Personnel

Faculty and adjunct curators

George Bird

Professor Emeritus
Anthony Cognato

Professor, Collection Director, and Graduate Advisor
Insect systematics, biodiversity and evolution
cognato@msu.edu
517-432-2369
Bernice DeMarco

Adjunct Curator
Hymenoptera
demarc10@msu.edu
517-353-3891
Elwin Evans

Adjunct Curator
Aquatic insects
517-353-3891
John Fricke

Adjunct Curator
Hymenoptera
frickej5@msu.edu
517-353-3891
Eric Metzler

Adjunct Curator
Lepidoptera
Gary Parsons

Emeritus Curator
Collection management, insect/arthropod identification and outreach
parsonsg@msu.edu
517-353-1630
Ron Priest

Adjunct Curator
Micro-lepidoptera
priest@msu.edu
517-353-3891
William Ruesink

Adjunct Curator
Coleoptera
ruesink2@msu.edu
517-353-3891
Sarah Smith

A.J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection Curator and Collection Manager
Insect systematics and taxonomy
smith462@msu.edu
517-353-1630
Richard Snider

Professor Emeritus and Curator
Apterygota and spiders
snider@msu.edu
Franklin West

Adjunct Curator
Lepidoptera
517-353-3891

Research associates

Patrick Gorring, Cerambycidae

Graduate students

Jordy Hernandez, Odonata
Matthew Schiffer, Scolytinae
William Smith, Sesiidae
Tianze (Jack) Xue, Scolytinae

Undergraduate Students

Lily Bird
Nate Howder

Database staff

Sierra Davis
Brenna Jeffs

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