
    • Insect Camp
    • Insect Drawings
    • Insect Identification
    • Pesticide Education and Assessment Program
    • Plant Diagnostic Laboratory (PDL)