Ecological Applications researchers working in the Department of Entomology at Penn State.

  • Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Biology
  • J. Lloyd & Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair of Epidemiology
  • Assistant Professor, Vegetables

Areas of Expertise

  • Landscape and Spatial Ecology
  • Integrated Pest Management
  • Crop Pollination
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • Professor of Entomology
  • Center for Chemical Ecology
  • Center for Pollinator Research
  • Insect Biodiversity Center

Areas of Expertise

  • Biology and ecology of invasive species
  • Insect-microbial symbiosis
  • Tritrophic interactions
  • Insect virology
  • Pollination of forest trees
  • Assistant Professor of Arthropod Ecology

Areas of Expertise

  • Plant-arthropod interactions
  • Arthropod ecology
  • Chemical ecology
  • Biological control
  • Extension Tree Fruit Entomologist
  • Research Professor

Areas of Expertise

  • Insect plant interactions
  • Integrated pest management
  • Biological control
  • Tree fruit insect pests
  • Insects rearing
  • Laboratory and field bioassays
  • Invasive insect pests
  • Pesticide resistance
  • Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise

  • Pheromone biology
  • Chemoreceptors
  • Genomics
  • Forest entomology
  • Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Endowed Chair in Disease Epidemiology and Biotechnology

Areas of Expertise

  • Wolbachia
  • Symbiosis
  • Genetically-modified organisms
  • Vector-borne disease
  • Densovirus
  • Population biology
  • aquaporins
  • Assistant Research Professor of Arthropod Identification

Areas of Expertise

  • Arthropod identification
  • Arthropod survey, collection, and biodiversity
  • Soil arthropods, with particular emphasis on forest leaf litter
  • Acarology, with particular emphasis on Prostigmata and Cunaxidae
  • Professor of Entomology
  • Director of Graduate Studies
  • Coordinator of Entomology minor
  • State IPM Coordinator and Director of the PA IPM program

Areas of Expertise

  • Insect ecology
  • Plant-insect interactions
  • Conservation biological control
  • Chemical ecology
  • Gall insects
  • Assistant Research Professor

Areas of Expertise

  • Insect Behavior
  • Chemical Ecology
  • Insect-Host Interactions
  • Integrated Pest Management
  • Mushroom Pest Management