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Faculty

Bessin
Bessin, R.T. - Extension Professor
Corn, vegetable, greenhouse, and fruit IPM Extension programs.
Brown
Brown, G.C. - Professor | Public Health Entomology Laboratory
Computer simulation of insect populations; Mathematical and theoretical ecology; Systems analysis in IPM.
Dobson
Dobson, S.L. - Professor | Dobson Laboratory
Medical/Veterinary Entomology, Evolution & Molecular Genetics; Potential of symbiotic bacteria as a means to modify natural insect populations.
Fox
Fox, C.W. - Professor
Evolution ecology; insect behavior and life histories.
Freytag
Freytag, P.H. - Professor Emeritus
  • Ph.D. Ohio State University (1963)
Harwood
Harwood, J. - Assistant Professor
Arthropod ecology; Molecular ecology; Biological Control; Food web biology.
Haynes
Haynes, K.F. - Professor
Insect behavior; Chemical ecology; Chemical signals mediating host-finding and mating behavior.
Johnson
Johnson, D.W. - Extension Professor | IPM Programs
Pest Management and Extension programs related to the biology and control of insects important to field crops.
Knapp
Knapp, F.W. - Professor Emeritus
Obrycki
Obrycki, J.J. - Professor and Chair
Biological control, Ecology of insect predators.
Palli
Palli, S.R. - Professor
Insect physiology, molecular biology, endocrinology and applied biotechnology.
D.Potter
Potter, D.A. - Professor
Behavior, ecology and control of arthropods attacking woody plants and turf; Insect-plant interactions; Urban landscape IPM.
M.Potter
Potter, M.F. - Extension Professor
Pest Management and Extension programs related to urban and industrial pest control, and horticultural and medical entomology.
Rieske-Kinney
Rieske-Kinney, L.K. - Professor
Forest entomology; insect-plant relations; disturbance ecology; invasive species ecology and management.
Sharkey
Sharkey, M.J. - Professor | UK Hymenoptera Institute
Insect systematics; systematics of parasitic wasps.
Townsend
Townsend, L.H. - Extension Professor | Extension Entomology
Extension programs related to the management of insect pests of tobacco, forages, and livestock.
Webb
Webb, B.A. - Professor
Molecular virology and development.
White
White, J. - Assistant Professor
Interspecific interactions; Behavioral Ecology; Biological Control; Endosymbionts
Yeargan
Yeargan, K.V. - Professor
Ecology of insects and spiders; Soybean and forage IPM; Biological control.
Zhou
Zhou, X. - Assisstant Professor
Insect Integrative Genomics

Adjunct

Barney
Barney, R.J. - Asst. Adjunct Professor, KY State University
Ecology of leaf beetles; Natural habitat assessment, conservation and restoration; Beetle biodiversity.
Sedlacek
Sedlacek, J.D. - Asst. Adjunct Professor, KY State University
Stored-product insect ecology; Stored-grain pest management, particularly biological control.
Webster
Webster, T. - Asst. Adjunct Professor, KY State University
Control of varroa mites and other maladies of honey bees.
University of Kentucky Entomology