Personnel
Faculty and adjunct curators
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George Bird
Professor Emeritus
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Anthony Cognato
Professor and Collection Director
Insect systematics, biodiversity and evolution
cognato@msu.edu
517-432-2369
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Bernice DeMarco
Adjunct Curator
Hymenoptera
demarc10@msu.edu
517-353-3891
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Elwin Evans
Adjunct Curator
Aquatic insects
517-353-3891
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John Fricke
Adjunct Curator
Hymenoptera
frickej5@msu.edu
517-353-3891
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Ralph Gorton
Adjunct Curator
Taxonomy of spiders
gortonr@msu.edu
517-353-3891
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Jiri Hulcr
Adjunct Curator
Scolytinae
hulcr@msu.edu
517-353-3891
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Eric Metzler
Adjunct Curator
Lepidoptera
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Gary Parsons
Distinguished Academic Specialist, Collections Manager, Director MSU Bug House
Collection management, insect/arthropod identification and outreach
parsonsg@msu.edu
517-353-1630
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Ron Priest
Adjunct Curator
Micro-lepidoptera
priest@msu.edu
517-353-3891
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Sarah Smith
Curator
Insect systematics and taxonomy
smith462@msu.edu
517-432-2369
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Richard Snider
Professor Emeritus and Curator
Apterygota and spiders
snider@msu.edu
517-355-8473
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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