Directory
Kirk Anderson
Lead Scientist, Molecular/Microbial Ecologist
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Research: Social insect ecology and honey bee microbial ecology
Judith Becerra
Associate Professor, Biosphere 2
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Research: Plant-insect interactions and chemical ecology
Michael Bogan
Assistant Professor of Aquatic Ecology
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Research: Freshwater and riparian ecology, disturbance ecology, aquatic invertebrates
Judith Bronstein
University Distinguished Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Research: Evolution and ecology of mutualisms
Heidi Brown
Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department
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Research: West Nile virus, dengue, canine heartworm, valley fever, spatial epidemiology, and climate change.
Yves Carriere
Professor, Entomology
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Research: Insect ecology, resistance to transgenic crops, host-selection behaviors, diapause
Andrew Comrie
Director, School of Geography, Development & Environment
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Research: Geographic aspects of atmospheric environmental issues
Vanessa Corby-Harris
Research Physiologist
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Research: Honey bee nutrition and physiology
Goggy Davidowitz
Professor, Entomology
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Research: Ecological physiology
Anna Dornhaus
Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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Research: Social insects, ants/honey bees
Peter Ellsworth
Professor, Entomology
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Research: Insect-crop interactions and applied insect ecology
Kacey Ernst
Professor & Program Director, Epidemiology
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Research: Epidemiology of infectious diseases
Wulfila Gronenberg
Professor, Neuroscience
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Research: Movement control, muscle biomechanics, neuroethology
Charles Higgins
Associate Professor, Neuroscience
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Research: Computational neuroscience and neuromorphic engineering
Dr. Martha (Molly) Hunter
Chair, GIDP in Entomology & Insect Science
Professor, Entomology
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Research: The influence of microbial symbionts on herbivores, parasitoids, and herbivore-parasitoid interactions
Michele Lanan
Assistant Professor of Practice, Entomology
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Research: Evolution of diet and gut morphology, ant collective foraging
Xianchun Li
Professor, Entomology
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Research: Molecular ecology /evolution, chemical ecology, functional genomics, gene regulation, signal transduction
Keith Maggert
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
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Research: Genetic Mechanisms
Paulina Maldonado-Ruiz
Assistant Professor
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Research: My current research interests include understanding tick-microbe interactions and the molecular determinants associated with alpha-gal syndrome.
Luciano Matzkin
Associate Professor, Entomology
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Research: Ecological genomics, Cactophilic Drosophila
Tristan McKnight
Assistant Professor of Practice, Entomology
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Research: Robber fly ecology and evolution
Wendy Moore
Associate Professor, Insect Systematics
Curator, University of Arizona Insect Collection
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Research: Insect systematics, evolutionary biology
Lisa Nagy
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
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Research: Development and evolution of pattern formation in arthropods
Alan Nighorn
University Distinguished Professor, Neuroscience
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Research: Olfaction and neuronal architecture in the insect brain
John Palumbo
Professor, Entomology
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Research: Insect pest management and insect-crop interactions
Daniel Papaj
Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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Research: Learning and cognition in bees, tephritid fruit flies, butterflies; plant-insect interactions
Michael Riehle
Professor, Entomology
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Research: Regulation of mosquito reproduction and longevity by insulin signaling
Todd Schlenke
Associate Professor, Entomology
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Research: Evolutionary biology and genetics, host-parasite interactions, from the population level down to the molecular level.
Nicholas Strausfeld
Regents Professor, Neuroscience
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Research: Function organization of arthropod central nervous systems, learning and memory
Bruce Tabashnik
Regents' Professor & Department Head, Entomology
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Research: Evolution and management of insect resistance to transgenic plants
Natasha Tigreros
Assistant Professor, Entomology
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Research: Insect nutritional ecology and life history
Kathleen Walker
Associate Professor, Entomology
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Research: Ecology of mosquito vectors of human diseases, particularly Aedes aegypti, one of the main vectors of dengue fever around the world.
J. Bruce Walsh
Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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Research: Interface between genetics and evolution, especially evolution of genome structure and analysis of complex characters, biodiversity of SE Arizona Lepidoptera
Konrad Zinsmaier
Professor and Interim Department Head, Neuroscience
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Research: Molecular mechanisms of excitation-dependent neurotransmitter exocytosis at nerve terminals
Paula Nielsen
Program Coordinator
Graduate Interdisciplinary Program, Entomology and Insect Science
Gabe Zilnik
Adjunct Scientist, Entomology
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Research: Wolbachia infection