Natural resources and biodiversity
Supporting natural resources and biodiversity. MSU entomologists examine interactions in nature from microbes that mediate insect fitness and community dynamics to how landscape design affects insect populations. Questions such as how human and natural disturbances impact ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity are central to our research, teaching and outreach programs. View a gallery of images.
Faculty working with natural resources and biodiversity
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- Leah Bauer
- Adjunct Associate Professor
- Ecology and management of invasive species and forest ecosystems
- 517-884-8059
- lsbauer@msu.edu
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- M. Eric Benbow
- Associate Professor
- Insect-microbe interactions in aquatic, disease and forensic ecological systems
- 517-410-9247
- benbow@msu.edu
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- Henry Chung
- Assistant Professor
- Insect physiology, molecular biology and chemical ecology
- 517-353-1430
- hwchung@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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- Ke Dong
- Professor
- Mechanisms of action of neuroactive insecticides and insecticide resistance
- 517-899-6171
- dongk@msu.edu
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- Sue Erhardt
- Assistant Professor and Director of IR-4 Laboratory
- 517-336-4653
- serhardt@msu.edu
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- Robert Haack
- Adjunct Professor, Forestry
- Biology and management of bark- and wood-infesting insects
- haack@msu.edu
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- Rufus Isaacs
- Professor
- Berry pest management and crop pollination
- 517-355-6619
- isaacsr@msu.edu
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- Lynnae Jess
- Extension Specialist
- Integrated pest management
- 517-432-1702
- jess@msu.edu
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- Douglas Landis
- University Distinguished Professor
- Insect ecology and biological control
- 517-353-1829
- landisd@msu.edu
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- Joy Landis
- Senior Academic Specialist, Assistant IPM Coordinator and Communications Manager
- Integrated pest management and science communication and strategy
- 517-353-4951
- landisj@msu.edu
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- Mallory Marienfeld
- Academic Specialist, Communications Specialist
- Integrated pest management and science communication
- 517-353-4703
- fourni49@msu.edu
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- Deborah McCullough
- Professor, Forest Entomology
- Forest insect ecology and management
- 517-355-7445
- mccullo6@msu.edu
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- Meghan Milbrath
- Academic Specialist
- Health of honey bees and other pollinators
- 517-884-9518
- milbrat2@msu.edu
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- David Mota-Sanchez
- Assistant Professor
- Resistance of arthropods to xenobiotics, insect toxicology and integrated pest management
- 517-353-3435
- motasanc@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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- Jennifer Pechal
- Assistant Professor
- Host-microbiome interactions and decomposition ecology
- 517-355-6514
- pechalje@msu.edu
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- Barry Pittendrigh
- Director of Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Legume Systems Research, MSU Foundation Professor
- Evolution and functional genomics of insecticide resistance
- 517-432-6109
- pittendr@msu.edu
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- Therese Poland
- Adjunct Associate Professor
- Detection and management of invasive forest insects
- 517-884-8062
- polandt@msu.edu
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- Marisol Quintanilla
- Assistant Professor
- Applied nematology
- 517-884-2058
- marisol@msu.edu
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- F. William Ravlin, PhD
- Professor; Chair, Department of Entomology; IPM Coordinator
- 517-355-4665
- ravlin@msu.edu
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- Howard Russell, M.S.
- Insect / Arthropod Diagnostician
- Entomology diagnostics and identification
- 517-353-9386
- bugman@msu.edu
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- Jim Smith
- Professor
- Insect molecular systematics and evolution; species diagnostics
- 517-432-2029
- jimsmith@msu.edu
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- Sarah Smith
- Curator
- Insect systematics and taxonomy
- 517-432-2369
- smith462@msu.edu
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- David Smitley
- Professor
- Integrated pest management for turfgrass, nursery and floriculture industries
- 517-355-3385
- smitley@msu.edu
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- Richard Snider
- Professor and Curator
- Apterygota and spiders
- 517-355-8473
- snider@msu.edu
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- Marianna Szűcs
- Assistant Professor
- Biological control of invasive plants and insects
- 517-353-7063
- szucsmar@msu.edu
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- Edward Walker
- Professor
- Vector-borne diseases
- 517-884-5389
- walker@msu.edu
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- Fred Warner, M.S.
- Nematode Diagnostician
- Diagnoses of problems caused by plant-parasitic nematodes in agricultural crops and turfgrass
- 517-432-1333
- fwnemalb@msu.edu
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- William Wetzel
- Assistant Professor
- Ecology of plant-insect interactions
- wcwetzel@msu.edu
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- Peter White
- Assistant Professor
- Urban moth ecologist
- 517-432-0900
- pwhite@msu.edu
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- John Wise
- Professor
- Performance characteristics of fruit pest insecticides and alternative pesticide delivery systems
- 517-432-2668
- wisejohn@msu.edu
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- Amos Ziegler
- Academic Specialist
- 517-355-0204
- ziegler2@msu.edu
