Many faculty maintain labs highlighting their research programs. Well-equipped labs and state-of-the-art equipment support a broad range of study.

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.

Christina Grozinger Lab

Our research focuses on the genomic analysis of social behavior in honey bees and other social insect species. We are primarily interesting in understanding the molecular basis and evolution of chemical communication and host-parasite interactions. We are characterizing the molecular, physiological, behavioral, and social factors that regulate these processes.

David Hughes Lab

Ants and their threat to agriculture

Fang (Rose) Zhu Lab

The primary emphasis of our research is to understand the mechanisms of insects adaptation to chemical stresses in their environment.

Gary Felton Lab

Research in our laboratory focuses on understanding the interactions between plants and herbivores.

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.

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.

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.

Ottar Bjornstad Lab

Population ecology and population dynamics with particular emphasis on mathematical and computational aspects.

Ruud Schilder Lab

We seek to understand morphological and physiological adaptations that allow insects to optimally support and move their body through their environments, and how these mechanisms are affected by the biotic (e.g., parasitic infections, diet) and abiotic (e.g., temperature, toxins & pollutants) environmental factors.