Personnel
Faculty and adjunct curators
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- George Bird
- Professor Emeritus and Curator
- Nematology and soil health biology
- 517-353-3890
- birdg@msu.edu
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- Anthony Cognato
- Professor and Collection Director
- Insect systematics, biodiversity and evolution
- 517-432-2369
- cognato@msu.edu
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- Bernice DeMarco
- Adjunct Curator
- Hymenoptera
- 517-353-3891
- demarc10@msu.edu
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- Elwin Evans
- Adjunct Curator
- Aquatic insects
- 517-353-3891
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- John Fricke
- Adjunct Curator
- Hymenoptera
- 517-353-3891
- frickej5@msu.edu
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- Ralph Gorton
- Adjunct Curator
- Taxonomy of spiders
- 517-353-3891
- gortonr@msu.edu
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- Gary Parsons
- Distinguished Academic Specialist, Collections Manager, Director MSU Bug House
- Collection management, insect/arthropod identification and outreach
- 517-353-1630
- parsonsg@msu.edu
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- Ron Priest
- Adjunct Curator
- Micro-lepidoptera
- 517-353-3891
- priest@msu.edu
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- Sarah Smith
- Curator
- Insect systematics and taxonomy
- 517-432-2369
- smith462@msu.edu
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- Richard Snider
- Professor and Curator
- Apterygota and spiders
- 517-355-8473
- snider@msu.edu
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- Fred Stehr
- Professor Emeritus and Curator
- Immature insects
- fstehr@msu.edu
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- Franklin West
- Adjunct Curator
- Lepidoptera
- 517-353-3891
Research associates
- Patrick Gorring, Cerambycidea
Graduate students
- Erin Biggs, Dermestidae
- Ellie Camerato, Cerambycidae
- Rachel Osborn, Scolytinae
Database staff
- Sierra Davis
- Erica Fisher
Research contributors
The following persons through their collecting and research efforts have added a significant number of specimens over time curating parts of the Arthropod Research Center:
- Martin Andree, Lepidoptera
- Jason Gibbs, Hymenoptera: Apoidea
- Mark O’Brien, Odonata
- William Taft, Lepidoptera: Sesiidae