The University of Arizona
Insect Science: the Graduate Interdisciplinary Program

Faculty

Name
Department

Research Email
Paul Baker
Entomology		 biology, ecology and control of subterranean termites pbaker@ag.arizona.edu
Judith Becerra
Biosphere 2 		plant insect interactions and chemical ecology jxb@email.arizona.edu
Judith L. Bronstein
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 		evolution and ecology of mutualisms judieb@email.arizona.edu
Judith Brown (pdf)
Plant Sciences		 virus-vector-host relations for whitefly transmitted pathogens jbrown@ag.arizona.edu
David N. Byrne
Entomology		 insect migration and dispersal, whitefly biology byrne@ag.arizona.edu
Yves Carrière
Entomology		 insect ecology, resistance to transgenic crops, host-selection behaviors, diapause ycarrier@ag.arizona.edu
Goggy Davidowitz
Entomology		 ecology and developmental plasticity goggy@email.arizona.edu
Anna Dornhaus
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 		social insects, ants/honey bees dornhaus@email.arizona.edu
Peter Ellsworth
Entomology		 insect-crop inter-actions and applied insect ecology peterell@ag.arizona.edu
Dawn Gouge
Entomology		 integrated pest management of urban arthropod pests, biological control and distance education development dhgouge@ag.arizona.edu
Wulfila Gronenberg
Neuroscience		 movement control, muscle biomechanics, neuroethology wulfi@neurobio.arizona.edu
Charles Higgins
Neuroscience and Electrical & Computer Engineering		 computational neuroscience and neuromorphic engineering higgins@neurobio.arizona.edu
John G. Hildebrand
Neuroscience		 olfaction, chemical ecology, neuronal and synaptic development, neurochemistry jgh@neurobio.arizona.edu
Martha S. Hunter
Entomology		 ecology and evolutionary biology of parasitoids mhunter@ag.arizona.edu
Richard B. Levine
Neuroscience		 neural development, hormonal modulation of neural circuits rbl@neurobio.arizona.edu
Xianchun Li
Entomology		 molecular ecology /evolution, chemical ecology, functional genomics, gene regulation, signal transduction lxc@ag.arizona.edu
Nancy A. Moran
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology		 molecular phylogenetics, endosymbioses, life-cycle evolution, phenotypic plasticity nmoran@email.arizona.edu
Lisa M. Nagy
Molecular & Cellular Biology 		development and evolution of pattern formation in arthropods lnagy@email.arizona.edu
Alan Nighorn
Neuroscience		 olfaction and neuronal architecture in the insect brain nighorn@neurobio.arizona.edu
John Palumbo
Entomology 		insect pest management and insect-crop interactions jpalumbo@ag.arizona.edu
Daniel R. Papaj
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 		behavioral ecology of tephritid fruit flies, butterflies and parasitoids, plant-insect interactions papaj@email.arizona.edu
Michael Riehle
Entomology 		regulation of mosquito reproduction and longevity by insulin signaling mriehle@ag.arizona.edu
Linda L. Restifo
Neuroscience		 genetic and hormonal control of nervous system and muscle metamorphosis llr@neurobio.arizona.edu
Robert L. Smith
Entomology 		behavioral ecology, reproductive biology of aquatic insects bobsmith@ag.arizona.edu
S. Patricia Stock
Entomology
 nematodes spstock@ag.arizona.edu
Nicholas J. Strausfeld
Neuroscience		 function organization of arthropod central nervous systems, learning and memory flybrain@neurobio.arizona.edu
Bruce Tabashnik
Entomology 		evolution and management of insect resistance to biological and synthetic insecticides brucet@ag.arizona.edu
Bruce Walsh
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 		interface between genetics and evolution, especially evolution of genome structure and analysis of complex characters, biodiversity of SE Arizona Lepidoptera jbwalsh@email.arizona.edu
Diana E. Wheeler
Entomology 		physiology and evolution of insect sociality, phenotypic plasticity, nutritional regulation of reproduction dewsants@ag.arizona.edu
Elizabeth Willott
Entomology 		insect immunity willott@email.arizona.edu
Joy J. Winzerling
Nutritional Sciences 		iron and copper metabolism winzerling@biosci.arizona.edu
Konrad Zinsmaier
Neuroscience		 molecular mechanisms of excitation-dependent neurotransmitter exocytosis at nerve terminals kez@neurobio.arizona.edu