Faculty

Michele Lanan

Assistant Professor of Practice, Entomology
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Research: Evolution of diet and gut morphology, ant collective foraging

Konrad Zinsmaier

Professor and Interim Department Head, Neuroscience
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Research: Molecular mechanisms of excitation-dependent neurotransmitter exocytosis at nerve terminals

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

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.

Bruce Tabashnik

Regents' Professor & Department Head, Entomology
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Research: Evolution and management of insect resistance to transgenic plants

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.