Chair: Rick Redak • Vice Chair: Christiane Weirauch • ISAC Chair: Kerry Mauck
ISAC Vice Chair: Chow-Yang Lee • Graduate Advisors: Naoki Yamanaka and Jessica Purcell. BSMS Advisor: Erin Wilson Rankin
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Michael Adams

Hormonal Regulation
Tel: (951) 827-4746
E-mail: [email protected]
Hormonal regulation of development and innate behaviors; isolation, characterization and physiological actions of arthropod venom toxins
Contact Info:
Title: Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Neuroscience
Tel: (951) 827-4746
E-mail: [email protected]
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Research Website
Kurt Anderson

Population and Community Ecology
Tel: (951) 827-2499
E-mail: [email protected]
Population and Community Ecology
Contact Info
Title: Associate Professor of Biology and Cooperating Faculty Member
Tel: (951) 827-5253
E-mail: [email protected]
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Research Website
Peter Atkinson

Insect Genetics
Tel: (951) 827-4782
E-mail: [email protected]
Insect genetics and transposable elements
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-4782
E-mail: [email protected]
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Lab Website
Boris Baer

Evolutionary Processes
Tel: (951) 827-5833
E-mail: [email protected]
Interested in the study of evolutionary processes such as immune and stress response as well as sexual conflicts on the molecular/protein scale.
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5833
Email: [email protected]
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Research Website
Alan Brelsford

Evolutionary Genomics
Tel: (951) 827-5632
E-mail: [email protected]
Evolutionary Genomics
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor, Dept of EEOB
Tel: (951) 827-5632
E-mail: [email protected]
Bodil Cass

Subtropical IPM
Tel: (951) 827-9274
E-mail: [email protected]
Insect Agroecology, Ecoinformatics, Arthropod-Microbe Symbiosis
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-9274
E-mail: [email protected]
Faculty Website
Research Website (coming soon)
Karthikeyan Chandrasegaran

Mosquito Biology
E-mail: [email protected]
Mosquito Biology
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor Mosquito Biology/Ecology
E-mail: [email protected]
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Dong-Hwan Choe

Urban & Structural Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5717
Email: [email protected]
Urban and Structural Entomology
Contact Info
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist / Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5717
Email: [email protected]
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Research Website
Luciano V. Cosme

Mosquito Population Genomics
Tel: (951) 827-8660
E-mail: [email protected]
Natural genetic variation in mosquito populations that transmit significant arboviruses such as dengue, Zika, chikungunya and others.
Contact Info:
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-8660
E-mail: [email protected]
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Matt Daugherty

Applied Population Biology
Tel: (951) 827-2246
E-mail: [email protected]
Invasion biology, plant disease ecology, plant-insect interactions, regulatory entomology, quantitative ecology
Contact Info
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist
Tel: (951) 827-2246
E-mail: [email protected]
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Alec Gerry

Veterinary Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-7054
E-mail: [email protected]
Biology, ecology, and management of pest and vector insects associated with animals
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
and Cooperative Extension Specialist
Tel: (951) 827-7054
E-mail: [email protected]
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Behavioral neuroscience of navigation on insects
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
E-mail: [email protected]
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Research Website
Allison Hansen

Evolutionary Genomics
Tel: (951) 827-9271
E-mail: [email protected]
Evolutionary Genomics of Insect Symbioses
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-9271
E-mail: [email protected]
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Research Website
John Heraty

Morphological & Molecular Systematics
Tel: (951) 827-6351
E-mail: [email protected]
Morphological and molecular systematics of parasitic wasps in the Chalcidoidea
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-6351
E-mail: [email protected]
Faculty Website
Research Website
Mark Hoddle

Biological Control & Genetics
Tel: (951) 827-4714
E-mail: [email protected]
Biological control, plant and medical vector population genetics
Contact Info
Title: Extension Specialist
Tel: (951) 827-4714
E-mail: [email protected]
Faculty Website
Research Website
Center for Invasive Species Website
Chow-Yang Lee

