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
Jiri Hulcr

Adjunct Curator
Scolytinae
hulcr@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
Sarah Smith

Interim Collection Manager and Curator
Insect systematics and taxonomy
smith462@msu.edu
517-432-2369
Richard Snider

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