Kirk Anderson
Lead Scientist, Molecular/Microbial Ecologist
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Research: Social insect ecology and honey bee microbial ecology
Judith Becerra
Associate Professor, Entomology / Insect Science - GIDP
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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
Xianchun Li
Professor, Entomology
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Research: Molecular ecology /evolution, chemical ecology, functional genomics, gene regulation, signal transduction
Luciano Matzkin
Associate Professor, Entomology
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Research: Our lab investigates how the ecology of a species shapes patterns of variation (from genes to genomes), how populations adapt to environmental shifts and the implication of ecological adaptation in the process of speciation.
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
Dr. Michael Riehle
Interim Chair, GIDP in Entomology & Insect Science
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
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