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Faculty
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| Chair: | Richard A. Redak | Vice Chair | William Walton |
Michael E. Adams
Hormonal regulation of development and innate behaviors; isolation, characterization and physiological actions of arthropod venom toxins
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology, Cell Biology and
Neuroscience
Tel: (951) 827-4782
E-mail: michael.adams@ucr.edu
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Peter Atkinson
Genetic manipulation of insects of commercial importance
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-4782
Fax: (951) 827-5517
E-mail: peter.atkinson@ucr.edu
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Nancy Beckage
Insect biochemical and molecular host-parasite relationships
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology, Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Tel: (951) 827-3521
Fax: (951) 827-3087
E-mail: nancy.beckage@ucr.edu
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Thomas Bellows
Biological control of insect pests, parasite biology and behavior, insect population biology
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5735
E-mail: bellows@ucr.edu
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Ring Cardé
Odor-mediated behaviors of insects
Contact Info
Title: Distinguished Professor of Entomology and
A.M. Boyce Endowed Chair
Tel: (951) 827-4492
E-mail: ring.carde@ucr.edu
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Anupama Dahanukar
Molecular genetics of the Drosophila gustatory system
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5742
E-mail: anupama.dahanukar@ucr.edu
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Matthew Daugherty
Population biology, pest and disease management, quantitative ecology
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Extension Specialist
Tel:(951) 827-2246
E-mail: matt.daugherty@ucr.edu
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Brian Federici
Genetics of insect pathogens; insect pathology and the development of novel microbial insecticides
Contact Info
Title: Distinguished Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5006
E-mail: brian.federici@ucr.edu
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Alec Gerry
Biology, ecology, and management of pest and vector insects associated with animals
Contact Info
Title: Associate Extension Specialist
Tel: (951) 827-7054
E-mail: alec.gerry@ucr.edu
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Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell
Integrated pest management (IPM) methods to manage arthropod pests of citrus
Contact Info
Title: Extension Specialist
Tel: (559) 646-6591
E-mail: elizabeth.grafton@ucr.edu
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J. Daniel Hare
Evolution and ecology of plant-herbivore and plant-herbivore-natural enemy interactions
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-3858
E-mail: daniel.hare@ucr.edu
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John M. Heraty
Morphological and molecular systematics of parasitic wasps in the Chalcidoidea
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-6351
E-mail: john.heraty@ucr.edu
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Mark Hoddle
Biological control, plant and medical vector population genetics
Contact Info
Title: Extension Specialist
Tel: (951) 827-4714
E-mail: mark.hoddle@ucr.edu
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Research Website
Center for Invasive Species Website
Marshall Johnson
Integrated pest management of grapes, stone fruit, almonds and walnuts; biological control of arthropods; pesticide resistance in pests and natural enemies
Contact Info
Title: Extension Specialist
Tel: (559) 646-6519
E-mail: mjohnson@uckac.edu
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John Klotz
Pest management of ants
Contact Info
Title: Extension Specialist
Tel: (951) 827-3898
E-mail: john.klotz@ucr.edu
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Robert I. Krieger
Extension toxicology, human chemical encounters, chemical risk assessment
Contact Info
Title: Extension Specialist
Tel: (951) 827-3724
E-mail: bob.krieger@ucr.edu
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Robert Luck
Applied behavioral ecology, evolutionary ecology of insect parasitoids, integrated pest management, biological control, citrus pest management
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-4496
E-mail: robert.luck@ucr.edu
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Jocelyn Millar
Chemical ecology and other modes of communication in insects; applications of chemical ecology to integrated pest management
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5812
E-mail: jocelyn.millar@ucr.edu
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Thomas Miller
Insect physiology and toxicology applied to crop protection
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-2278
E-mail: thomas.miller@ucr.edu
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Joseph Morse
Citrus and avocado pest management, biological control, pesticide resistance management, research on invasive species
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5814
E-mail: joseph.morse@ucr.edu
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Bradley Mullens
Integrated management of arthropod pests of animals, animal-ectoparasite interactions, epidemiology of vector-borne diseases
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5800
E-mail: bradley.mullens@ucr.edu
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Timothy Paine
Integrated management of insects affecting woody ornamental landscape plants, nurserystock, and urban or recreational forests; impact of environmental stress on herbivores; insect - plant - microorganism interactions; chemical ecology; biological control
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5835
E-mail: timothy.paine@ucr.edu
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Joao Pedra
Immunity and pathogenesis of tick-borne diseases
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-7051
E-mail: joao.pedra@ucr.edu
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Thomas Perring
Plant vector-pathogen epidemiology; arthropod vectors of plant pathogens; biology, ecology, and control of agriculturally-important mites; integrated pest management
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-4562
E-mail: thomas.perring@ucr.edu
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Alexander Raikhel
Molecular genetics of arthropod vectors of human diseases; reproduction and immunity in mosquitoes
Contact Info
Title: Distinguished Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-2129
E-mail: alexander.raikhel@ucr.edu
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Anandasankar Ray
Molecular mechanisms of olfactory system function and development in insects
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5999
E-mail: anand.ray@ucr.edu
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Richard Redak
Plant-insect interactions, conservation biology, community ecology, pest management of commercial floricultural and ornamental plants
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology and Department Chair
Tel: (951) 827-7250
E-mail: richard.redak@ucr.edu
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Michael Rust
Urban entomology - pest management of insects associated with human structures
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5327
E-mail: michael.rust@ucr.edu
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Richard Stouthamer
Insect-symbiont interactions, biological control, population genetics and invasive species
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-2422
E-mail: richard.stouthamer@ucr.edu
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S. Nelson Thompson
Biochemistry and nutrition of parasites, interactions of parasites with their hosts
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-4661
E-mail: nelson.thompson@ucr.edu
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John Trumble
Integrated pest management for vegetable crops, effects of pollution and climate change on plant-herbivore interactions
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5624
E-mail: john.trumble@ucr.edu
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Research Website
Kirk Visscher
Social behavior and ecology of social insects, role and management of bees in agriculture, evolution of social behavior
Contact Info
Title: Associate Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-3973
E-mail: kirk.visscher@ucr.edu
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Gregory P. Walker
Insect-plant interactions with piercing-sucking insects, mechanisms of host-plant resistance, mechanisms of transmission of plant pathogens
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5808
E-mail: gregory.walker@ucr.edu
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Linda Walling
Molecular responses to pests, pathogens and wounding; N-terminal processing of proteins
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Genetics and
Geneticist-Cooperating Faculty Member
Tel: (951) 827-4687
E-mail: linda.walling@ucr.edu
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Research Website
William Walton
Aquatic entomology, ecology and control of mosquitoes, conservation biology, evolution of resistance
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology and Vice Chair
Tel: (951) 827-3919
E-mail: william.walton@ucr.edu
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Christiane Weirauch
Morphological and molecular systematics of Heteroptera with an emphasis on assassin bugs (Reduviidae) and plant bugs (Miridae), evolutionary biology, biological control
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5707
E-mail: christiane.weirauch@ucr.edu
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