DEPARTMENT OF
ENTOMOLOGY
CURRENT FACULTY
Michael J. Stout, Department Head
Michael J. Stout
Professor and Department Head
Specialization: Host-Plant Resistance, Forage Crops Insect Pest Management
Phone: 225-578-1837
Email: [email protected]
Christopher E. Carlton, Systematics, Taxonomy, and Morphology
Christopher E. Carlton
John Benjamin Holton Alumni Association Departmental Professor of Agriculture
Specialization:Systematics, Taxonomy and Morphology
Phone: 225-578-0425
Email: [email protected] ,
Jeffrey A. Davis, Soybean IPM
Jeffrey A. Davis
Associate Professor
Specialization:Soybean IPM
Phone: 225-578-5618
Email: [email protected]
Rodrigo Diaz, Invasive Species Ecology and Biological Control
Rodrigo Diaz
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Invasive Species Ecology and Biology Control
Phone: 225-578-1835
Email: [email protected]
Lane Foil, Veterinary Entomology
Lane D. Foil
Pennington Chair for Wildlife Epidemiology
Specialization: Veterinary Insects
Phone: 225-578-1825
Email: [email protected]
Kristen Healy, Medical Entomology and Public Health Entomology
Kristen Healy
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Medical Entomology and Public Health Entomology.
Phone: 225-578-7386
Email: [email protected]
Fangneng Huang, Grain Crop Pest Management
Fangneng Huang
L.D. Newsom Professor of IPM
Specialization: Grain Crop Pest Management
Phone: 225-578-0111
Email: [email protected]
Claudia Husseneder, Population Genetics and Molecular Biology of Insects and Symbionts
Claudia Husseneder
Professor
Specialization: Population Genetics and Molecular Biology of Insects and Symbionts
Phone: 225-578-1819
Email: [email protected]
Nathan Lord, Insect Systematics and Taxonomy
Nathan Lord
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Insect Systematics and Taxonomy
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James Ottea, Insecticide Toxicology
James Ottea
Professor
Specialization: Insecticide Toxicology
Phone: 225-578-1841
Email: [email protected]
T. E. Reagan, Insect Pest Management
T. E. Reagan
Austin C. Thompson Professor of Entomology
Specialization:Ecology and Pest Management of Sugarcane Insects
Phone: 225-578-1824 Email: [email protected]
Dennis Ring, Extension, Structural and Household and Structural Insects
Dennis R. Ring
Professor, Extension Specialist
Specialization: Extension, Structural and Household and Structural Insects
Phone: 225-578-4615
Email: [email protected]
Timothy Schowalter, Insect Ecology and Forest Entomology
Timothy D.Schowalter
Professor
Specialization: Insect Ecology and Forest Entomology
Phone: 225-578-1628
Email: [email protected]
Qian "Karen" Sun, Urban Entomology
Qian "Karen" Sun
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Urban Entomology
Phone: 225-578-1634
Email: [email protected]
Daniel Swale, Insect Physiology
Daniel Swale
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Insect Physiology
Phone: 225-578-1634
Email: [email protected]
Blake Wilson, Sugarcane and Rice Entomology
RECENTLY RETIRED AND EMERITUS FACULTY
Gregg Henderson, Urban Entomology
Gregg Henderson
Paul K. Adams Professor of Urban Entomology
Specialization: Urban Entomology/Formosan subterranean termite page
Phone: 225-578-1831
Email: [email protected]
http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/termites
Seth Johnson (Emeritus), Biological Control and Moth Migration
Seth Johnson
Professor Emeritus
Specialization:Biological Control and Moth Migration
Phone: 225-578-1826
Email: [email protected]
Alan Morgan (Emeritus), Insect Management in Commercial Vegetables, Home Gardens
Alan L. Morgan
Professor
Specialization:Insect Management in Commercial vegetables,Home gardens,Lawns and Turf and all Fruit crops.
