Faculty
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Amy Brown, Professor, Entomology; Affiliate Professor, Maryland Institute of Applied Environmental Health
PLS 3140 | 301-405-3928 | amybrown@umd.edu Research: Agricultural Pest Management; Pesticide Technology, Assessment, and Policy; Urban, Structural, and Green Industries Pest Management. UMD Extension Pesticide Education & Assessment Program |
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Karin Burghardt, Assistant Professor
PLS 4120A | kburghar@umd.edu Research: plant-insect interactions; maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem processes in human-managed landscapes; above-ground/below-ground interactions; role of plant defenses/top-down control in communities (particularly in combination with global change factors) |
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Anahi Espindola, Assistant Professor
PLS 3138 | 301-405-3920 | anahiesp@umd.edu Research: The effect of the biotic and abiotic environment on individual species, species communities, and inter-species interactions (with a slight preference for pollination) using molecular, geospatial, ecological, and experimental approaches. |
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Megan Fritz, Assistant Professor
PLS 3126 | 301-405-3945 | mfritz13@umd.edu Research: Quantitative and Evolutionary Genomics, Vector Biology and Management, Insect Behavior, Insecticide Resistance. Fritz Lab Page |
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Daniel Gruner, Associate Professor
PLS 4142 | 301-405-3957 | dsgruner@umd.edu Research: Agricultural Pest Management; Ecology/Biological Control; Insect Pathology. Gruner Lab Page JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Post-Doctoral Associate in the Gruner Lab. |
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Kelly Hamby, Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist
PLS 3124 | 301-314-1068 | kahamby@umd.edu Research: Sustainable agroecosystems and integrated pest management. Hamby Lab Page |
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David Hawthorne, Associate Professor
PLS 4132 | 301-405-2401 | djh@umd.edu Research: Agricultural Pest Management; Ecology/Biological Control; Evolutionary Biology; Molecular Biology, Physiology, Toxicology, and Molecular Genetics. |
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Cerruti Hooks, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist
PLS 4144 | 301-405-4728 | crrhooks@umd.edu Research: Agricultural Pest Management; Ecology/Biological Control. Hooks Lab Page |
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William Lamp, Professor
PLS 4138 | 301-405-3959 | lamp@umd.edu Research: Agricultural Pest Management; Ecology/Biological Control; Freshwater and Estuarine Entomology. Lamp Lab Page |
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Charles Mitter, Professor
PLS 4120 | 301-405-0913 | cmitter@umd.edu Research: Ecology/Biological Control; Evolutionary Biology; Systematics/Morphology. Mitter Lab Page |
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Maile Neel, Professor
PLS 6117 | 301-405-9780 | mneel@umd.edu Research: Ecology/Biological Control; Systematics/Morphology. Neel Lab Page |
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Tammatha O'Brien, Senior Lecturer
Research: Molecular genetics and science education. PLS 3118 | 301-405-1305 | tammatha@umd.edu |
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Margaret Palmer, Professor & Director, National Socio-environmental Synthesis Center
PLS 4126 | 301-405-3795 | mpalmer@umd.edu Research: Ecology/Biological Control; Freshwater and Estuarine Entomology. Palmer Lab Page |
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Leslie Pick, Professor & Chair
PLS 4114 | 301-405-3914 | lpick@umd.edu Research: Evolutionary Biology; Molecular Biology, Physiology, Toxicology, and Molecular Genetics; Systematics/Morphology. Pick Lab Page |
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Michael Raupp, Professor
PLS 3104 | 301-405-8478 | mraupp@umd.edu Research: Agricultural Pest Management; Ecology/Biological Control; Insect Pathology; Pesticide Technology, Assessment, and Policy; Urban, Structural, and Green Industries Pest Management. Bug of the Week |
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Leo Shapiro, Lecturer
PLS 3132 | 301-405-3922 | lshapiro@umd.edu Research: Ecology, evolution, and conservation biology. |
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Marcia Shofner, Senior Lecturer
PLS 3148 | 301-405-3938 | mshofner@umd.edu Research: Ecology, diversity, and evolution. |
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Paula Shrewsbury, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist
PLS 3156 | 301-405-7664 | pshrewsbury@umd.edu Research: Agricultural Pest Management; Ecology/Biological Control; Insect Pathology; Pesticide Technology, Assessment, and Policy; Urban, Structural, and Green Industries Pest Management. Shrewsbury Lab Page |
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Jeffrey Shultz, Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
PLS 4134 | 301-405-7519 | jshultz@umd.edu Research: Physiology, Systematics, and Morphology. Shultz Lab Page |
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Raymond St. Leger, Professor
PLS 3120 | 301-405-5402 | stleger@umd.edu Research: Agricultural Pest Management; Ecology/Biological Control; Insect Pathology; Molecular Biology, Physiology, Toxicology, and Molecular Genetics St. Leger Lab Page |
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Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Associate Professor
PLS 3158 | 301-405-3942 | dvane@umd.edu Research: Using an epidemiological approach to understand and improve pollinator health, which involves understanding the etiology of individual diseases and large scale monitoring. Bee Informed Project Page vanEngelsdorp Lab Page |
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Sara Via, Professor
PLS 3149 | 301-405-8941 | svia@umd.edu Research: Currently focused on climate change outreach and extension, though previous work focused on insect-plant interactions in the pea aphid system. Via Lab Page |
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Jian Wang, Associate Professor
PLS 3144 | 301-405-7892 | jianwang@umd.edu Research: Molecular Biology, Physiology, Toxicology, and Molecular Genetics. Wang Lab Page |
Professor Emeritus/Emerita
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Earlene Armstrong, Associate Professor Emerita
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Pedro Barbosa, Professor Emeritus
PLS 3136 | 301-405-3946 | pbarbosa@umd.edu Research: Agricultural Pest Management; Ecology/Biological Control Barbosa Lab Page |
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Galen Dively, Professor Emeritus and IPM Consultant
PLS 4182 | 301-405-7524 | galen@umd.edu Research: Agricultural Pest Management; Ecology/Biological Control; Insect Pathology; Molecular Biology, Physiology, Toxicology, and Molecular Genetics; Pesticide Technology, Assessment, and Policy |
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Michael Ma, Professor Emeritus
PLS 3138 | 301 - 405 - 3920 | maker@umd.edu Research: Molecular Biology, Physiology, Toxicology, and Molecular Genetics |
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Judd Nelson, Professor Emeritus
PLS 3116 | 301-405-3941 | judd@umd.edu Research: Molecular Biology, Physiology, Toxicology, and Molecular Genetics; Pesticide Technology, Assessment, and Policy |
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David O'Brochta, Professor Emeritus
UMD Shady Grove Campus | 240-314-6343 | dobrocht@umd.edu Research: Molecular Biology, Physiology, Toxicology, and Molecular Genetics. O'Brochta Lab Page |
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Barbara Thorne, Professor Emerita
PLS 3146 | bthorne@umd.edu Research: Ecology/Biological Control; Evolutionary Biology; Pesticide Technology, Assessment, and Policy; Systematics/Morphology; Urban, Structural, and Green Industries Pest Management |
