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The Graduate Faculty and
Their Research
David A. Andow, Professor;
Ph.D., Cornell University. Insect population ecology; biological
control; ecology of invading species; insect-plant interactions;
sustainable agriculture. (612-624-5323).
Mark E. Ascerno, Professor
and Head; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. Horticultural,
floricultural, and shade tree entomology; problem solving and
extension. (612-624-9272).
Ann M. Fallon, Professor;
Ph.D., Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Insect reproduction;
fat body metabolism; hormonal control of gene expression; genetics
of insect cells in culture; gene amplification; DNA mediated gene
transfer; identification of regulatory sequences in insect genes;
mechanisms of insecticide resistance. (612-625-3728).
Leonard C. Ferrington, Professor; Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh.
Aquatic Entomology. (612-624-3265)
George E. Heimpel,
Associate Professor; Ph.D. U of California, Davis. Biological
Control, Natural Enemy Ecology. (612-624-3480).
Ralph W. Holzenthal, Professor;
Ph.D., Clemson University, 1985. Systematics and biogeography
of neotropical Trichoptera; aquatic entomology; biodiversity;
biogeography; museum administration and management. (612-624-7728).
William D. Hutchison,
Professor and Extension Specialist; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin,
Madison, 1984. Insect ecology and integrated pest management in
vegetable and forage crops; simulation modeling of population
dynamics, sampling and economic thresholds. (612-624-1767).
Stephen Kells, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Purdue University,
1998. Urban and industrial entomology. (612-625-4798)
Vera A. Krischik,
Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Maryland. Plant-insect
interaction; plant response to insect, pathogen, and abiotic stresses;
extension insect pest management in residential environments;
landscape and structural entomology. (612-625-7044)
Timothy J. Kurtti, Professor;
Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Insect microbiology; physiology
of insect-microbial interactions; physiology, metabolism and genetics
of insect cells and pathogens in culture.
Ian V. MacRae, Associate
Professor and Extension Entomologist; Ph.D. Oregon State U. Integrated
Pest Management, Small Grains, Biological Control, GIS. (218-281-8611)
Karen A. Mesce, Professor;
Ph.D., University of Oregon. Insect neurobiology and behavior;
hormonal control of neural development during metamorphosis; characterization
of neural circuitry by electrophysiological and anatomical studies.
(612-624-3734).
William E. Miller, Adjunct Professor;
Ph.D., Ohio State University. Forest insect management; population
dynamics of forest defoliators; lepidopterology; systematics of
Tortricidae. (612-624-7493).
Roger D. Moon, Professor;
Ph.D., University of California, Davis. Ecology and management
of livestock insects and mites; biological control of dung and
manure inhabiting flies; mosquito ecology and dispersal; modeling
and sampling insect populations. (612-624-2209).
Ulrike (Uli) G. Munderloh, Senior Research Associate. DVM, PHD, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. Cellular and molecular relationship between tick-borne pathogens and their vectors, and mammalian hosts; medical and entomological aspects of vector-borne pathogens. (612-624-4740).
Kenneth R. Ostlie, Professor
and Extension Specialist; Ph.D., Iowa State University. Integrated
pest management in corn and soybeans, Transgenic Plants. (612-624-9272).
Susan M. Palchick*,
Adjunct Associate Professor; Ph.D. U of Califonrina-Davis, Hennepin
County Community Health Department.
Edward B.
Radcliffe, Professor; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison,
1963. Integrated pest management, host plant resistance, potato
and alfalfa insects. (612-624-9773).
David W. Ragsdale,
Professor; Ph.D., Louisiana State University. Insect vectors of
plant disease, specializing in immunodiagnostics of plant and
insect pathogens; integrated management of vector borne diseases
of vegetable crops; biological control of weeds. (612-624-6771).
Luke C. Skinner, Adjunct Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of
Minnesota. Biological control of invasive plants; invasive species
management; Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. (651-259-5140)
Marla Spivak, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies; Ph.D., University
of Kansas. Apiculture; population biology, ecology, genetics and
breeding of honey bees; social insects. (612-624-4798)
Robert C. Venette, Adjunct Assistant
Professor; Ph.D. University of California, Davis. Ecology; USDA Forest Service (651-649-5028).
Susan J. Weller, Associate
Professor; Ph.D., University of Texas, 1989. Systematics of Lepidoptera
and other insects, using morphology and biochemical techniques
(eg., DNA sequencing); evolution of mating behaviors and defense
mechanisms in neotropical noctuid moths (612-625-6253).
George
D. Weiblen, Associate Professor in EEB: Ph.D., Harvard University,
Biology Systematics, Co-evolution, (612-624-3491)
* Not accepting students at this time.
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