Faculty Research Labs
Many of our faculty maintain research lab Web sites highlighting their research programs and facilities. Our well-equipped laboratories and state-of-the-art equipment support a broad range of study.
- Tom Baker Lab
- We are seeking to understand insect olfaction using a comparative approach involving heliothine moth species and their sex pheromone communication systems.
- Mary Barbercheck Lab
- Sustainable and Organic Crop Entomology--Our research focuses on the effects of agricultural production practices on biological control of insect pests and on soil arthropod diversity and soil function as it relates to system sustainability.
- Diana Cox-Foster Lab
- Insect Biochemistry and Physiology Lab
- Liwang Cui Lab
- Molecular Parasitology Lab--Molecular parasitology with a focus on themalaria parasites (epigenetics, developmental biology and epidemiology.
- Consuelo De Moraes and Mark Mescher Lab
- Chemically mediated ecological interactions among plants, herbivores, and parasitoids.
- Gary Felton Lab
- Insect Plant Interactions--Our research program uses molecular, proteomic, and physiological approaches to investigate insect-plant interactions.
- Shelby Fleischer Lab
- Insect Dynamics and Management in Agroecosystems--This lab is involved in researching the structure, dynamics, and management of insect populations. Resulting sampling plans have been adopted in alfalfa, hardwood forests, and leafy greens in the Caribbean; regional monitoring programs have been developed for diversified vegetable farms.
- Christina Grozinger Lab
- Honey Bee Behavioral Genomics--We study the molecular bases of social behavior in honey bees and other social insects, including bumble bees, paper wasps, and fire ants. We focus on mechanistic and evolutionary bases of chemical communication, including queen-worker interactions and the effects of pathogens and parasites.
- Kelli Hoover Lab
- Invasive Species Research Lab--We study mechanisms of resistance in the gypsy moth to its host specific baculovirus, pheromones and gut symbionts of the Asian longhorned beetle, biological control of hemlock woolly adelgid, and methods to prevent movement of invasive species around the world.
- Bruce McPheron Lab
- A Population Genetics Lab--The main focus of our work at present is on the true fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
- Nancy Ostiguy Lab
- Honey bee and native pollinator health
- Andrew Read Lab
- The Read Group Lab -- We work on the ecology and evolution of infectious disease. We exploit modern notions of adaptive evolution to attack biomedically and theoretically challenging phenomena like virulence and infectiousness, adaptation to new hosts, and vaccine escape, and drug and insecticide resistance.
- Matt Thomas Lab
- Our research explores many aspects of the ecology and evolution of "enemy-victim" interactions with the aim of better understanding the consequences of global change (climate change, invasive species, biodiversity loss) and improving the effectiveness and sustainability of pest and disease management. We combine empirical and theoretical approaches to address issues of fundamental and applied significance.
- John Tooker Lab
- Plant-Insect Interactions in Agroecosystems--We study relationships among plants, insect herbivores, and natural enemies to understand factors that regulate populations of herbivorous insects. We are interested in both plant- and natural-enemy-mediated factors and how they influence insect behavior, community composition, and herbivore mortality. Our long-term goal is to exploit the ecology/biology of our study organisms to provide strategies and tactics for more sustainable insect pest management.
- Jim Tumlinson Lab
- Insect Behavior and Plant-Insect Interactions--researching chemicals that affect insect behavior, plant-insect interactions, plant signaling, and plant defenses
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