Urban Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-2626
E-mail: c[email protected]
Urban pest management, insecticide resistance, phylogenetics and invasion history of urban insect pests.
Contact Info
Title: Professor and Endowed Chair in Urban Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-2626
E-mail: c[email protected]
Faculty Website
Research Website
Kerry Mauck

Insect Behavior & Plant Pathogen Interactions
Tel: (951) 827-5444
E-mail: [email protected]
Insect vector behavior, plant-pathogen interactions, chemical ecology, integrated disease management.
Contact Info
Title: Associate Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5444
E-mail: [email protected]
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Research Website
Quinn McFrederick

Insect Conservation
Tel: (951) 827-5817
E-mail: [email protected]
Insect conservation (mostly wild bee pollinators) through the study of symbioses.
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5817
E-mail: [email protected]
Faculty Website
Research Website
Amy Murillo

Veterinary Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5741
E-mail: [email protected]
Host-parasite interactions and management of arthropod pests of animals
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5741
E-mail: [email protected]
Faculty Website
Research Website
Ikju Park

Biological Control of Invasive Insects and Weeds
Tel: (951) 827-0450
E-mail: [email protected]
Agent and target selection; efficacy and environmental safety of agents; post-release monitoring; sensory ecology
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-0450
E-mail: [email protected]
Faculty Website
Jessica Purcell

Social Organization of Arthropods
Tel: (951) 827-7258
E-mail: [email protected]
I seek the proximate and ultimate drivers of social organization in arthropods.
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-7258
E-mail: [email protected]
Faculty Website
Research Website
Alexander Raikhel

Molecular Genetics, Reproduction & Immunity
Tel: (951)827-2129
E-mail: [email protected]
Molecular genetics of arthropod vectors of human diseases; reproduction and immunity in mosquitoes
Contact Info
Title: Distinguished Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951)827-2129
E-mail: [email protected]
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Research Website
Erin Wilson Rankin

Invasive Species and Community Ecology
Tel: (951) 827-5735
E-mail: [email protected]
Invasive species, food webs and trophic dynamics, community ecology
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5735
E-mail: [email protected]
Faculty Website
Research Website
Rick Redak

Plant-Insect Interactions
Tel: (951) 827-7250
E-mail: [email protected]
Plant-insect interactions, conservation biology, community ecology, pest management of commercial floricultural and ornamental plants
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology and Department Chair
Tel: (951) 827-7250
E-mail: [email protected]
Faculty Website
Elizabeth Rowen

Insect Agroecology
Tel: (951) 827-8971
E-mail: [email protected]
Insect Agroecology
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-7250
E-mail: [email protected]
Faculty Website
Marko Spasojevic

Plant Community Ecologist
Tel: (951) 827-5941
E-mail: [email protected]
Ecology, Biogeography & Conservation
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor, Dept. of EEOB and Cooperating Faculty Member
Tel: (951) 827-5941
E-mail: [email protected]
Faculty Website
Research Website
Linda Walling

Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4687
E-mail: [email protected]
Botany, Plant Sciences & Genomics
Contact Info
Title: Professor and Geneticist, Cooperating Faculty Member
Tel: (951) 827-4687
E-mail: [email protected]
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Christiane Weirauch

Morphological and Molecular Systematics of Heteroptera
Tel: (951) 827-5707
E-mail: [email protected]
Morphological and molecular systematics of Heteroptera with an emphasis on assassin bugs (Reduviidae) and plant bugs (Miridae), evolutionary biology, biological control
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5707
E-mail: [email protected]
Faculty Website
Research Website
Houston Wilson

Integrated Pest Management
Tel: (559) 646-6519
E-mail: [email protected]
Agricultural entomology, biological control and integrated pest management (IPM) in tree crops
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Specialist in Cooperative Extension
Tel: (559) 646-6519
E-mail: [email protected]
Faculty Website
Hollis Woodard

Wild Bee Behavior, Physiology, and Conservation
Tel: (951) 827-5761
E-mail: [email protected]
Ecology, evolution, and conservation of native bees, with a focus on wild bee behavior, physiology, and conservation
Contact Info
Title: Associate Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5761
E-mail: [email protected]
Faculty Website
Research Website
Naoki Yamanaka
