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Name Title Email Phone
Flor Edith Acevedo Assistant Professor of Entomology/Arthropod Ecology fea5007@psu.edu
Jared Gregory Ali, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Entomology jga8@psu.edu 814-865-0240
Etya Amsalem, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Entomology eua6@psu.edu 814-863-7675
Kate Anton Research Technologist kxa138@psu.edu 814-865-9806
Susan Bass Academic Program Coordinator sgb13@psu.edu 814-865-3077
Kelly Bennett Research Technologist klb6219@psu.edu
Betty Benrey Foreign Expert Professor – Henan University, China bvb5821@psu.edu
David John Biddinger, Ph.D. Tree Fruit Research Entomologist djb134@psu.edu 717-778-4602
Ottar Bjornstad, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Biology onb1@psu.edu 814-863-2983
Olivia Bognanni Research Project Manager opb5043@psu.edu
Sarah Bordenstein Associate Research Professor of Biology and Entomology srb6253@psu.edu 814-865-1152
Seth Bordenstein Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Endowed Chair in Microbiome Sciences s.bordenstein@psu.edu 1.814.865.1100
Natalie Boyle Assistant Research Professor nmb5846@psu.edu 814-863-3974
Andrew R. Deans, Ph.D. Professor adeans@psu.edu
Elizabeth Deecher Research Technologist - Life Sciences ezd285@psu.edu
Ray Delaney PA IPM Community Program Specialist rmd5595@psu.edu (814) 863-8411
Donald deMackiewicz dxd160@psu.edu
Gary W. Felton, Ph.D. Ralph O. Mumma Professor of Entomology and Department Head of Entomology gwf10@psu.edu
John (Cody) Feuerborn Laboratory Research Technologist jcf5632@psu.edu
Kara Fikrig Assistant Professor kzf5487@psu.edu
Thea Gayman PlantVillage Food Project Manager tcg5235@psu.edu
Ryan Golas Facilities Representative reg22@psu.edu 814-863-2875
Heather Lee Grab, Ph.D. Lorenzo L. Langstroth Early Career Professor in Entomology hlc30@psu.edu
Christina Grozinger, Ph.D. Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology cmgrozinger@psu.edu 814-865-2214
Sara Hermann, Ph.D. Tombros Early Career Professor SLH@psu.edu
Heather Hines, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology and Entomology hmh19@psu.edu 814-863-8830
David P. Hughes, Ph.D. Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Global Food Security dhughes@psu.edu
Claudia Johnstonbaugh Proposal and Award Generalist - Entomology cjj5159@psu.edu 814-865-1462
Sarah Kania Lab and Collections Manager - López-Uribe Lab sek5555@psu.edu
Rupinder Kaur Assistant Research Professor r.kaur@psu.edu
Mônica Kersch-Becker, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Arthropod Ecology mfkb@psu.edu 814-863-7788
Grzegorz (Greg) Krawczyk, Ph.D. Director, Fruit Research and Extension Center gxk13@psu.edu 717-778-4592
Margarita López-Uribe, Ph.D. Nancy and John Steimer Professor of Agricultural Sciences mml64@psu.edu
Erika T. Machtinger, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Entomology etm10@psu.edu 814-865-9162
Michele Mansfield Research Support man203@psu.edu
Eliudes Marcano Field Research Technologist esm5608@psu.edu
Nate McCartney Research Technologist II nbm2@psu.edu
Annaylse McCloskey PlantVillage Operations Director aqk5662@psu.edu
Peter McCloskey Research Data Analyst pzm44@psu.edu
Francine McCullough Lab Coordinator - Life Sciences fmm129@psu.edu 814-863-3668
Ben McGraw, Ph.D. Professor of Turfgrass Science bam53@psu.edu 814-865-1138
Robert F. Mitchell, Ph.D. Associate Professor rfmitchell@psu.edu
Tim Moural Assistant Research Professor twm78@psu.edu
Rimnoma (Serge) Ouedraogo Assistant Research Professor rso11@psu.edu 814-865-1895
Harland Patch, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor hmpatch@psu.edu 814-867-3023
Bipana Paudel Timilsena Assistant Research Professor bpp5121@psu.edu
Michelle Peiffer Research Support Assistant mlk101@psu.edu
Laura Porturas Assistant Curator ldp5188@psu.edu
Patricia Prade, Ph.D. Extension Entomologist, Horticulture prade@psu.edu 717-639-3593
Jason L Rasgon, Ph.D. Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Endowed Chair in Disease Epidemiology and Biotechnology jlr54@psu.edu 814-863-3668
Andrew Read, Ph.D. Senior Vice President for Research a.read@psu.edu 814-867-2396
Tanya Renner, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Entomology tur158@psu.edu 814-863-5752
Joyce M. Sakamoto, Ph.D. Assistant Research Professor jms1198@psu.edu 814-863-3662
Rudolf Schilder, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Entomology and Biology rjs360@psu.edu
Casey Sclar, Ph.D. Affiliate Professor of Entomology csclar@psu.edu (814) 867-3080
Holly Shugart Assistant Research Professor hxs5534@psu.edu
Tori Siegle Administrative Assistant vms5341@psu.edu 814-865-1895
Michael J. Skvarla Assistant Research Professor of Arthropod Identification mxs1578@psu.edu 814-865-3256
Emily Slimak Senior Administrative Manager eas5484@psu.edu 814-863-7344
John Tooker, Ph.D. Professor of Entomology tooker@psu.edu 814-865-7082
Michael Tribone Graphic Design Specialist mat141@psu.edu
Ted Turlings Foreign Expert Professor – Henan University, China tbt5401@psu.edu
Robyn Underwood, Ph.D. Extension Educator, Apiculture rmu1@psu.edu 484-268-5208
Julie Urban Associate Research Professor jmu2@psu.edu 814-863-4444
Christina Voortman Research Technologist 2 cam322@psu.edu 814-863-2981
Michael S. Wolfin Assistant Research Professor mvw5315@psu.edu
Fang (Rose) Zhu, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Entomology fuz59@psu.edu 814-863-4432