Department of Entomology

Hormonal regulation of development and innate behaviors; isolation, characterization and physiological actions of arthropod venom toxins

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Title: Distinguished Professor of Entomology and  Neuroscience
Tel: (951) 827-4746
E-mail: michael.adams@ucr.edu
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Population and Community Ecology  
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Title: Associate Professor of Biology and Cooperating Faculty Member
Tel: (951) 827-5253
E-mail: kurt.anderson@ucr.edu
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Insect genetics and transposable elements
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Title: Professor of Entomology 
Tel: (951) 827-4782
E-mail: peter.atkinson@ucr.edu
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Interested in the study of evolutionary processes such as immune and stress response as well as sexual conflicts on the molecular/protein scale.
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Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5833
Email: boris.bar@ucr.edu
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Population genomics of non-model organisms including amphibians, birds, and insects

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Title: Associate Professor in Biology
and Cooperating Faculty Member
Tel: (951) 827-5632
E-mail: alan.brelsford@ucr.edu
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Biophysics and physiology of fertilization, focusing on molecular interactions between sperm and egg.
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Title: Professor in Biology and Cooperating Faculty Member
Tel: (951) 827-6457
E-mail: richard.cardullo@ucr.edu
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Insect Agroecology, Ecoinformatics, Arthropod-Microbe Symbiosis

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Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-9274
E-mail: bodilc@ucr.edu 
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Urban and Structural Entomology

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Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist / Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5717 
Email: donghwan.choe@ucr.edu
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Molecular and neural mechanisms underlying chemosensory behavior

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Title: Associate Professor of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology and Cooperating Faculty Member
Tel: (951) 827-3086
E-mail: anupama.dahanukar@ucr.edu
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Invasion biology, plant disease ecology, plant-insect interactions, regulatory entomology, quantitative ecology

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Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist
Tel: (951) 827-2246
E-mail: matt.daugherty@ucr.edu
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Genetics of insect pathogens; insect pathology and the development of novel microbial insecticides
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Title: Distinguished Professor of the Graduate Division 
Tel: (951) 827-5006
E-mail: brian.federici@ucr.edu
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Biology, ecology, and management of pest and vector insects associated with animals  

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Title: Professor of Entomology 
and Cooperative Extension Specialist  
Tel: (951) 827-7054
E-mail: alec.gerry@ucr.edu
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Behavioral neuroscience of navigation on insects

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Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology

E-mail: ysabel.giraldo@ucr.edu
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Evolutionary Genomics of Insect Symbioses
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Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology 
Tel: (951) 827-9271
E-mail: allison.hansen@ucr.edu
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Morphological and molecular systematics of parasitic wasps in the Chalcidoidea
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Title: Professor of Entomology 
Tel: (951) 827-6351
E-mail: john.heraty@ucr.edu
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Biological control, plant and medical vector population genetics
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Title: Extension Specialist 
Tel: (951) 827-4714
E-mail: mark.hoddle@ucr.edu
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Urban pest management, insecticide resistance, phylogenetics and invasion history of urban insect pests.

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Title: Professor and Endowed Chair in Urban Entomology 
Tel: (951) 827-2626
E-mail: chow-yang.lee@ucr.edu
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Insect vector behavior, plant-pathogen interactions, chemical ecology, integrated disease management.
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Title: Associate Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5444
E-mail: kerry.mauck@ucr.edu
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Insect conservation (mostly wild bee pollinators) through the study of symbioses.
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Title: Professor of Entomology 
Tel: (951) 827-5817
E-mail: quinn.mcfrederick@ucr.edu
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Chemical ecology and other modes of communication in insects; applications of chemical ecology to integrated pest management
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Title: Distinguished Professor of Entomology 
Tel: (951) 827-5821
E-mail: jocelyn.millar@ucr.edu
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Host-parasite interactions and management of arthropod pests of animals
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Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5741
E-mail: amy.murillo@ucr.edu
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I seek the proximate and ultimate drivers of social organization in arthropods.
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Title: Associate Professor of Entomology 
Tel: (951) 827-7258
E-mail: jessica.purcell@ucr.edu
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Molecular genetics of arthropod vectors of human diseases; reproduction and immunity in mosquitoes
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Title: Distinguished Professor of Entomology 
Tel: (951)827-2129
E-mail: alexander.raikhel@ucr.edu
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Plant-insect interactions, conservation biology, community ecology, pest management of commercial floricultural and ornamental plants
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Title: Professor of Entomology and Department Chair 
Tel: (951) 827-7250
E-mail: richard.redak@ucr.edu
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Urban entomology - pest management of insects associated with human structures
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Title: Distinguished Professor of the Graduate Division 
Tel: (951) 827-5327
E-mail: michael.rust@ucr.edu
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Ecology, Biogeography & Conservation
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Title: Assistant Professor, Dept. of EEOB and Cooperating Faculty Member
Tel: (951) 827-5941
E-mail: marko.spasojevic@ucr.edu
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Integrated pest management for vegetable crops, effects of pollution and climate change on plant-herbivore interactions
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Title: Distinguished Professor of Entomology 
Tel: (951) 827-5624
E-mail: john.trumble@ucr.edu
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Botany, Plant Sciences & Genomics 
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Title: Professor and Geneticist, Cooperating Faculty Member
Tel: (951) 827-4687
E-mail: linda.walling@ucr.edu
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Morphological and molecular systematics of Heteroptera with an emphasis on assassin bugs (Reduviidae) and plant bugs (Miridae), evolutionary biology, biological control
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Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5707
E-mail: christiane.weirauch@ucr.edu
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Agricultural entomology, biological control and integrated pest management (IPM) in tree crops
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Title: Assistant Specialist in Cooperative Extension
Tel: (559) 646-6519 
E-mail: houston.wilson@ucr.edu
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Invasive species, food webs and trophic dynamics, community ecology
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Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5735
E-mail: erin.rankin@ucr.edu 
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Ecology, evolution, and conservation of native bees, with a focus on bee nutritional ecology and feeding biology
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Title: Associate Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5761
E-mail: hollis.woodard@ucr.edu 
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Neuroendocrine control of insect developmental transitions
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Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5253
E-mail: naoki.yamanaka@ucr.edu 
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