Phone: 225-578-2368
Email: [email protected]
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Dale Pollet (Emeritus), Diagnosis, Identification, and management of pests in sugarcane, turf, and ornamentals
Dale K. Pollet (Emeritus)
Professor Emeritus
Specialization: Diagnosis, identification, and management of pests in sugarcane, turf, ornamentals, and urban forests
Phone: 225-578-2370 Email: [email protected]
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Dorothy Prowell (Emeritus), Conservation Biology
Dorothy Prowell (Retired)
Professor Emeritus
Specialization: Conservation Biology
Phone: 225-578-1820 Email: [email protected]
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Rick Story (Emeritus), Vegetable IPM
Richard N. Story (Retired)
Professor Emeritus
Specialization: Vegetable Insect Integrated Pest Management
Phone: 225-578-1833
Email: [email protected]
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Abner Hammond (Emeritus)
Professor Emeritus
Entomology Department
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ADJUNCT FACULTY
Lanie Bougeios, Adjunct Associate Professor, Honey bee genetics
Lanie Bourgeois
Adjunct Associate Professor, Research Molecular Biologist
Specialization: Genetic resistance of honey bees to pest and pathogens
Phone: 225-767-9299
Email: [email protected]
Robert Danka, Adjunct Associate Professor, Honey Bee Breeding and Genetics
Robert G. Danka
Adjunct Associate Professor, Research Entomologist
Specialization:USDA Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Laboratory
Phone: 225-767-9294 Email: [email protected]
Mike Grodowitz, Biological Control Agents
Mike Grodowitz
USDA ARS
Specialization: Biological control agents for the management of invasive aquatic plants
Phone: 601-634-2972
Email: [email protected]
Felix Guerrero, Research Physiologist
Felix Guerrero
USDA ARS
Specialization:Research Physiologist (Insects)
Phone: 830-792-0327
Email: [email protected]
Kevin Macaluso, Adjunct Associate Professor, tick and flea-borne rickettial pathogens
Kevin Macaluso
Adjunct Professor in Entomology
Professor in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences/School of Veterinary Medicine
Specialization: tick and flea-borne rickettsial pathogens
Phone: 225-578-9677
Email: [email protected]
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Chris Mores, Adjunct Professor, Arbovirology
Chris Mores
Adjunct Professor in Entomology
Associate Professor in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences/School of Veterinary Medicine
Specialization: Arbovirology and infectious disease epidemiology
Phone: 225-578-9676
Email: [email protected]
Thomas Rinderer, Adjunct Professor, Honey bee breeding and genetics
Thomas Rinderer
Adjunct Professor, Supervisory Research Geneticist
Specialization:USDA Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Laboratory
Phone: 225-767-9280
Email: [email protected]
Frank Rinkevich, Adjunct Professor, Honey Bee Research
Frank Rinkevich
Adjunct Professor, Research Entomologist
Specialization:USDA Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Laboratory
Phone: 225-767-9291 Email: [email protected]
Allan Showler, Integrated Farming and Natural Resources Research
Allan Showler
USDA ARS
Specialization:Integrated Farming and Natural Resources Research
Phone: 956-969-4882
Email: [email protected]
Mike Simone-Finstrom, Adjunct, Honey Bee Breeding and Genetics
Mike Simone-Finstrom
Research Entomologist
USDA Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Laboratory
Phone: 225-767-9280
Email: [email protected]
Tara Smith, Sweet Potato Research Station
Tara Smith
Sweet Potato Research Station
Specialization:Sweet Potato Integrated Pest Management
Phone: 318-435-2155
Email: [email protected]
Brian Sullivan, US Forest Service
Brian Sullivan
US Forest Service Southern Research Station
Specialization:Insects, Diseases, and Invasive Plants
Phone: 318-473-7206
Email: [email protected]
Todd Walker, Adjunct Professor, Mosquito Control and Medical Entomology
Todd Walker
Adjunct Professor
East Baton Rouge Mosquito Control
Program Director
Specialization:- Medical Entomology
Phone: 225-356-3297
Mo Way, Texas Agrilife
Mo Way
Texas Agrilife Beaumont Research Station
Specialization:-
Phone: 409-752-2741 Ext. 2231
Email: [email protected]
William White, Adjunct Professor, Research Entomologist
William H. White
Adjunct Professor, Research Entomologist
Specialization: USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research
Phone: 985-853-3176 ext. 176
Email: [email protected]
Ted Wilson, Agroecosystem Management
Ted Wilson
Texas Agrilife Beaumont Research Station
Specialization: Agroecosystem Management
Phone: 409-752-3045
Email: [email protected]
Yu Cheng Zhu, Research Entomologist, IPM
Yu Cheng Zhu
USDA ARS, Research Entomologist
Specialization: Insect Management
Phone: 662-686-5360
Email: [email protected]